. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 210 have in the yard. By alternating the frames, the bees are so mixed np that they will not quarrel, and so far as my experience goes, no harm will befall the queen. We used to cage the queen for 24 hours, but for the past 2 years have not, and never had one molested. This is also a good plan, where we do not wish increase, to serve a whole apiary in the same way. Now Ave will return to No. 1, which we left with the frame and queen stand- ing outside of the hive, Place it in the hive close to one side and put in an empty frame, adjust the division bo
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 210 have in the yard. By alternating the frames, the bees are so mixed np that they will not quarrel, and so far as my experience goes, no harm will befall the queen. We used to cage the queen for 24 hours, but for the past 2 years have not, and never had one molested. This is also a good plan, where we do not wish increase, to serve a whole apiary in the same way. Now Ave will return to No. 1, which we left with the frame and queen stand- ing outside of the hive, Place it in the hive close to one side and put in an empty frame, adjust the division board, and you have as nice a nucleus as any person need desire, and they will build you the nicest worker combs you ever saw. You can use this nucleus for any purpose you may wish. Of course, many of the old bees taken to No. 2 return and make it (the nucleus) very strong. I will tell you some of the purposes we put these to : 1st. We use them to sup- ply us with queens. 2d. If we wish more colonies, Ave build them up to strong colonies by fall. 3d. We keep them building comb till they are all used up, taking it away from them as fast as it is built, &c. We hardly think it necessary in this locality, to put on boxes in May; but further south they should be put on. If our bees are far enough advanced to crowd the queen Avith honey during ap- ple bloom, we think it best to extract, for they rarely go into boxes thus early. Of course, each one can use the princi- ple described, whether north or south, and vary the dates to suit their locality. Borodino, N. Y., April, 1879. For the American Bee Journal. About Comb Foundation. HERBERT A. BURCH. The past dozen years have been fruit- ful in the production of new devices and methods of management designed to make apiculture a business at once safe, sure, and fairly remunerative; and of them all, comb foundation, in my opin- ion, stands pre-eminent. Years ago, when a -5 or 10 lb. package of honey readily sold for 25 to 30 cents per p
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