. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 15, 1916.] THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. 187 until April, so that if the operation is delayed until the spring, at least two months of the most valuable time in egg-laying by the new queen is wasted. (3) By introducing immediately after the honey harvest, observation can be kept for a time upon the work of the ne^w mother, and if not satisfactory, there is time to remove and replace her with another. There are, of course, exceptional circumstances which call for the introduction of queens at other times, such as the death of a queen, eithe
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 15, 1916.] THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. 187 until April, so that if the operation is delayed until the spring, at least two months of the most valuable time in egg-laying by the new queen is wasted. (3) By introducing immediately after the honey harvest, observation can be kept for a time upon the work of the ne^w mother, and if not satisfactory, there is time to remove and replace her with another. There are, of course, exceptional circumstances which call for the introduction of queens at other times, such as the death of a queen, either from natural causes or by accident, when Fig. 78. Fig. 82. Bees recognise each other by smell, therefore if placed amongst her new subjects straight away it is possible, nay, almost a certainty, that she will be killed by balling, , the workers cluster round her m a ball, either on the floor-board. Fig. 80, or on a comb, Fig. 81, in centre of white circle, until she is suffocated. Both are photographs from life. Fig. 80 was taken after the brood-chamber had been lifted off the floor-board. Not only will they suffocate her, but I find that the workers will maim the queen, as is seen in Fig. 82, which is the actual queen taken from the ball (Fig. 80). At the end of half an hour mutilation of the wings and legs had taken place, portions of these members having been Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London
Size: 2306px × 1083px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury, bookdecade1870, bookpublisherlondon, booksubjectbees
