. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1861 ^-i-^n:»^. 42dYEAR. CHICAGO, ILL, DEC. 4,1902, No. 49. ..*iK*4j!4JiV*VJ^J^*V*4.*^*iJ^>^i4KiiiJ^i*K*iJ< ^ Editorial Comments. Non-Swarming Bees.—Few things have advanced so rapidly in general favor as forced swarming by shaking or brushing. A good many seem to regard it as the Ultima Thule, resting content to seek nothing further. Others, while yielding no whit in their appreciation of the value of forced swarming, will still continue to attach importance to the encouragement of non-swarming tendencies in bees, or rather to the repression of
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1861 ^-i-^n:»^. 42dYEAR. CHICAGO, ILL, DEC. 4,1902, No. 49. ..*iK*4j!4JiV*VJ^J^*V*4.*^*iJ^>^i4KiiiJ^i*K*iJ< ^ Editorial Comments. Non-Swarming Bees.—Few things have advanced so rapidly in general favor as forced swarming by shaking or brushing. A good many seem to regard it as the Ultima Thule, resting content to seek nothing further. Others, while yielding no whit in their appreciation of the value of forced swarming, will still continue to attach importance to the encouragement of non-swarming tendencies in bees, or rather to the repression of swarming tendencies. In a paper at the Denver convention, W. L. Porter said that in running out-apiaries one of the two important things to be considered was " that a stock of bees may be carefully bred which is not predisposed to ; It is entirely possible that forced swarming itself will tend in the direction of breeding out the swarming ten- dency, but there should be no let-up in the selection of the best stock in breeding, and one of the characteristics of best stock should continue to be considered freedom from a tendency to excessive swarming. Forced swarming is a long step in advance over natural swarming, but it is well that there are those who do not consider it the final good. Must Bee-Cellars Be Dark ?—The general teaching has been that absolute darkness was a matter of first im- portance. A few, however, have testified that at times the full light of day might be allowed to shine into the cellar without harmful results. The Canadian Bee Journal gives the testimony of quite a number to this effect, some holding that up to February darkness is not essential, but that later it is important. The truth probably is, that the matter is entirely de- pendent upon conditions, the time having nothing to do with it only as the change of time brings a change of con- ditions. Note a oolony of bees upon its stand in the api- ary. When a day comes so cool that
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