. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 208 THE BRITISH REE JOURNAL. [March 1, 1881. in the foregoing, will have made the bee-keeper aware of the' intention of the bees in that respect, and it would be easy to take pre- cautions to prevent it; but we are inclined to think that when honey is coming in largely, it- would be wise to render swarming impossible for some time, and stop the labour and cost of brood-raising by removing the queen at once. It is well known that a honey-glut seldom lasts more than a fortnight in this country, and that bees consume honey largely in the pro-
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 208 THE BRITISH REE JOURNAL. [March 1, 1881. in the foregoing, will have made the bee-keeper aware of the' intention of the bees in that respect, and it would be easy to take pre- cautions to prevent it; but we are inclined to think that when honey is coming in largely, it- would be wise to render swarming impossible for some time, and stop the labour and cost of brood-raising by removing the queen at once. It is well known that a honey-glut seldom lasts more than a fortnight in this country, and that bees consume honey largely in the pro- duction of brood during that time, and we opine that it would pay better to stop such expenditure of honey, and set the bees engaged in the labour of the nursery free to gather honey for storing, and to afterwards stimulate the production of brood in the lulls between the harvests by feeding them with sugar- syrup, which is so much less valuable. We would therefore counsel the removal of the queen when the honey - harvest begins, and one week afterwards we would cut out all the queen-cells save one, which may be allowed to hatch out, and the young queen take her chance of safety : honey is the object, everything else missed can bo repaired, but the harvest having passed cannot be reclaimed. Those who prefer not to de- throne the queens at the commencement of the harvest, and who would rather follow the old course must be on the alert if the bees show signs of their intention to swarm by raising queen-cells. A great many believe that by cutting them out they will effectually do away with the desire for swarming, but that is an error, for the desire is raised beforehand, and is sometimes so much like mania that swarms will issue without warning or preparation of any kind, and occasionally with the only prin- cess that has been allowed to hatch, leaving the hive to perish through sheer lack of means to provide a successor. This last possibility must always be risked with hives th
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