. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 360 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. Aug. 4, The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and give their real name and addresses, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. Clipping Queen's Wings. [10488] I wonder whether any of your r
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 360 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. Aug. 4, The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and give their real name and addresses, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. Clipping Queen's Wings. [10488] I wonder whether any of your readers who have tried the experiment of clipping the queen's wings would give the result in your journal of their experience during the swarming season ? I have an out apiary, and have decided next season to clip most of the queens. Would it not be a good idea every week to write your seasonable hints? Even the old hands at the game like to hear what the Editors of the Bee Journal have to say and advise. By the way, what is your opinion of clip- ping queens and thus making sure of the swarm ? Provided I can secure it, I prefer my stocks to swarm; it livens them up I am certain.— H. K. Springett. [Opinions as to the utility of clipping the queen's wings vary. The usefulness of the plan depends on circumstances. In an apiary where the bee-keeper, or other person, is con- stantly near to hear when a swarm comes off. it is a good thing, as the queen being unable to fly there is little risk of losing the swarm. Should the swarm and queen leave the hive when no one is about the queen is likely to be lost and the bees return to the hive. We know the theory is that the bees stay with the queen, but, like many other theories, it does not always work out in practice, and a few days later the swarm again issues with a young queen, who is more able to fly away than tlie old queen if she had not been clipped Sometimes the bees object to a mutilated queen and supercede her. Clipping is a m
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