. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 582 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Sept. 16,. CONDUCTED BY OH. O. O. afiXtEH, M-ASENGO, ILL. [Questions may be mailed to the Bee Journal, or to Dr. Miller direct.! Colony (tuccnless—"Hfever too Old to ; lu looking thruogh a colony yesterday that did not appear to be doing well, I found they had no queen. Where and how shall I proceed? I took three full frames of comb from another colony with some brood, but not much, and gave to them to build them up. I gave them as many bees on those combs as there was of themselves. I rather think that I
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 582 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Sept. 16,. CONDUCTED BY OH. O. O. afiXtEH, M-ASENGO, ILL. [Questions may be mailed to the Bee Journal, or to Dr. Miller direct.! Colony (tuccnless—"Hfever too Old to ; lu looking thruogh a colony yesterday that did not appear to be doing well, I found they had no queen. Where and how shall I proceed? I took three full frames of comb from another colony with some brood, but not much, and gave to them to build them up. I gave them as many bees on those combs as there was of themselves. I rather think that I am almost too old a man to commence with bees, being beyond 72 years. But there is nothing like trying. Michigan. —I regret to say that by some means your letter was mislaid and not promptly answered. Fortunately the de- lay makes no difference, for you had already done the wise thing iu giving brood to the queenless bees. As that was early in August, and as in all probability there were eggs and young larvK among the brood given, the bees would at once start queen-cells, and in three weeks or so a young queen would be laying. Of course, you would have gained time if you could have given them a laying queen, or even a sealed queen-cell, but probably you had neither of these. I don't be- lieve a man with half a gross of years behind him is any too old to enjoy the fascinating pursuit of bee-keeping, and I wish you many years of enjoyment in the learning. A Colony with " ; I do not see much written in the Bee Journal by the Canadians, so I guess we must all be good bee-keepers ! But I must own up that I am stuck at present, and almost at the swearing point, for I have just been looking at my bees, and cannot tell what is the matter with two colonies. I will try and explain as well as I can. I have been three years at bee-keeping, have eleven colo- nies; I started with three. I have poor luck, you will see, but I like working with them, and am go
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