April 7, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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who says my bees are a nuisance, and that they bothered her last sum- 

 mer; that the bees were at her well thiek, and came into her house. 

 But they nevergot stung. Now, if I can keep my bees at home this 

 summer I will move them in the country next spring. The alley be- 

 tween my neitihbor's place is not used much; there are other ways to 

 drive without going through ne:ir my bees. Now, if a team of sweaty 

 horses were driven through the alley, and they got slung, would I be 

 liable for damages* I do not want any trouble, but I am so situated 

 that I can hardly better myself this spring. Illinois. 



Answer. — That alley being a public thoroughfare, no matter how 

 little it is traveled, you are responsible for damages if your bees sling 

 horses or people passing by. A close fence six feet high would hel|) 

 matters very much. You can do much to keep your bees away from 

 your neighbor's well by providing one or more convenient drinking- 

 places nearer home, getting them started early in the season, for once 

 a habit of going to a certain driaking-plaee is formed they will con- 

 tinue to patronize that place throughout the season. An occasional 

 present of honey to your neighbor will do no little toward making her 

 less observant Of the intruding bees. 



Nucleus Method of Incease. 



On page 170, in answer to " Illinois, " in further explanation of 

 how you increased your 24 colonies to 1S4 last year, will you kindly 

 give the following additional information : 



1. How early in the season, in the vicinity of Chicago, would it be 

 usually safe to draw brood and bees from strong colonies and put in a 

 pile? 



2. Would it be as satisfactory to make the nuclei at the time of 

 drawing the brood and bees from the strong colonies* If not, why ' 



H. If making a pile is the best way, is it necessary to leave this 

 pile for 9 or 10 days before breaking it up into nuclei * 



4. From the fact that you visited the Hastings apiary only once in 

 9 or 10 days, I suppose you did not feed any of the nuclei. Would it 

 help to feed a little' 



5. In cases where you gave the nuclei queens, were they virgins or 

 laying queens; If the latter, did you just run them in, or had they to 

 be introduced in cages and the bees allowed to liberate them ; 



Illinois. 



Answers. — 1. I don't know. This year it may be two or more 

 weeks earlier or later than next year. Seasons differ greatly. It may 



be somewhat safe to say, any time after apple-bloom when the colonies 

 are strung enouyh, say when each colony has five or more frames of 

 brood. 



2. No; you take from the pile rjuefnlexs bees which will slay better 

 where put, and are ready to accept anything given to them in the way 

 of queen or queen-cell. 



3. It is more convenient for an out-apiary, although a modification 

 might work as well in the home apiary. 



4. Hardly, in a good honey-llow; with no honey coming in it 

 would be very desirable. 



5. Both ways to both questions. Laying queens were preferred if 

 on hand; if nol, virgins or cells; sometimes run in, sometioies caged, 

 allowing the bees to liberate. 



What Caused the Bees to Die?— Transferring 

 Brood. 



Chilled 



1. I am a beginner, and have 9 colonies of bees; 3 colonies died, 

 although they had enough in every hive; the comb was moldy. We 

 winter them on the summer stands. What was the cause of their 

 dying? It was 1? degrees below zero a good many days. Do you 

 think that was the cause? 



2. Next winter I am going to put chaff around the outside, and 

 shavings in the super. Do you think that is better than putting 

 blankets over them. 



3. I am going to tr.iusfer a colony from a box-hive to one with 

 frames. When is the best time? 



4. What is the lowest temperature they can hatch young bees? 



5. In case of chilled brood will they work the dead larv;i' out, or 

 will they leave them in the cells? There were some dead larv.'e in the 

 colonies that died. I don't think it was foul brood, as it did not have 

 any smell. Illinois. 



Answers. — I. Yes, the bees probably starved with plenty of 

 honey in the hive, because the cold continued so many days severe 

 enough to keep them from leaving the cluster to get a fresh supply. 



2. Blankets ought to be as good as chaff, or better, if enough of 

 them, but chaff ought to be cheaper. 



3. 21 days after swarming. 



4. I don't know; with the thermometer away below zero they can 

 have it quite warm in the center of the cluster. 



5. They will clean up the cells all right. 



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