. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 748 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. ANSWERED BY DK,. C O. 1,^IIjI-iEK,, Marengo, III. In this department will be answered those questions needing immediate attention, and such as are not of suflBcient special interest to require replies from the "JO or more apiarists who help to malie " Queries and Replies "so Interesting on another page. In the main, it will contain questions and answers upon mat- ters that particularly interest beginners.—Ed. Clipping the Queen's Wing. I noticed in the Bee Journal that a writer said he clipped the queen's wing
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 748 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. ANSWERED BY DK,. C O. 1,^IIjI-iEK,, Marengo, III. In this department will be answered those questions needing immediate attention, and such as are not of suflBcient special interest to require replies from the "JO or more apiarists who help to malie " Queries and Replies "so Interesting on another page. In the main, it will contain questions and answers upon mat- ters that particularly interest beginners.—Ed. Clipping the Queen's Wing. I noticed in the Bee Journal that a writer said he clipped the queen's wing to keep her from leaving. Another said the queen mated in the open air. If so, how does she mate when clipped ? O. C. A. Answer.—If you clip a queen before mating, you will have a drone-layer. I never clip a queen till after she com- mences laying. Starved Brood, Gathering Honey, Etc. 1. How can a beginner know when the brood is starved ? 2. How can he know when the brood is chilled ? 8. How can one know when there is plenty of honey coming in to supply the brood ? . 4. How much honey should there be in the hive to be on the safe side, in April and May ? 5. Will there be starving brood even if there is a comb of old honey in an out- side frame in the hive ? 6. What are bees gathering around pig pens and such places ? 7. Will a foul-broody colony cast any swarm, or will they dwindle any in one season ? I ask these questions for the reason that I found dead brood in the cells on May 28th, when I last examined the bees. I have 16 colonies, and none seem to be any better. Some of them commenced to store in the upper stories from dandelions. The brood dying is advanced so far that they seem to fill the cell, but the head seems to dry up in a point, and seems to be the worst in the center frames, most of them un- capped. I would not think that is foul brood, but I don't know. S. O. L. Stanchfield, Minn. Answers.—1. You will find the bees carrying out brood more or less torn to
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