. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Julv 1899. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 471. Bees in the Walls of a House.—A colony of bees were located in the dead-air space between the two walls of a brick house. A. D. Hopps threw in carbolized water all thru the sides by means of a small syringe, and that being- more than the bees could stand they came out and were hived.— Gleanings in Bee-Culture. Duties of Worker=Bees are thus given by A. H. Dufl in a Kansas Bulletin : At two or three days old, preparing food and feeding larvae ; at 10 or 12 days old, secreting wax and building comb ; at about 20 days
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Julv 1899. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 471. Bees in the Walls of a House.—A colony of bees were located in the dead-air space between the two walls of a brick house. A. D. Hopps threw in carbolized water all thru the sides by means of a small syringe, and that being- more than the bees could stand they came out and were hived.— Gleanings in Bee-Culture. Duties of Worker=Bees are thus given by A. H. Dufl in a Kansas Bulletin : At two or three days old, preparing food and feeding larvae ; at 10 or 12 days old, secreting wax and building comb ; at about 20 days old, field-work. The generally accepted age for field-work is 16 days. It would be interesting to know upon what grounds Mr. Duff has de- parted from the traditions of the fathers. Controlled Fertilization of Queens.—Dr. Mason gives further publicity in the Bee-Keepers' Review to an item given in Canadian Bee Journal. The Doctor had tried shutting in at 'in queens and the drones he wanted to meet them, then letting them out when drones had ceast to fly, but both queens and drones were uneasy, fretting and stewing to get out for a flight. Mr. Holmberg has supplied the missing link by putting the nuclei in the cellar where they keep quiet, giving the nuclei a good supply of drones. Wax=Moths in Strong Colonies.—Dr. Bartrum demurs to the statement of British Bee Journal that there is little fear of wax-moths in strong colonies. Even with the strong- est colonies he finds it advisable to squeeze putty " into all the crevices on the top frames of the combs," in order to avoid injury to surplus honey. Possibly the kind of bees has something to do with the case. In England black bees are preferred by many to Italians, and it is well known that blacks—in this country at least—.will not protect themselves against moths as will the Italians. Capacity for Strong Colonies.—A. H. Duff says in the Kansas Bulletin that it would be a fatal mistake to confine a
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