. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. July, llilil. 24:t r-4^a^-<Q^^ American ^qh Journal too late to save a swarm ? If it is, do you kill the queen that leaves the hive and return the bees to the hive they left? 6. I have a large space of ground that I want to put in flower beds. What kind do you advise me to put in ? There is a little white flower they use for border. Does it yield nectar, and do you know the name of it? Do the gilliflower and gladiolus yield honey ? 7. Can I use the shallow extracting frames in .the Langstroth hives ? The brood-chamber is fitted with a cover 8 inche
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. July, llilil. 24:t r-4^a^-<Q^^ American ^qh Journal too late to save a swarm ? If it is, do you kill the queen that leaves the hive and return the bees to the hive they left? 6. I have a large space of ground that I want to put in flower beds. What kind do you advise me to put in ? There is a little white flower they use for border. Does it yield nectar, and do you know the name of it? Do the gilliflower and gladiolus yield honey ? 7. Can I use the shallow extracting frames in .the Langstroth hives ? The brood-chamber is fitted with a cover 8 inches deep, or must I use supers to these hives ? [Mrs] Chas. White. North Prairie, Wis. 1. They were probably robbed. 2. When a prime, or first, swarm is- sues, the old queen goes with the swarm, and the swarming takes place generally about the time the first queen- cell is sealed, and the young queen will not emerge from her cell until a week or so after the prime swarm issues. In the case of an afterswarm, a young queen goes with the swarm, and an- other young queen or several of them are ready to emerge about as soon as the swarm has left. 3. Yes; but there is a little danger that the swarm may not be willing to stay on such combs unless it be induced to do so by the presence of a comb con- taining some brood. But if you give the moldy combs into the care of a strong colony for a few days, they will be cleaned up so that the swarm will promptly accept them. They can be put in the brood-chamber of the strong colony, or in a hive-body under or over the hive. 4. Yes, or more than enough. .5. No, it is not too late, although if the season should be poor you may have to feed for winter. If you wish, however, you can kill the queen, return the swarm, and destroy all queen-cells but one. 6. All the flowers you are likely to raise in a flower-bed are not likely to amount to much unless you have half an acre or more. Mignonette is one of the best. The little white flower used for border
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