. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 474 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jalij 29,. CONDDCTED BY JDH. MILLBR, Af^REJVGO, ILL, [QuestionB may be mailed to the Bee Journal, or to Dr. Miller Two EgS!* ill a Cell—^Biller Honoy. 1. In transferring a colony of bees from a box-hive into a Doolittle hive, I noticed in the brood-comb two eggs in a cell. I thought of a laying-worker, but I found a very large, nice- looking queen. She was not crowded for room. What was the cause ? and what ought I to have done with her ? 2. I took off some section honey, with combs white and nice, tut the
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 474 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jalij 29,. CONDDCTED BY JDH. MILLBR, Af^REJVGO, ILL, [QuestionB may be mailed to the Bee Journal, or to Dr. Miller Two EgS!* ill a Cell—^Biller Honoy. 1. In transferring a colony of bees from a box-hive into a Doolittle hive, I noticed in the brood-comb two eggs in a cell. I thought of a laying-worker, but I found a very large, nice- looking queen. She was not crowded for room. What was the cause ? and what ought I to have done with her ? 2. I took off some section honey, with combs white and nice, tut the honey was so bitter I could not eat it. What can I do with it to make it good ? Tennessee. Answers. — 1. It is nothing so very unusual for a queen to lay eggs in a cell, especially when she first commences to lay. Only this week I had a young queen which laid two eggs in a cell, altho there were plenty of empty cells adjacent. There is nothing to be done in such a case but to let the queen alone. 2. I don't know from what source the honey came, but I doubt if you can do anything to improve it. Possibly, how- ever, it may improve with age. Honey from onions is said to be very rank at first, but to grow better afterward, and some say that linden honey is too strong at first. But I'm afraid the bitter taste will remain. Fastening Foundation in Sections. How can I fasten foundation in sections so that it will stay ? I use the thin, but it falls down when In the hive. Nkbk. Answer.—The method of fastening has much to do with it. If you will get one of the Daisy foundation fasteners you will probably have no trouble. With this machine a hot plate melts the wax, which is quickly prest against the surface of the wood, and is then held so firmly that the foundation pulls apart rather than to leave the wood. With the machine the work can also be done very rapidly, 500 starters having been reported in Gleanings as put in per hour by one who made a specialty of it. But if you do half
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