. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 208 AMERICAN BEE Clipiiig ttie Winis of Queens. Query 910.—1. Do you clip your queens' •wings? 2. What are the advantages or disad- vantages of the practice '-'—Illinois. 1. No !—Dad ANT & Sox. I do not clip them.—J. P. H. Brown. 1. No. 2. Too long to answer here. —J. H. Larrabee. 1. No. 2. I leave this for others to answer.—J. M. Hambaugh. 1. I do. 2. It saves time and loss, and I know of no disadvantages.—A. J. Cook. 1. I do not. 2. Ask some one who has practiced clipping.—Mrs. L. Har- rison. 1. I do. 2. The principal advantage is that
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 208 AMERICAN BEE Clipiiig ttie Winis of Queens. Query 910.—1. Do you clip your queens' •wings? 2. What are the advantages or disad- vantages of the practice '-'—Illinois. 1. No !—Dad ANT & Sox. I do not clip them.—J. P. H. Brown. 1. No. 2. Too long to answer here. —J. H. Larrabee. 1. No. 2. I leave this for others to answer.—J. M. Hambaugh. 1. I do. 2. It saves time and loss, and I know of no disadvantages.—A. J. Cook. 1. I do not. 2. Ask some one who has practiced clipping.—Mrs. L. Har- rison. 1. I do. 2. The principal advantage is that they cannot go to the woods.—M. Mahin. 1. No. 2. But I would do it, or use drone and queen traps if I lived near timber. I should prefer to use the traps. —G. L. Tinker. 1. Yes. 2. It prevents her leaving with a swarm ; and after practicing clipping for many years, I find no dis- advantages.—A. B. Mason. 1. No, I do not. 2. I do not think there is any advantage in so doing, and the disadvantage of losing a clipped queen is great.—J. E. Pond. 1. No. 2. I prefer to use a drone- trap, so I know nothing about the ad- vantages or disadvantages of clipped queens.—Emerson T. Abbott. 1. No. 2. Read any good bee-publi- cation, and you will see the many ad- vantages and disadvantages published from time to time.—H. D. Cutting. 1. Yes. 2. It prevents the loss of swarms that come out unexpectedly. They also usually return to the hive from which they came.—P. H. Elwood. 1. I do not clip my queens' wings. 2. There is no advantage to me, and it is not worth the trouble, and, in fact, I do not want them clipped.—Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 1. No, 1 don't practice such barbarity as tliat. I use queen and drone traps and self-hivers, and it would be entirely useless to also clip queens' wings.—C. H. Dibbern. 1. I have done so at times. 2. Ad- vantages— 1st, Age of the queen more certainly known ; 2nd, swarm more easily hived. The disadvantages—1st, trouble to hu
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