. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 330 AMERICAN BEE ANSWERED BY JDIEZ,. C. C. I^^ILiIjEJK,, Marengo, III. In this department will be answered those questions needing immediate attention, and such as are not of sufficient special Interest to require replies from the 20 or more apiarists who help to malse "Queries and Replies" so interesting on another page. In the main, it will contain questions and answers upon mat- ters that particularly interest beginners.—Ed. Italian Bees as Comb-Builders. Are Italian bees equal or superior to the German brown, or common black be
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 330 AMERICAN BEE ANSWERED BY JDIEZ,. C. C. I^^ILiIjEJK,, Marengo, III. In this department will be answered those questions needing immediate attention, and such as are not of sufficient special Interest to require replies from the 20 or more apiarists who help to malse "Queries and Replies" so interesting on another page. In the main, it will contain questions and answers upon mat- ters that particularly interest beginners.—Ed. Italian Bees as Comb-Builders. Are Italian bees equal or superior to the German brown, or common black bees, as comb-builders ? J. F. C. Garden City, Kans. Answer.—I don't know that there's any difference in general. Some colo- nies of Italians are a little faulty as to making white looking comb. They fill the honey too close to the capping, mak- ing it look dark and watery. Why Were Queen-Cells Built ? "What is the cause of bees building queen-cells when they have a young queen which has been laying about four weeks, and the colony is strong ? Quincy, 111., Aug. 21. H. M. Answer.—Without knowing all about the circumstances, it is not easy to say. Possibly it is one of those rare cases where they are getting ready to swarm. Possibly the queen is not satisfactory and the bees are about to supersede her. This latter is quite often the case, but is not known very often where queens are not clipped. Italian vs. Blacks as Robbers. Are Italian bees worse than blacks for robbing? While I had blacks only, I had no trouble with robbers, but lately (with Italians only) I have had a good deal of trouble. Not long since I wanted to Italianize a colony of blacks, and in taking out the frames while looking for the black queen I broke some comb, which started the Italians to robbing. They came in such numbers that I did not know what to do. I contracted the entrance to about % of an inch, yet they piled up ^n the hive like a swarm. I then got camphor and carbolic acid, made a solution
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