. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. the queen be caged in a strange colony, if caged among her own bees there would be no advantage in it. For in that case the bees feed the queen, which is probably bet- ter than for her to feed herself. 3, I don't believe they are if the grub be young enough. Scientists tell us that during the first three days the food to the queen larva is the same as to the worker larva, only in larger quantity. But it is likely the worker gets all it can eat; so theoretically a queen reared from a worker larva three d tys old should be as good as one reared from the
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. the queen be caged in a strange colony, if caged among her own bees there would be no advantage in it. For in that case the bees feed the queen, which is probably bet- ter than for her to feed herself. 3, I don't believe they are if the grub be young enough. Scientists tell us that during the first three days the food to the queen larva is the same as to the worker larva, only in larger quantity. But it is likely the worker gets all it can eat; so theoretically a queen reared from a worker larva three d tys old should be as good as one reared from the egg. I think, however, that a larva of less age is better, because when bees have their choice they select one younger; I think not more than perhaps a day and a half old. Such a queen is probably as good as one reared from the egg. 4. No, you can't trust to anything of tde kind. Years ago, if I took off sections and kept them where no moth could touch them, within two weeks tiny worms would appear here and there. The only way I could un- derstand it was that the moth must have gotten inside the hive and laid eggs on the sections. Of late years I have no trouble of the kind, probably because of Italian blood. 5, Likely, unless you have more drone- comb than desirable in the brood-chamber. For the bees will build drone-comb in the sections and the queen will lay in them. 6, The Hubbard section-press, the Daisy fastener, and thin super foundation. 7. I don't know. If a queen, when at rest, does not have her wings folded together flat, which very rarely occurs, there is likely some little defect. But that may not hinder her being a good queen to lay. COLORADO COLUMBINES-Photograph by Gale H. Patterson as you will have by taking brood only from the best. You say you destroy all but one cell. That is well in a full colony, but hardly wise in a nucleus. For in the nucleus the bees will take care of the matter them- selves, with no thought of swarming, and will be a little more sure
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