. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 189', THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 519. CONDUCTED BY DR. O. O. anXtER, XIARJEXGO. ILL. [Questions may be mailed to the Bee Journal, or to Dr. Miller direct.^ Transferrins Bees. 1. I have a colony of bees in a tall box-hive, and wish to transfer to a regular dovetailed hive. Can it be done now ? If so, how shall I proceed ? The hive I will use has two full sheets and six half sheets of brood foundation. I might pos- sibly take a frame or two of honey from a new swarm if obliged to. I'd rather feed if necessary. 2. This colony sent out a swarm (its first a
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 189', THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 519. CONDUCTED BY DR. O. O. anXtER, XIARJEXGO. ILL. [Questions may be mailed to the Bee Journal, or to Dr. Miller direct.^ Transferrins Bees. 1. I have a colony of bees in a tall box-hive, and wish to transfer to a regular dovetailed hive. Can it be done now ? If so, how shall I proceed ? The hive I will use has two full sheets and six half sheets of brood foundation. I might pos- sibly take a frame or two of honey from a new swarm if obliged to. I'd rather feed if necessary. 2. This colony sent out a swarm (its first and only one) July 3. If any bees are left in the hive, will they be apt to start any queen-cells ? or is it too late in the season ? New York, July 26. Answers. — 1. The best time to transfer your colony was already past when your letter was written, that is 21 days after the colony had swarmed. Your best plan is to leave the colony where it is till fruit-bloom next year, and many are coming to the opinion that you will do still better to wait till the bees swarm, hive the swarm in the hive you desire, and then 21 days later, when all worker-brood has hatcht, empty the old hive. 2. Queen-cells, as a rule, are started before a swarm issues, and are sealed at the time of swarming. So by the middle of July there was probably a young queen laying in the hive from which the swarm issued July 5. Of course there is always some chance of failure and consequent queenlessness. ^—^ Several Que!»tions About Bees. I am very thankful for the information I received through the American Bee Journal in regard to queen-rearing. I got more information from one copy of it than I got from two books that cost each. I don't see how any one can do without the American Bee Journal and be successful with bees. I dislike to impose upon good nature, but I would like to ask a few more questions. 1. I made my own hives, and the frames are 113^x11}^ inches, which makes them near the size of the L
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