. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. arcli. 1912 American ^ee Joiirnajj J I want to make a few nuclei next May .hine. I want to take one frame of iiad containiiis; worker-eKtrs. some ciueen- lis. and bees just crawling out of their Us. witliout a queen, and put it into an . inpty liive, and put a board in the middle M make the smallest room for the baby t .'louy Is it a grood plan ? I intend to take -I'liie frames of brood from other colonies 1 !h1 shake or brush down young bees 10 aive ire bees to the nuclei, at noon. Can be reared safely .'' i. Can I put fresh snow over the
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. arcli. 1912 American ^ee Joiirnajj J I want to make a few nuclei next May .hine. I want to take one frame of iiad containiiis; worker-eKtrs. some ciueen- lis. and bees just crawling out of their Us. witliout a queen, and put it into an . inpty liive, and put a board in the middle M make the smallest room for the baby t .'louy Is it a grood plan ? I intend to take -I'liie frames of brood from other colonies 1 !h1 shake or brush down young bees 10 aive ire bees to the nuclei, at noon. Can be reared safely .'' i. Can I put fresh snow over the entrances of the bee-hives when the coldest, windy days come ? 4. If queen-cells appear in any bee hive, can I cut them off at all. as I do not want swarms ? 5. Will the colony be stronir in numbers if queen-cells are cut off ? Should 1 >:ive more room ? Will they build up combs quickly and gather honey fast ? Indian.^. .Answers.—I. They may start cells and they may not. You will be more sure of cells, and will have more cells if you take away the queen for a week. 2. If 1 understand you rinlitly you will have only one frame for the nucleus. At least you should jiut a frame of honey, or partly HUed witii honey, on each sideof your frame of brood. Then if you add enough young bees, as you suggest, you can rear good queens provided the queen-cells are ad- vanced enough so the young queens are about ready to emerge. If the cells have not been sealed very Ions when given to the nuclei, you can not count on good queens. 3. It will be all right if the snow is dry. If the snow is wet and packs together it may smother the bees. 4. If you cut out all queen-cells it will de- lay swarming. Generally, however, the bees will start cells again, and if you keep cutting them out the bees will sometimes swarm without a queen-cell in the hive. Simetimes. however, cutting out the cells will prevent swarming entirely. 5. Cutting out cells will not interfere with the strength of the colony, n
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