Gleanings in bee culture . tive position to the hive en-trance, and the field bees are not interrupt-ed in their daily habit of storing the sur-plus. Repeat this operation every ten daysthrough the swarming season, which willvaiy according to locality, or introduce (24hours after switching) a young queen tothe top or hatching story. As this storycontains young bees only, it is an idealcondition for introducing a new kill the old queen the next time jouswitch, and leave the hatching story on lohatch out entirely. I think that most beekeepers agree thata young queen rarely swarms duri
Gleanings in bee culture . tive position to the hive en-trance, and the field bees are not interrupt-ed in their daily habit of storing the sur-plus. Repeat this operation every ten daysthrough the swarming season, which willvaiy according to locality, or introduce (24hours after switching) a young queen tothe top or hatching story. As this storycontains young bees only, it is an idealcondition for introducing a new kill the old queen the next time jouswitch, and leave the hatching story on lohatch out entirely. I think that most beekeepers agree thata young queen rarely swarms during herfiret season, so you will by this means,as soon as a young queen is introduced,end the danger of swarming in nearly allcases. A Pennsylvania friend asks about usinga hive filled with foundation and placing itbelow an old hive in order to get two brood-stories to start the i^lan. I should prefer todivide the old brood-nest as nearly equallyas possible, and fill out both stories withframes of full sheets of I like to have both hatching and lay-ing stories have about an equal amount ofbrood in them. Also, by dividing the oldbrood-nest equally there will be enough oldcombs containing pollen and honey to sup-ply the nurse bees in the hatching story forthe ten days they are shut oif from all out-side supply. A sujiply of honey and pollensufficient for this period of time must al-ways be on hand in hatching story. Spokane, Wasli. COMB HONEY FROM A SHORT FLOW Worker Comb from Starters BY A. V. SMALL Fig. 3.—Lower side, next to supers. Last summer the swarming impulse wasabove normal; and as our flow is usually ofshort duration, comb honey could be se-cured only by a plan that Avould satisfy theswarming desire, and at the same time forcethe June flow into the supers. The plan which gave me the best resultswas to shake the bees into a contractedchamber of starters. This was done in theearly part of the flow. The colony was lefton its old stand, and I merely took away
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