. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. January 10, 1889.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 17 WITH THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPERS. By Tiiomas B. Blow, "Welwyn, Hkbts. {Continued from p. 0,) Palmer House, Chicago. Now, Doctor, I want to know how you prevent swarming ? The reply was that if he as a hee-keeper was privileged to ask one question on bee-keeping, and was assured of a correct reply to that one question, it would be, How to effectually control swarming ? Count- less experiments have been made here, and the results, more or less satisfactory, are as follows: —The bees being divi
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. January 10, 1889.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 17 WITH THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPERS. By Tiiomas B. Blow, "Welwyn, Hkbts. {Continued from p. 0,) Palmer House, Chicago. Now, Doctor, I want to know how you prevent swarming ? The reply was that if he as a hee-keeper was privileged to ask one question on bee-keeping, and was assured of a correct reply to that one question, it would be, How to effectually control swarming ? Count- less experiments have been made here, and the results, more or less satisfactory, are as follows: —The bees being divided up into three or four apiaries before the honey- flow commences, it is absolutely necessary that something She is caged and placed in some part of the hive where the bees can get to and take care of her—maybe on top of the super, or almost anywhere handy. The stock is then ready for treatment, though the treatment need not be applied at once, but at any time during the following five days. The hive will possibly be supered ; if so, take oft* the super, and place most of the brood combs in an empty hive. In the old hive left on the original stand there are left or placed three combs, great care being taken that these combs have no queen-cella. Dr. Miller finding and caging the Queen. should be done at least to prevent the loss of swarms, as it would be out of the question to have people watching at all the apiaries during the whole swarming season. The first and foremost item in the swarm preventing, or, 1 should say, the loss of swarm preventing arrange- ment, is to keep all the queens with clipped wings. This ensures that if the swarm issues, it will not be lost, but will, in most cases, soon return to the hive. If the walcher is on hand, he will usually find the queen near the hive, and she is caged, put back in the hive still caged, and so kept for ten days, then set at liberty, the queen-cells in the meantime having been cut out on the fifth day, and again on the te
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