. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mar. 31, 1904. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 251 you can brush into the hive the bees from each comb as fast us you l&ke it out. •J. Vou cannot prevent liurr-comlis entirely, but you will get along with a minimum if you will avoid too large spaces wherever hurr- combs are likely to be built—don't have spaces more than ^4 inch. Feeding Unfinished Sections—Black vs. Italians Transferrins. 1. I have lots of unfinished sections left over from last \ car. Should my bees get short of stores how would it do to put a super of unfinished sections on each hive*
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mar. 31, 1904. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 251 you can brush into the hive the bees from each comb as fast us you l&ke it out. •J. Vou cannot prevent liurr-comlis entirely, but you will get along with a minimum if you will avoid too large spaces wherever hurr- combs are likely to be built—don't have spaces more than ^4 inch. Feeding Unfinished Sections—Black vs. Italians Transferrins. 1. I have lots of unfinished sections left over from last \ car. Should my bees get short of stores how would it do to put a super of unfinished sections on each hive* 2. Should the sections be left on when the honey-flow begins, or will the bees darken them so that they will be unsalable i 3. Do black bees winter better, enter supers more readily, and live longer than Italian bees'. 4. I want to transfer some bees during fruit-bloom. Can I get ' queens at that time} Virginia. Answers.—1. It will do well. 2. Although they might not darken them very much, it will bo better to take them off as soon as emptied. But it is well to remember that many think it is not a good thing to use sections that have been kept over winter with honey in them, said honey having candied. 3. I don't know that there have been any exhaustive experiments thit would afford a positive answer to your question. 4. You may do so by sending South. Keeping Bees from Swarming. I have 5 colonies of Italian bees, 5 blacks, and 4 hybrids. I want to keep the hybrids from swarming. Please give the best plan. Virginia. Answer.—Here's one way. As sQon as time for swarming, take from hybrids all but one brood and give to Italians. That will pre- vent swarming of hybrids, and hurry up the swarming of the Italians. When the first Italian swarms, hive the swarm on the old stand, and put the mother colony on the stand of the strongest black, removing the black to a new stand. Do this with each of the Italian swarms in succession. Each of the Italians will almost surely send ou
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