. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 523. answered by Marengo. III. In this department will be answered those questions needing immediate attention, and such as are not of sufficient special Interest to require replies from the ~0 or more apiarists who help to make "Queries and Replies" so interesting- on another page. In the main, it win contain questions and answers upon mat- ters that particularly interest beginners.—Ed. Keeping Brood-Combs with Honey. I have 100 brood-combs partly filled with sealed honey and pollen. Can I keep them till next spring an
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 523. answered by Marengo. III. In this department will be answered those questions needing immediate attention, and such as are not of sufficient special Interest to require replies from the ~0 or more apiarists who help to make "Queries and Replies" so interesting- on another page. In the main, it win contain questions and answers upon mat- ters that particularly interest beginners.—Ed. Keeping Brood-Combs with Honey. I have 100 brood-combs partly filled with sealed honey and pollen. Can I keep them till next spring and then let the bees clean them out ? Or will freez- ing make them unwholesome for bees? They are selected combs, the drone and crooked combs being used up. J. M. Answer. —Freezing will not hurt them unless it be to candy the honey some- what, and it will kill worms. Don't let mice get to them. Sweet Clover on Pasture Lands. What is the best time to sow sweet clover on pasture lands ? F. M. P. Freedom, Me. Answer.—If you mean on freshly ploughed land, either spring or fall. If you mean to sow on the sod, in the fall ; but you're not likely to get a catch un- less the sod is well trodden by stock. Very Late Swarming, Etc. 1. I am a new bee-keeper with only 5 colonies. I had no swarms during the summer; only one colony stored any surplus until fall, then two others stored about 10 pounds each, and on Sept. 29th one colony cast a large swarm, and in less than 10 hours it was freezing cold. The next day, of course, they could not fly, and I gave them three empty frames and some sugar syrup. They now have eggs. Will they be likely to live through the winter if I give them plenty of sugar syrup ? 2. Will the old colony which has plenty of stores be O. I might state that there are still some drones in the yard. 8. Did you ever know of a colony swarming so late in the season ? 4. If I have not done the right thing with these bees, what shall I do ? 5. Can bees rear brood when
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