. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1921 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 183 ter a swarm issues. The only differ- ence in the manipulation in this case is, that no brood or eggs are left in the brood-nest, where the swarm is hived back. THE DEMAREE PLAN By E. S. Miller The "Deniaree Swarm ; as described in the December number, page 425, apparently is not the Deni- aree plan at all. A number of years ago, being rich in inexperience. I tried with about fifty colonies, this scheme mentioned by the gentleman from Shanghai. My notion was that by putting the old queen above an exclu
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1921 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 183 ter a swarm issues. The only differ- ence in the manipulation in this case is, that no brood or eggs are left in the brood-nest, where the swarm is hived back. THE DEMAREE PLAN By E. S. Miller The "Deniaree Swarm ; as described in the December number, page 425, apparently is not the Deni- aree plan at all. A number of years ago, being rich in inexperience. I tried with about fifty colonies, this scheme mentioned by the gentleman from Shanghai. My notion was that by putting the old queen above an excluder with a frame of brood and empty combs, and allowing the young queen to emerge below, the colony might thus be requeened. Well, the result was that in nearly every case, later examination showed that not only was the young queen missing, but, also, a weakened condition of the colony indicated that swarming had occurred. Over ten years' use of the real Demaree plan has for the most part proved satisfactory. In the November number, respect- ing mating from above an excluder, I neglected to state that in order to make the plan a success, there must be no queen-cells or unsealed brood at the time the cell from your breed- ing queen is introduced. Do it this way: Put the old queen in the lower hive-body with one frame of brood, filling out with empty combs or foun- dation. Next, place a queen-ex- cluder, then one or more supers, then another excluder, and lastly, at the top, the brood. After the brood is all sealed and all queen-cells removed from the top story, insert a ripe cell from your best breeding queen. Shove the upper hive-body slightly forward. so that the young queen can get out at the back of the hive. The purpose of the two excluders with intervening supers is to separate the two queens. If there is unsealed brood or queen- cells the virgin will, in most cases, disappear, whether there is an old queen in the hive or not, often taking with her a swarm. The scheme for
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