. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 176 FIt'TY tEAKS AMONG THE BEES onies, or where^-elâ it will do the most good. In no ease, how- ever, \\'oukl it be a pi'udent thing in tliis locality to follow the recommendation of some, by putting the brood on a new stand without any bees, trnstiBg to the wai'uith of the weather to hatch out young bees fast enough to care for the brood. It such a colonyâif you can call it a colonyâshould not fall a prey to the I'obbers, there woixld in most cases be a serious loss of brood from starvation and Fifj. 56âQueen-extluder. NO FOKCED SWARMING TILL QU
. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 176 FIt'TY tEAKS AMONG THE BEES onies, or where^-elâ it will do the most good. In no ease, how- ever, \\'oukl it be a pi'udent thing in tliis locality to follow the recommendation of some, by putting the brood on a new stand without any bees, trnstiBg to the wai'uith of the weather to hatch out young bees fast enough to care for the brood. It such a colonyâif you can call it a colonyâshould not fall a prey to the I'obbers, there woixld in most cases be a serious loss of brood from starvation and Fifj. 56âQueen-extluder. NO FOKCED SWARMING TILL QUEEIv'-CELI>S ST.^RTED, Tn no case did I practice this forced su'ariuing till I found by the presence of queen-cells that the bees Avere thiid^ing of swarjning. There would be less labor in tlie long rim (sujjpos- ing that all were to be swarmed sooner or later), to do up the AS'hole business at a suitable time, Avithout waiting for the bees to take the initiative. Indeed, conditions may be such in some localities that there might be a loss to wait for queen-cells. But the harvests here are such that it is usually better to have swarming delayed. Moreover, a good many of my colo- nies, if let alone, will go through the entire season without at-. 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 Miller, C. C. (Charles C. ), 1831-1920. Medina, Ohio : A. I. Root Co.
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