. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 126 TMW «MEMICKK mmm JOURKSI^. ^?**^*-*-*-^*-^*-^*-^*^^^^ Clipping' a. Queen's 'Wing;.—E. J arvis, Fair Grove, Mich., on Feb. 3, 1888, asks tlie following questions : 1. Does a queen's wing grow out again after being clipped ? 2. Does the clipped queen ever go out with a swarm ? 3. If they get together, is it always on the ground, or down where she can crawl ? 4. Does the swarm ever go out of sight of the hive ? 5. Will the bees swarm before rearing a new queen ? [1. No. 2. She attempts to, but the loss of her wing prevents her flying with the bees. 3
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 126 TMW «MEMICKK mmm JOURKSI^. ^?**^*-*-*-^*-^*-^*-^*^^^^ Clipping' a. Queen's 'Wing;.—E. J arvis, Fair Grove, Mich., on Feb. 3, 1888, asks tlie following questions : 1. Does a queen's wing grow out again after being clipped ? 2. Does the clipped queen ever go out with a swarm ? 3. If they get together, is it always on the ground, or down where she can crawl ? 4. Does the swarm ever go out of sight of the hive ? 5. Will the bees swarm before rearing a new queen ? [1. No. 2. She attempts to, but the loss of her wing prevents her flying with the bees. 3. Yes. 4. Yes. When they find that the queeu is not with them, they usually return ; but sometimes they have another queen, or unite with another swarm. 5. They will attempt it and fail, unless they unite with another swarm, or follow another young queen on her bridal trip.— Ed.] Bees Flying—Favorable Win- ter.—D. F. Park, Athens, Pa., on Feb. 14, 1888, says : Today the bees have had their first flght since Dec. 4,1887. I have 85 colonies on the summer stands, and all were out but one, which had succumbed. I had introduced a " dollar queen " last season, and she proved worthless, not rearing bees enougli to make a decent cluster. The winter has been favorable, the mercury having gone below zero but three times. Five, 10 and 16 de- grees below zero has been the coldest, with very little snow. CLUBBF^C} L,ISX. W^e Clnb the American Bee Jov/mal for a year, with any of the following papers or books, at the prices quoted in the I^ASX column. The regular price of both is given in the first column. One year's subscription for the American Bee Journal must be seut •with each order for another paper or book: Price of both. Club The American Bee Journal 1 and Gleanings in Bee-Culture 2 00 1 75 Bee-Keepers'Magazine 1 50 140 Bee-Keepers'Guide 140 Bee-Keepers'Review 150 140 The Apiculturist 2 00 1 80 Canadian Bee Journal 2 1 80 Canadian Honey Produc
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