. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 35th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., AUG. 15, 1895. No. 33. Cot;)tnbuted /Vrticles^ On Important A-piarian Subjects. Uniting Colonies of Bees in the Fall. BY «. M. DOOLITTLE. A correspondent writes thus : "My bees have done very poorly this season as to honey, and seem light in bees. As we do not have much, if any, fall honey here, I do not expect the bees will get more than a living from now out, and I must either unite my bees or feed them for suflicient stores for win- ter. As I have more bees than I wish, I have resolved to unite them until they have ho
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 35th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., AUG. 15, 1895. No. 33. Cot;)tnbuted /Vrticles^ On Important A-piarian Subjects. Uniting Colonies of Bees in the Fall. BY «. M. DOOLITTLE. A correspondent writes thus : "My bees have done very poorly this season as to honey, and seem light in bees. As we do not have much, if any, fall honey here, I do not expect the bees will get more than a living from now out, and I must either unite my bees or feed them for suflicient stores for win- ter. As I have more bees than I wish, I have resolved to unite them until they have honey enough so I do not need to feed. I wish you would tell us through the columns of the American Bee Journal the best plan for uniting in the fall of the ; I have tried many plans of uniting bees, but prefer the following to any other for fall use, especially where the colo- nies to bo united are rather light in bees: In the first place, the queens in a part of the colonies are to be taken away and disposed of in some way, either by sell- ing them or destroying. It sold, of course you will sell only good queens ; but if killed, then the poorest are the ones to select out. By thus selecting and killing the poorest we can improve our apiary in quality, as well as to save buying sugar to feed. But were there no difference in the queens I would remove all but those I expected to winter over, for so far as I have practiced this plan, I I3nd that queenless bees are less in- clined to quarrel, and are more disposed to stay where put, than are those having queens. Having the queens disposed of, from the colonies which are to be united, wait three days to a week (three days in any event, so the colonies may realize their queenlessness) for some cool, cloudy day, when it is a few degrees colder than the bees desire to fly in, when you will find the bees all clustered com- pactly, something the way they are in winter. When taking the queens away, take all the combs from the hi
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