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that time the brood from the last eggs will be 

 sealed. But bad weather may delay the issu- 

 ing of the swarm a day or more, and if the 

 queen lays during that delay it will leave un- 

 sealed brood after the first virgin has emerged- 



3. Drones might be because of much drone- 

 comb, but the rapid falling off in numbers ol 

 workers is more easily accounted for by saying 

 the bees have swarmed. 



4. One would hardly think so. 



5. Better take them away, and return later 

 if the colony becomes strong enough to work 

 on a later flow. 



6. Abundance of super-room is quite a fac- 

 tor in the prevention of swarming, but no 

 amount of room in supers will prevent swarm- 

 ing if enough other conditions favor swarming. 



7. It is possible that all the queens went 

 with the swarm; yet one may have been left 

 who was lost on her wedding trip. 



Queen Rearing 



I understand that to raise a queen one should 

 use larvae less than 3 days old. and since it 

 takes 3 days for an egg to hatch into a larva, 

 should the egg be taken for queen rearing? 



OHIO. 



Answer. — Evidently you are counting that 

 the age of a larva is counted from the time 

 the egg is laid. The age of a chicken is count- 

 ed from the time it is hatched out of the egg, 

 and it's the same way with a larva. It's gen- 

 erally considered better to give a larva not 

 more than two days old, and it's all right to 

 give an egg. 



Foulbrood Combs 



1. vVould it be safe to use combs taken out 

 of a European foulbrood hive after they have 

 been extracted? 



2. Could those frames be used again after 

 combs were cut out? VERMONT. 



Answers. — 1. In an apiary where there is 

 already European fouulbrood, I wouldn't hesi- 

 tate at all to use such combs. They are likely 

 safe enough in any apiary, yet in an apiary 

 where Europeon foulbrood has not yet ap- 

 peared I'd rather not use anything that ever 

 had the disease within a mile. 



2. I have used such frames after boiling 

 them ' in lye. 



Peas—White Clover— Vetch 



1. Do bees get honey from peas? They work 

 around the stem of the pea from morning till 

 night. 



2. When is the best time, in this country, to 

 plant (vhite clover for the bees, and how long 

 before it will bloom after sowing it? Will it 

 grow around waste places, and how high does 

 it get? 



3. Is vetch good for bees? Will it grow on 

 poor land? At what time does it stop bloom- 

 ing? ALABAMA. 



Answers.— 1. It not infrequently happens 

 that nectar is secreted at the axils of the leaves, 

 and evidently that is the case with your peas. 



2. There is probably no better time than 

 when the ripe seed falls, although it may be 

 sown almost any time. Spring might be most 

 convenient for you. It will hardly bloom to 

 amount to anything until its second year. It 

 will grow in waste places where there is suf- 

 ficient soil, and may grow from 3 to 10 inches 

 high. 



3. Vetch is a honey-plant I know little about. 



larva 3 days old as from one only a day or two 

 old. I judge so from the fact that when bees 

 are given their choice they prefer the younger 

 larva. 



2. Not alone; they must have some other 

 material with it 



3. I don't know; maybe 12 or 15, under fa- 

 vorable circumstances; and maybe 20 or 30 be- 

 fore you would get the first 10 pounds stored. 

 But it wouldn't be honey. 



Queen Hatching — Sugar Feeding 



1. How long after the egg is laid by the 

 queen can the bees raise a queen out of it? 



2. Do bees make comb out of sugar syrup? 



3. How many pounds of sugar would have 

 to be fed to a colony of bees to produce 10 

 pounds of it in the comb, first making the 

 comb out of the syrup? ARKANSAS. 



Answers. — 1. Any time within 6 days, or 

 up to the time the larva is 3 days old, and 

 perhaps still later, although it is doubtful 

 whether as good a queen can be reared from a 



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