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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



tions, so that the bees do not need to 

 build any store comb in the brood- 

 iiest, which store conil), wlien built 

 i'or (hat purpose, is j;enerally of the 

 (li-one si/e of cells. P.y this time the 

 (lue(Mi is ready to keep up with the 

 liees in their comb-building, with her 

 CKKs; Jiiid in this way, nine times out 

 of ten, I get these five frames tilled 

 with worker comb and, besides, secure 

 a good yield of section honey." 



"Why do you wait from 3G to 48 

 hours about arranging the liive? Why 

 not give only the five frames at the 

 time of hivingV" 



"(Jlad you asked that ipiestion, ns 

 I should have forgotten to speak of 

 something that would have bothered 

 you had 1 not told you. In the Hrst 

 ]ilac(\ a sv\.irni given july live frames 

 when hived, is liable to think the place 

 of al)ode too small, and leave, or 

 swarm out, and such a i)rocedure is 

 a nuisance. In the next place, when 

 any colony having an old or laying 

 (pieen is first hived, the be(>s are like- 

 ly to build comb too fast for her, 

 hence som(> of the combs first started 

 are liable to be the drone size on ac- 

 count of the queen not being in con- 

 dition to lay many eggs at first, as 

 all (pieens cease .almost entirely to 

 lay for 2t hours previous to swarming, 

 so that they may l>e reduced in weight 

 that they may fiy and accompany the 

 swarm; and full prolificness does not 

 return under 48 hours after the 

 swarm has connnenced k(H»ping house 

 in its new home. And as these combs 

 having the drone size of cells are just 

 I'igiit for store cond)s, the bees gen- 

 er.-illy, when once started, keep right 

 on with that size of cells till the bot- 

 tom of the hive is reach(Hl." 



"I s(>e now why I have liad so much 

 drone com!) built when hiving swarms 

 witlionl giving frames of foundation, 

 and I am glad to know of this matter. 

 T?nt I nuist soon bo going: but I 

 should like to hear of the tliird plan 

 before I go." 



"The third condition under which 

 worker comb will be l)uilt is just after 

 the young queen gets to laying in any 

 colony liaving cast a swarm. If, af- 

 ter she has been laying two or three 

 days, we take away two or three 

 (()nd)s and jiut frames with starters 

 in their places, we shall find that 

 these frames will be mainly filled with 

 worker comb. As tlie bees are now 

 over the swarming fever, and desire 

 worker l)ees to promote the welfare of 

 the colony, no drones are needed, and 

 the young (pu-ens are not likely to 

 lay in drone comb. However, we are 

 not (piite as certain of all worker 

 coml» in tins case as we are in eitlier 

 of the otlur two, as there are plenty 

 of built combs in the hive for the 

 young (jueen to use. and it sometimes 

 happens tliat the bees will prefer to 

 leave off storing in the sections and 

 build store comb in the frames, thus 

 defeating what we are striving to at- 

 tain." 



"Well, thanks until yon are better 

 jtaid. I will try all the plans next 

 year, and then I caTi tell more about 

 how the matter works with nn^. Good 

 d;iv." 



BEE STINGS. 



Their liational Treatment is Similar to that 

 for Snake Bites. 



There is no questinn that the less a 

 person is stung the better. The filling 

 of the system witli bee poison does not 

 improve the healtli. A bee-keeper 

 should take all reasonable precautions 

 to avoid stings, and it may be advisa- 

 ble, in some instances, to take a little 

 pains in avoiding the effects of a se- 

 vere sting. Mr. D. A. McLean has 

 an excellent article, in Gleanings, on 

 l)ee stings and their rational treatnuMit 

 and from it I niake tlie following ex- 

 tract: 



