. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 156 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER July ties of the drone. Many years ago I selected two strong colonies and de- capitated the heads of all brood from time to time. In course of the season they became queenless and I believe this was caused from Want of services of the drones. I now only curtail the quantity of drones. I never now clip queens' wings as i am satisfied it results in their being lost on the ground if not present at the swarming or being superceded by the bees. In very hot weather bees cannot work in close hives with only the en- trance for
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 156 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER July ties of the drone. Many years ago I selected two strong colonies and de- capitated the heads of all brood from time to time. In course of the season they became queenless and I believe this was caused from Want of services of the drones. I now only curtail the quantity of drones. I never now clip queens' wings as i am satisfied it results in their being lost on the ground if not present at the swarming or being superceded by the bees. In very hot weather bees cannot work in close hives with only the en- trance for ventilation. They will hang on outside of hive and idle, instead of gathering honey. In such cases I turn back the corners of the sheets and with fresh air they soon get to work. As a proof of the need of ventilation, how often do the bees cut holes in the. DR. O. M. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Falconer, N. Y. : W. T. Falconer Manfg. Co.
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