. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. January, 1909. American Hae Journal possible. You can add to the security by setting up a board in front of each hive, so they will bump their heads against it when they first fly. Yes, you could work the plan you mention, putting a hive with empty combs to receive the returning bees. A queen could be added, only she should be caged, or the bees might take a notion to kill her. This plan has been used in making artificial swarms, onlv the old queen is generally put in the empty hive on the old stand, and new queen given to the removed part. I_ know of
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. January, 1909. American Hae Journal possible. You can add to the security by setting up a board in front of each hive, so they will bump their heads against it when they first fly. Yes, you could work the plan you mention, putting a hive with empty combs to receive the returning bees. A queen could be added, only she should be caged, or the bees might take a notion to kill her. This plan has been used in making artificial swarms, onlv the old queen is generally put in the empty hive on the old stand, and new queen given to the removed part. I_ know of only one entirely safe plan to introduce a queen. Put into a hive-body 3 or more combs of sealed brood—not a single bee with the brood—put the queen in, fasten so no bee can get out or in, and in 5 days set the hive on its stand, and give an opening large enough for a single bee to pass. Dur- ing that 5 days the hive must be kept in a warm place, or else over a strong colony with 2 sheets of wirecloth under, so that the heat can rise but no bee below communicate with any bee above. Of course the ripe brood will be hatching out all the lime, and in s days there ought to be quite a colony, es- pecially if you have 5 or 6 brood. You will not find the frames of brood ready to your hand, without any unsealed brood, so must get them ready. Take the best combs you can find for your purpose, put them in a hive-body over a strong colony, and excluder between the 2 stories, and 9 days later all brood will be sealed ready for you. Managing Late Swarms — Uniting Colonies. I have looked with interest for the Ameri- can Bee Journal each month, to see what questions you answer, as I am just starting in the bee-business and find answers to lots of questions that I would ask. But I am at a loss to know what to do with a late swarm- that I had this year. Last year I purchased a swarm of bees that was put into a box- hive. After filling the lower part the bees filled a lo-pound box in the
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