. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Bee®«ee®e®®®e®®®««®®®«®®®«®®®®®®e®««<®®®®ee«®e®i. 9 Entered at the PoBt-OfEce at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter. PubliisUed M'eekly a,t $ a. Year by <j<eorg:e W. York aSc Co., 331 Ikearborn St. QBORQB W. YORK, Editor. CHICAGO, ILL, JULY 21,1904. Vol, XLIV—No, 29, Editorial Comments The National Convention at St. Louis. The next meeting- of the National Bee-Keepers' Asso- ciation promises to be a very important gathering. Each annual convention is such. But the St. Louis one is to be exceptional. You should be there. It is to be Sept
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Bee®«ee®e®®®e®®®««®®®«®®®«®®®®®®e®««<®®®®ee«®e®i. 9 Entered at the PoBt-OfEce at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter. PubliisUed M'eekly a,t $ a. Year by <j<eorg:e W. York aSc Co., 331 Ikearborn St. QBORQB W. YORK, Editor. CHICAGO, ILL, JULY 21,1904. Vol, XLIV—No, 29, Editorial Comments The National Convention at St. Louis. The next meeting- of the National Bee-Keepers' Asso- ciation promises to be a very important gathering. Each annual convention is such. But the St. Louis one is to be exceptional. You should be there. It is to be Sept. 27, 28, and 29. Just the best time of all the fall season. Secretary Brodbeck is preparing a great program. Big subjects. Better get ready to go. You'll miss it if you are not there. Go, and take your wife or sweetheart. It will be a sweet time all around. Preparation for Swarming. Years ago it was understood as a rule without excep- tions that a prime swarm would not issue until sufficient time had elapsed from the first starting of queen-cells for one or more of them to be sealed. Since movable combs came into use it has come to be regarded as a rule with many exceptions. Is it really true that there is ever an ex- ception ? To be sure, a swarm often issues-with no sealed cell present, perhaps only eggs in queen-cells, but does that ever occur when the bees are left to themselves ? If queen- cells are destroyed by the bee-keeper, the bees may then swarm with only eggs in queen-cells, or possibly without even as much preparation as that; but is there ever really a case in which the bees swarm inside of eight days after the first egg is laid in a queen-cell ? Destroying Queen-Cells to Prevent Swarming. It is the common thing for the beginner, when told that the prime swarm issues when the first queen-cell is sealed, to settle down at once to the pleasing conclusion that if he can only prevent the sealing of queen-cells he has the key to th
Size: 2843px × 879px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, booksubjectbees, bookyear1861
