. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mar. 24, 1904. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 235 to be severely criticised for resorting to this method of disposinff of bees, but before vou pass senteoee just boar in mind that i am SO years old, and notwithstanding my age I am" not a millionaire but am an old soldier supported mainly by a pension, and broken down in health. I have 'i? colcmies left, unless some of them die during the win- ter—and that is all I feel able to take care of the next season. It is often the ease that a colony of bees will be found doing something different from their cu
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mar. 24, 1904. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 235 to be severely criticised for resorting to this method of disposinff of bees, but before vou pass senteoee just boar in mind that i am SO years old, and notwithstanding my age I am" not a millionaire but am an old soldier supported mainly by a pension, and broken down in health. I have 'i? colcmies left, unless some of them die during the win- ter—and that is all I feel able to take care of the next season. It is often the ease that a colony of bees will be found doing something different from their customary habits. I had such a colony last season. They cast a swarm May 28, and after nying around for a time they returned to their hive. As they were returning 1 looked in front of the hive and found the tiueen. I put her on the alighting-board and she went back into the hive with the other bees. In just a'week they camcDut again and clustered, but before I could hive them they returned not only to the hive where they came out, but also into the one that was about one foot away. There was no fighting, no liees killed, neither could I And the queen. I will number this first hive No. 1, and the last oue No. -'. I keep a long board in front of my hives tor an alighting-board, and the next day after the second return the bees were running back and forth from No. 1 and No. 2, and this contin- ued for several weeks, then they swarmed the third time, and clustered with another swarm that came out at the the same time, but the communication was kept up between Nos. 1 and 2 the same as before. After a few weeks I discovered that the bees in No. 1 were getting less; they were weak, and I supposed they were queenless, so I took the top off one day to examine them and found a queen stuck fast to the top of one of the frames. I liberated her and she went down among the other bees. I let them remain for a long time, but they continued to dwindle, so I took the frames out and shook the bee
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