. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Aug. 14, 1919. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 351 bees all day, and although I have watched carefully I have never seen a swallow, there or elsewhere, kill a bee. What is the editorial experience?âG. E. Stkong, Hon. Sec, Mon. [We have seen swallows take bees.â Eds.] Rq Large Swarms. [9963] On May 13 this year I had a swarm weighing over 12 lbs., pure Italian bees. The stock was wintered on 20 combs, and at the time of swarming had drawn out another 10. I took a jjhoto of the SM-arm, but, unfortunately, I could only get into a position to
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Aug. 14, 1919. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 351 bees all day, and although I have watched carefully I have never seen a swallow, there or elsewhere, kill a bee. What is the editorial experience?âG. E. Stkong, Hon. Sec, Mon. [We have seen swallows take bees.â Eds.] Rq Large Swarms. [9963] On May 13 this year I had a swarm weighing over 12 lbs., pure Italian bees. The stock was wintered on 20 combs, and at the time of swarming had drawn out another 10. I took a jjhoto of the SM-arm, but, unfortunately, I could only get into a position to take the photo dead against the sun. From the top of post to ground, and also on ground, was a dense mass of bees which well filled two skeps. I hived them on ten frames of founda- tion, ,and sold them two days later to a gentleman at Torc^uay for £4 4s. The weight at that time (less allowance for ten frames with foundation) M'as well over 10 lbs., as I satisfied the purchaser. Some of the bees I was unable to secure, as they were in the middle of hedge, so I should estimate the total weight at not much less than 13 lbs. No doubt some of the bees returned to the original stock, which accounts for there only being 10 lbs. in the new hive. Ten days later I examined the swarm in its new hive. It then had 20 standard frames of comb .dl^awl'^ out, many full of brood and honey, and they were prepar'ng to swarm again. I advised the owner to put another body under and a super )ver, and also cut out three queen-cells. I can say with certaintj- that this Avas not a case of two or more swarms uniting, as I had examined all my hives except this one' two or three days earlier, and not one was preparing to swarm. A neigh- bouring bee-keeper helped me to secure them, and would witness to the weight, as would the buyer of the swarm.âGeo. M. Ro SLING. The Way-room of Queen Excluders. [9964] Does the modern queen excluder allow too much way-room? In the last three months I have had experie
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