. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1896. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 39. MiM^^: TllE||[Ei>A«l& Bridal Trips of Virgin Ciueens. Virgin queens will not take their bridal excursion so long as unsealed brood is present, says Gravenhorst—he has known of only a single exception. I have known of thousands of exceptions. My queen-rearing nuclei are never without un- sealed brood, yet the queens mate all right. Of course, in natural swarming there is no unsealed brood in the hive at the time the young queen mates, but I doubt if its presence would have any effect in deterring her.—Review E
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1896. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 39. MiM^^: TllE||[Ei>A«l& Bridal Trips of Virgin Ciueens. Virgin queens will not take their bridal excursion so long as unsealed brood is present, says Gravenhorst—he has known of only a single exception. I have known of thousands of exceptions. My queen-rearing nuclei are never without un- sealed brood, yet the queens mate all right. Of course, in natural swarming there is no unsealed brood in the hive at the time the young queen mates, but I doubt if its presence would have any effect in deterring her.—Review Editorial. Control of Swarming:. To control swarming we must remove one of the prime factors. Brood is the only factor we can remove and not defeat our object—honey. The removal of brood instead of decreasing the honey-yield rather increases it. We may re- move the brood by direct confiscation, or we can do it more gradually by the removal of the queen. The first method would be better where the flow is very short and profuse, the second better where the flow lasts 40 to 60 or more days. The cause of swarming is instinct; its control, broodlessness. Other methods at times seem effective, but the only method of controlling swarming that is at all times a success, is brood- lessness.—R. C. AiKiN, in Review. Superseding Queens. A queen should be allowed to remain as mother of a col- ony as long as she retains her fecundity; for prolilicness, not age, should be the test in this matter. I never supersede a nice queen, no matter how old, until she shows signs of fail- ing powers. We want queens for the eggs they lay; and for that reason, power of production, and not age, is the rule to follow. I would not keep even a young queen, if she did not lay up to a fair average, for there are a few queens that are not prolific enough to keep four frames supplied with brood as they ought to be ; and where I find such, I always give their colonies something better to take their place. H
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