. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 16 AMERICAN BEE Qiieen-Cells M \k Swaralng Impulse. Query 930.—1. Are all the queen-cells started under the swarming impulse equally good? 2. If not, which are not ? 3, Is such an occurence exceptional, or often liable to happen ?—Colorado. 1. I suppose not. 2 and 3. I don't know.—Eugene Secor. 1. No. 2. The very small ones. 3. It often happens.—M. Maiiin, 1. No. 2. The smaller ones. 3. It often happens.—J. H. Larrabee. 1. No. 2. As a rule, the small, smooth ones. 3. It often happens.—J. 1. No. 2. Those that are not. 3. It happens e
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 16 AMERICAN BEE Qiieen-Cells M \k Swaralng Impulse. Query 930.—1. Are all the queen-cells started under the swarming impulse equally good? 2. If not, which are not ? 3, Is such an occurence exceptional, or often liable to happen ?—Colorado. 1. I suppose not. 2 and 3. I don't know.—Eugene Secor. 1. No. 2. The very small ones. 3. It often happens.—M. Maiiin, 1. No. 2. The smaller ones. 3. It often happens.—J. H. Larrabee. 1. No. 2. As a rule, the small, smooth ones. 3. It often happens.—J. 1. No. 2. Those that are not. 3. It happens every time.—Emerson T. Ab- bott. No. 2. Those of inferior size. 2. It happens only occasionally. — Jas. A. Stone. 1. No. 2. The very small and mis- shaped ones. 2. It often happens.—H. D. Cutting. 1. I do not think so. 2. The very small ones. 3. It is often L. Harrison. 1. No. 2. The poorer ones (!) ; but I haven't looked up the cause. 3. It is liable to occur.—P. H. Elwood. 1. No. 2. Those that don't come up to the standard of what they should be. 3. It is nothing exceptional.—J. P. H. Brown. 1. I don't know of any reason why they should not be. 2. No one can tell. 3. What occurrence is referred to ?—J. E. Pond. 1. No. The cells that are last finished and sealed often contain poor queens. 3. The occurrence is not exceptional, but common.—O. L. Tinker. 1. No, sir ; some will be much larger, and produce much finer queens, while some are small and almost worthless. 3. No, I think the above holds good gen- erally.—C. il. DiBBKKN. 1. It seems not, as they do not all hatch, and the queens vary in size. 2. I know of no means of detecting all the bad ones. 3. It often happens with me. —I. M. Hambaugh. Once in a thousand, bees will make a mistake and place a drone-larva in a queen-cell. We have seen that once in our experience. The drone died in the cell.—Dadant & Son. 1. I presume they are. I usually de- stroyed the smallest, and kept t
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