. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 214 Mar 14, 1907 AniQrican ^ee Journal tracted by a large number of drones flying near the ground, and, on look- ing down, there on the ground was one of my young queens hopping around with an injured wing. The drones would swoop down towards the queen, flying very rapidly back and forth. As I found a couple more queens in like condition, later on in the season, I have come to the conclusion that quite a number of queens have their wings injured by drones flying rapidly against them while in the air ; the queens then drop and perish in the


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 214 Mar 14, 1907 AniQrican ^ee Journal tracted by a large number of drones flying near the ground, and, on look- ing down, there on the ground was one of my young queens hopping around with an injured wing. The drones would swoop down towards the queen, flying very rapidly back and forth. As I found a couple more queens in like condition, later on in the season, I have come to the conclusion that quite a number of queens have their wings injured by drones flying rapidly against them while in the air ; the queens then drop and perish in the ; " Well, Mr. Smith, I must say that your ideas on this question are new to me, and, as far as I know, to the fra- ternity in general. But, say, speaking of queens, how did those turn out that you got from Indiana ?" " Not very well, and, to tell the truth, I don't care to say much about it ; but, as you have asked me, I will tell you the facts of the ; " If I remember correctly, you had some virgins as well as untested queens sent you?" " Yes, I ordered 8 virgins and 4 un- tested ; when they came 2 of the former were dead; I returned them, and the dealer seemed to think that 1 live queen was as good as 2 dead ones, so he sent me 1 to replace the ; " Not a very encouraging begin- ; "No, and that was not all. Of the virgins left, 4 after 14 days began to lay and did all right, but the others were lost in their mating flight. But where the joke came in, the 4 untested were safely introduced, but not one oflfered to lay ; in fact, they were vigor- ous, too ; and, to cap the climax, when they went out to mate, not a blessed one returned to the hives ; "Your experience, I must say, Mr. Smith, was far from satisfactory. I suppose you think those queens that never returned were injured by the drones, and lost in the grass, as you have before intimated?" " Either that, or else by way of pro- te


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