Gleanings in bee culture . , are purely nominal; 5, the pres-ence of a queen of undiminished fecundityis jiroof against queen-cells, therefore im-mune from swarming. We prevent swarm-ing by requeening before the zenith of fer-tility merges into broodiness, thereby equal-izing the breeding season between twoqueens without exhausting the fertility ofeither. This method simplifies keeps the brood and bees together with-out developing the swarming impulse, whichis purely a matter of diminished queen fe-cundity. It would seem that colonies inlarge hives would be more likely to swar
Gleanings in bee culture . , are purely nominal; 5, the pres-ence of a queen of undiminished fecundityis jiroof against queen-cells, therefore im-mune from swarming. We prevent swarm-ing by requeening before the zenith of fer-tility merges into broodiness, thereby equal-izing the breeding season between twoqueens without exhausting the fertility ofeither. This method simplifies keeps the brood and bees together with-out developing the swarming impulse, whichis purely a matter of diminished queen fe-cundity. It would seem that colonies inlarge hives would be more likely to swarmthan in smaller ones; but there is anotherangle to the situation. Queens cannot con-trol egg production; and if time is wastedin looking for available breeding-cells, eggsare promiscuously scattered over the surfaceof combs much more rapidly than in normallaying; therefore such hives tax the fertil-ity of queens more severely than largerones. Under such conditions some queensdrop several eggs in a bunch. Birmingham, Our Ford runabout converted into a light truck, as mentioned editorially June 15. JULY 15, 1916 601 TIMELY HINTS ON QUEEN-RAISINGUsing Naturally Built Cells without Transferring BY JOSEPH GRAY The underlying principle of all queen-rearing may be condensed into four words—crowded, clustering, queenless bees. Somemay question the queenless part of thisstatement; but the principle is there, eventho a queen may reign in another part ofthe hive. Queens should be produced from healthystock, and in a perfectly healthy neighbor-hood, therefore a strict watch should bekept for both types of foul brood, and, Iam sorry to add, Nosema apis. As regardslocality for a heavy or light flow I am some-what undecided. 1 do know that my great-est hatch—40 cells on one comb—wereraised during a heavy flow. The nuclei dowell at such a time; and so, while a lightflow may give a little less trouble from thecrowding of combs with honey, still I ratherfavor a heavy flow of nectar
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