Gleanings in bee culture . sible toget this i;^solution before the general mem-bership before the next election, the editorof Gleanings was requested to place it inhis next issue. While this resolution isnothing more than a recommendation, yetit is a suggestion to the membership at were also requested to announce thatthe members of the Pennsylvania Bee-keep-ers Association in their Convention whichwas held just before the National, introducedthe name of Prof. H. A. Surface for Directorfrom Pennsylvania. It was felt that thegreat Keystone State had no representation,and it was no more
Gleanings in bee culture . sible toget this i;^solution before the general mem-bership before the next election, the editorof Gleanings was requested to place it inhis next issue. While this resolution isnothing more than a recommendation, yetit is a suggestion to the membership at were also requested to announce thatthe members of the Pennsylvania Bee-keep-ers Association in their Convention whichwas held just before the National, introducedthe name of Prof. H. A. Surface for Directorfrom Pennsylvania. It was felt that thegreat Keystone State had no representation,and it was no more than fair and right thatit should have a Director. As there are threewhose terms of office expire, the member-ship will now be at liberty to act according-ly. We will, if our space permits, continuethe National report in our next issue. *A copy of this was sent to Mr. Green; and just aswe go to press we have received a telegram reading:I withdraw; could not serve if elected. J. A. Gbeen. 1907 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 1438. UNQUEENING, WHEN AND HOW DONE. Mr. Doolittle, I wish to have a talk withyou about unqueening, or taking the queenaway from colonies of bees. But you are not wanting to take thequeens from any of your colonies at this timeof the year, are you? No; but I tried the plan in a limited waylast summer, and have been very enthusiasticover it. A bee-keeper who knows you, toldme you had two plans of unqueening, and Iwant you to tell me how you work with do you begin the work? About fifteen days before the expectedhoney-harvest. Why that jiumber of days? So that the young queen may commenceto lay a day or two after the honey-tiow ison. What do you do with the old queen? 1 kill her or form a nucleus with her andone comb of bees and brood, just in accordwith which seems the most profitable to me. What do you do with the nucleus? - Use it for taking an occasional qmenfrom to replace poor queens, or from whichto get an occasional queen at any time ofemergency whe
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