Feb. 11, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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scope cover on, for setting- the combs in, 

 which I would remove from a hive when the 

 robbers were bad. One evening, for some 

 reason, I raised the cover from such a hive, 

 and there in the top of it was a i|ueen and 

 about a dozen bees. Where she belonged was 

 a puzzle not easily solved. And the queens 

 not being clipped, I lost several at swarming- 

 tirae ; they would go out with the swarm, drop 

 down somewhere, the swarm would return, 

 and the queen would be lost. One such 

 swarm, after returning, went to work again 

 lively. In about a week 2 swarms united. I 

 took one queen and gave it to the queenless 

 colony, and destroyed every queen-cell. They 

 accepted the queen as though she belonged 

 there. But the next day they swarmed, and 

 a day or so later they absconded. I think if 

 I would not have had so many mishaps with 

 queens I would have reached the 4-ton mark. 



The best colony. No. 33 (blacks), swarmed 

 June 6. The swarm was hived in No. 40, and 

 placed on the old stand, while No. 33 was 

 moved immediately to a new stand ; no queen- 

 cells were removed, and they cast no after- 

 swarms. No. 40 produced 303 pounds of 

 honey, and No. 33 produced 130 pounds— a 

 total of 433 pounds. A number of other colo- 

 nies were not far behind. I did not try to 

 prevent prime swarms, but all after-swarms. 

 In a season siich as the one just past, I believe 

 one will secure more honey by letting the bees 

 swarm, as they seem to work with more 

 energy. Only one colony made no attempt to 

 swarm and it stored 243 pounds— a little less 

 than the average. 



At first I would take and shake all the bees 

 off the combs with the new swarm, and give 

 the brood to the weak colonies until they were 

 all built up. Others I placed on the stands of 

 queenless colonies. It an after-swarm issued 

 I would place it on the stand of the parent 

 colony, putting the latter on top of the 

 swarm. In a week or ten days I would have 

 3 fertilized queens, when I would unite them 

 and have the whole force together again. I 

 believe as Dr. Miller does, in strong colonies 

 all the time. 



One thing I observed and put into practice ; 

 When a swarm issues there will be as much 

 brood, or more, than the remaining bees can 

 care tor, let alone the eggs. After swarming 

 I would remove 3 or 3 combs containing eggs 

 and the youngest brood and give it to strong 

 colonies for about a week, when I would re- 

 turn it. This would make the old colony that 

 much stronger, because if left in that hive it 

 would have perished for want of warmth and 

 nourishment. This is quite a factor in the 

 early part of the season, but later on it would 

 probably not pay to bother. E. J. Babb 



Stephenson Co., 111., Jan. 4. 



Good Honey Crop. 



We had a good crop of honey last season- 

 about 40,000 pounds— a little more than half 

 extracted. I had one young swarm, hived 

 June 8, that filled nearly ten 34-pound supers 

 in a yard that had about 340 colonies Bees 

 are all right. N. Stai.minqeb 



Cedar Co., Iowa, Jan. 18. 



Do Queens Lay in Queen-Cells ?— 

 Bees Moving Eggs. 



On page SU (VMS), Thos. Chantry holds up 

 his hands in answer to my question, on page 

 766, asking if anyone ever saw a queen lay ic 

 a queen-cell. I have asked this question at 

 several conventions, and no one was willing 

 to answer in the affirmative, although some 

 thought that queens did. The fact that I and 

 a thousand others have not seen it, is no proof 

 that it does not occur, while one witness, who 

 has seen it, is proof that it may. For myself 

 I fear that Mr. Chantry is mistaken, as it com- 

 pletely refutes the Dzierzon theory of the 

 size of the cell controlling the sex of the egg, 

 and that is an accepted fact by our best bee- 

 keepers. 



I will accept Mr. Chantry's invitation to 

 visit his apiary whenever he is ready, provided 

 he shall pay my expenses if he fails to show a 

 queen in the act of laying in queen-cells If 

 he succeeds, I will pay my own expenses, and 

 hold up my hands, and give a big whoop, also. 



In regard to workers moving eggs from one 

 cell to another, he is correct in thinking I 



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