Gleanings in bee culture . ot have such odor. When aqueen that has traveled all over the countryis returned to her colony she has lost thecolony odor. Having come in contact with men and things has so changed her that evenher own bees would seek, ordinarily, to de-stroy her. While we would not state it as apositive fact, we are of the opinion that, eve-ry time a queen is changed from one colonyto another, unless she has acquired, throughthe process of introduction, the odor of thereceiving colony, she will generally be re-jected. We say generally, because there areseveial conditions under whic
Gleanings in bee culture . ot have such odor. When aqueen that has traveled all over the countryis returned to her colony she has lost thecolony odor. Having come in contact with men and things has so changed her that evenher own bees would seek, ordinarily, to de-stroy her. While we would not state it as apositive fact, we are of the opinion that, eve-ry time a queen is changed from one colonyto another, unless she has acquired, throughthe process of introduction, the odor of thereceiving colony, she will generally be re-jected. We say generally, because there areseveial conditions under which a queen canbe introduced without having the receivingcolony odor; but these exceptions only provethe rule.—Ed.] ??«» BEE KEEPING IN TEXAS. Some Useful Devices as Made and Used byD. 31. Edwards. BY H. H. ROOT. Continued from the March ir>th a man can be called the father of bee-keeping for his locality, then D. M. Edwardsis the father of bee-keeping near is always Ieady to tell what he FIG. 1.—D. M. EDWARDS ILLUSTRATING HISUNCAPPING-BOX. 554 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE Apr. 15
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