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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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all to the bees at onoe. In the meantime it will check the proKrees of 

 the mold it you put the comhs in a dry place. That will likely nmnn 

 at the same time a warm place, and warmth will favor thedevelopniunt 

 of worms. Look over the conili.s occasionally, and pick out with a 

 wire nail any worms you can tnue. Put a hive full of combs under a 

 colony, allowing the bees to pass throutrh this lower story. After a 

 few days another story can be put under, and a little later one or two 

 on top. 



■2. Unless absolutely filthy, a swarm will accept readily a hive of 

 old combs. 



Thin Foundation in Hoffman Frames— Split Sections 

 Moldy Combs. 



1. How deep can thin foundation in brood-frames be used and 



Dot break down by the bees? 



3. How are sections cut or split to use full sheets of foundation ' 

 3. How is the best way to clean or sweeten up brood-combs that 



bees have died on that are moldy ? New York. 



Answers. — 1. Merely fastened in the top-bar by the usual wedge. 

 without wiring or splints, you would probably find thin foundation 

 would sag if starters were more than an inch deep, and I wouldn't 

 feel too sure of an inch. 



3. They are made in two parts by the manufacturers. At least 

 that's the way in England; I'm not sure whether they're made in this 

 country. 



3. The very best way is to give them in care of the bees. Of 

 course the dead bees should be swept off before that, and if not con- 



venient to give them at once to the bees, remember that a cool place 

 will keep back the worms and a dry place will keep back the mold. 

 See answer to "Maine." 



Transferring After Swarming. 



I take the American Bee Journal, and in every issue I see the 

 question asked: When is the best time, and what the best way, to 

 transfer bees from box-hives to movable-frames hives? You say wait 

 until they swarm, transferal days afterward. I am a beginner, and 

 shoud like to know something aboui this work, as I have 3 box-hives 

 from which 1 wish to transfer the bees this spring. 



May I ask if you mean then in 21 days after they swarm you 

 drive the balance in with the swarm ? You say there will be little or 

 no brood at this time. Is there not a queen that is in there laying at 

 this time? Besides, I have seen bees swarm 10 days after the first 

 prime swarm. I should like to understand about it. Maryland. 



Answer. — If a second swarm should issue in 8 or 10 days, that 

 will not interfere with the transferring 21 days after the issuing of the 

 prime swarm. But you are not likely to have second swarms if you 

 put the prime swarm on the old stand, set the mother colony close be- 

 side it, and a week later move the mother colony to a new place. In 

 21 days after swarming there is likely to be a young queen in the 

 mother colony, probably having commenced to lay, possibly not; if 

 you unite the drive with the old colony, the bees can settle the matter 

 of queens. Or at the end of 21 days you can transfer to a new hive all 

 that is in the old hive, leaving it as a separate colony. 



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