. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 312 Oetob»r, 1912. American Hee Journal tlieir: but it appeared rather that they were prclendiriK to sting. Wlien one worker stings anotlicr you do not need to watch very louK before you see tlie stung worker curl up and die. I never snw a drone have this appearance after a worker liad pre- tended to stint; it. If I am riirhtly informed tlie workers, aside from teasing and driving the drones, merely withhold food from them, and ihey die. Kor a drone cannot, like the workers, live by helpingitself to the stores in the ceils, but must be fed partly dige
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 312 Oetob»r, 1912. American Hee Journal tlieir: but it appeared rather that they were prclendiriK to sting. Wlien one worker stings anotlicr you do not need to watch very louK before you see tlie stung worker curl up and die. I never snw a drone have this appearance after a worker liad pre- tended to stint; it. If I am riirhtly informed tlie workers, aside from teasing and driving the drones, merely withhold food from them, and ihey die. Kor a drone cannot, like the workers, live by helpingitself to the stores in the ceils, but must be fed partly digested f'.>od by the workers It is possible that you may say that there was no failure of tlie harvest. Well, some- times it happens that individual colonies do not wait for the general slaughter, as it is called, .'^fter a colony has swarmed, the old queen having gone off with the swarm, the young queen in the mother colony be- comes fertilized ready for laying. After this there is no further need of drones for the currentseason. and they meet their fate. Whether the driving out of the drones occurs at one time or another, not only does the colony become rid of the flying drones, but all dronebrood is destroyed by the You will do well to prevent the rearing of these drones in all but a very few of your best colonies. I'^ven one colony in a hun- dred will rear enough drones to dO for the whole apiary. If there is no drone-comb in a hive, there will be no drones. You can cut out any drone comb and put in its place patches of worker-comb or of worker foun- dation. Some, however, think it is well to satisfy tlie bees to the extent of leaving them one or two square inches of drone- comb. Vou can behead these drones in the comb after Ihey are sealed over, or sprinkle a little salt on them before they are The Value of a Bee Journal When I took up bee-keeping I read every thing I could hnd on the subject with the hope of finding some system of management that wou
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