. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 686 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Oct. 24, 1901. be relied upon as coming as near the average as anvthing- that can be given. The question may arise, why it is that 16 days for the full development of a queen has so generally been agreed upon. Many of the observations have been made, not upon full colonies, but upon nuclei. Development will be retarded^ in nuclei. In the American Bee Journal, Vol. I., page 1-13, Father Langstroth reports a case in which a queen in a nucleus was 21 days incoming to maturity. In my early days of bee-lveeping I knew no better th
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 686 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Oct. 24, 1901. be relied upon as coming as near the average as anvthing- that can be given. The question may arise, why it is that 16 days for the full development of a queen has so generally been agreed upon. Many of the observations have been made, not upon full colonies, but upon nuclei. Development will be retarded^ in nuclei. In the American Bee Journal, Vol. I., page 1-13, Father Langstroth reports a case in which a queen in a nucleus was 21 days incoming to maturity. In my early days of bee-lveeping I knew no better than to have queens started in nuclei, and I had cases like ihat of Father Langstroth. But in full colonies I have had many, many incidental proofs that days was the limit. Ought we not to change our belief from 16 to 15 >. Hiving on Foundation. Foundation, full sheets of it, is something that a newly hived swarm does not like; at least, Messrs. Hall and Alpaugh, of Ontario, assert that such is the case; that they are much more likely to swarm out when hived on full sheets. Mr. Alpaugh says he believes that bees don't realize at first what founda- tion is for—that they don't comprehend at first that they can make combs of it. When they find themselves in a hive filled full of sheets of wax placed \'., inches apart, they say to themselves: " This is no place for us. There is no opportunity to build comb here with the space all divided in this way. Let's get out of ; Mr. Alpaugh prefers to hive in an empty box, which gives the bees an opportunity to cluster contentedly Iq a nat- Premium A Foster Stylo^raphiG PEN This pen consists of a Iiarci rnl>l>er holder, tapering to a i-uiin«l point, and writes as smoothly .-is a load-pencil. The point aii'i iiliii:i. alloyed with iri«liiiiii—!-ulistancesof great durability which are not allected by the action of any kind of ink. They hold sufficient ink to write words, and do not leak or blot. As they mak
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