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Sept. S. 1901 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



573 



swarm was hived in No. lo—they cast a large 

 swarm, and also had 2S sections nearly full, 

 which they soon finished, and I took it off 

 and gave them 'iS empty sections, which they 

 now have nearly filled. The old colony, after 

 casting two swarms, filled the upper story 

 with honey, and I extracted 3,t pounds from 

 them. I now have four colonies of bees and 

 <H pounds of honey, and more to take off, 

 from my .?2.00. Now here is my question for 

 Dr. Miller ; If it takes 31 days from the lay- 

 ing of the egg to mature a bee, and a few 

 days to make comb for a queen to lay in, how 

 do you account for the large amount of bees 

 in No. 15, so that they cast a large swarm in 

 25 days after being hived ; also nearly filling 

 2S sections ' And yet, after casting a swarm 

 they continued to work in the boxes without 

 any apparent loss of bees '. The second 

 swarm in No. 11 was almost as large as a 

 prime swarm. Did a part of them swarm out, 

 making the little swarm I have mentioned ; 

 If so, what became of the balance ? AVould 

 they be received into No. 15 ; 



S. B. Smith. 

 Millelacs Co., Minn., Aug. 5. 



An Amateur Transfer of Bees. 



Having purchased a colony of bees in a 

 box-hive the tall of ISflS, and failing to secure 

 any surplus in honey or swarms in 1S99 and 

 li tW, I decided to transfer this colony, win or 

 lose. I read much on transferring, and 

 sought to put in practice a part, at least. 



About May 1 (apple blooming) I made 

 preparations. A box eight inches deep and 

 the same size as the bottom of the box-hive 

 was made. An 8-frame dovetailed hive was 

 gotten ready in this style: Four frames filled 

 with comb were taken from four other hives 

 (one from each hive), the outer frame being 

 taken. No attention was given as to selec- 

 tion of frames. They contained in part some 

 honey, empty cells, and perhaps eggs or 



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