. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Queries reaching this office not later than FIRST POST on MONDAY MORNING will, if possible, be answered in the " Journal" the fol- lowing Thursdav- Those arriving later will be held over until the following week. Only SPECIALLY URGENT queries will be replied to by post if a STAMPED addressed envelope is enclosed. All queries must be accompanied by the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publica- tion, but as a guarantee of good faith. Corre- spondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only. Queen Lea
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Queries reaching this office not later than FIRST POST on MONDAY MORNING will, if possible, be answered in the " Journal" the fol- lowing Thursdav- Those arriving later will be held over until the following week. Only SPECIALLY URGENT queries will be replied to by post if a STAMPED addressed envelope is enclosed. All queries must be accompanied by the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publica- tion, but as a guarantee of good faith. Corre- spondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only. Queen Leaving Hive. [9898] Can you explain the following occurrence: On October 11, at 1 , I was watching a hive of bees flying strong and loaded with pollen. The sun was warm, and the queen came out on to the landing board, and then ran up the porch, came down again on to the board for about half a minute, and then took flight for about one minute, when she returned. The workers took no notice of her, but were working all the time. The queen is fertile and laying at the tiniie. I am not a novice, so there is no mistake of it being a virgin.—G. A. Geaham. Keply.—We cannot explain why the queen should come out. We should be pleased to hear if any other bee-keeper has noticed a like occurrence. We have heard of the queen flying at times, and we think a queen does sometimes fly from the hive without being accompanied by a swarm, but more observation is needed to determine the matter. If queens do fly. the loss of a new queen a week or more after ishe has been safely introduced and commenced to lay may be accounted fox. Correspondents desiring an answer in the next issue should send questions to reach this office NOT LATER than the FIRST POST on MONDAY MORNING. Only SPECIALLY URGENT ques- tions will be replied to by post if a STAMPED addressed envelope is enclosed. All questions must be accompanied by the sender's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee
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