Gleanings in bee culture . ters either. On several i ccasions anoth^ r bee-keeper who carrieshis name by the same handle (I suppose to suggestauthority) wanted to know how a queen-breeder knewwhich queen product d the best strain of bees forhoney-gathering, when of necessity all his colonieswere devoted to modern queen-rearing. Thisprompted me to say on the floor of a convention thatI could mate all my queens in full colonies, and in-stead of diminishing or having no surplus crop ofhoney, I could at least double my crop. So couldevery queen-breeder if he would burn up his baby-nuclei mating-bo
Gleanings in bee culture . ters either. On several i ccasions anoth^ r bee-keeper who carrieshis name by the same handle (I suppose to suggestauthority) wanted to know how a queen-breeder knewwhich queen product d the best strain of bees forhoney-gathering, when of necessity all his colonieswere devoted to modern queen-rearing. Thisprompted me to say on the floor of a convention thatI could mate all my queens in full colonies, and in-stead of diminishing or having no surplus crop ofhoney, I could at least double my crop. So couldevery queen-breeder if he would burn up his baby-nuclei mating-bo\es, then thoroughly l«-arn the habitsof the bee. and start modern queen-reai-ina, which is asold as time itself. What are those queens worth thatare reared and mated by the baby system ? They aresmall, puny, sickly-looking specimens of the realthing—I mean per cent of them, and that percentageshould have their heads pinched off. On next page J. A. Green writes on thesame subject. 618 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. M Y 1. Bees have wintered very well so far, andthere is every prospect of a good seasonhere. The Colorado legislature passed a good lo-cal-option law during its last session. Theterritory owned by the distillers and brewersis narrowing down. ^^ Honey that has granulated in the combcan be melted without damage to the combby a careful management of the heat; but itis hardly practical or profitable to attemptit. In the case of honey in sections, there isthe fuither disadvantage that the appearanceis injured by the melted honey settling closeagainst the cappings, making watery-lookingcombs. ^ It is a very dangerous thing to attempt towinter over colonies that have foul brood,no matter how strong they may appear to bein the fall. Our inspector permitted this insome cases last fall. In buying bees thisspring I came across some of these. Fourout of five of them stood no chance whateverof living long enough to be cured, but wouldinevitably die and be robbed out. In fact, I
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