. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. â¢9 the colonies the greater the incHuation to swarm, seems to me a matter of course. The proper method of procedure is to accept one swarm and prevent more. HOW ; ISTHIv LAVING SEASON? In response to a question in the Ameri- can Bee Journal, 775: How many months in the year should a good Italian (pieen he laying ? Dr. Miller says somewhere from seven to nine months. That reply would be likely to unduly alarm a novice in this part of the country when he found that his queens under normal circumstan- ces were laying only abou
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. â¢9 the colonies the greater the incHuation to swarm, seems to me a matter of course. The proper method of procedure is to accept one swarm and prevent more. HOW ; ISTHIv LAVING SEASON? In response to a question in the Ameri- can Bee Journal, 775: How many months in the year should a good Italian (pieen he laying ? Dr. Miller says somewhere from seven to nine months. That reply would be likely to unduly alarm a novice in this part of the country when he found that his queens under normal circumstan- ces were laying only about five months. My queens at least can be relied on to lay only from April 10 to September 10âfive months; although they frequently lay a little sooner and a little later, five and one half months would be a full average. Can it be possible, doctor, that at Maren- go queens sometimes get in nine months of labor in the year? Lapeer, Mich., Dec. 31, EDITORIAL fferings. Take nothing for granted. »It" *»»»*»»» If there is no bright side to jour life, polish up the dark side. m^M'*t*M^^*^^ Sections i^ wide, used with separa- tors, are the most po])ular in Canada. â â¢â¢â¢â «a<<^«« really has a vein of humor; ami it is not so deeply buried, either, as it often comes to the surface. Hives that have contained colonies in- fected with foul brood need not be ftcted, says Mr. Mcl-A'oy, Inspector of Apiaries for Ontario. If the hive becomes daubed with honey, or there are attached to it brace combs containing honey, he would have the honey cleaned off and the hive scalded at the spot where the honey had touched it. Said he, at the last Ontario convention, "If the hives need , .so do the bees; and if the bees need disinfecting, the Inspector needsâto be burned ; 'mf^lfaJ'f^*.^*. FoiTi. Brood is on the decrease in On- tario, Canada, if we are to judge by the report of Mr. McEvoy, Inspector o
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