Jan. 22, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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ti'ol swanniiijj by destroying the ciueen-cells; 

 if tliey should swarm, 1 always save them. I 

 have not had a swarm abscond for 15 years. I 

 watch them closely, and as soon as they are 

 all out I open the old hive and take out a 

 frame of brood, place it in a new hive with 

 frames and starters, and put it near where 

 they are about to alight. Quite often they 

 go in without alighting; if not, shake a few 

 of' them in front of the hive. As soon as they 

 are in the hive move it slowly to the place 

 where it is to remain for the season. The 

 scouts come back and find the swarm gone, 

 tly around until discouraged, and go back to the 

 old home. In about 3 days I put on a super 

 with sections and foundation. 



The past season was very light in the honey- 

 yield. I had i'i colonies, spring count, got 

 an average of 40 pounds per colony, and sold 

 it at li,ome at 1.5 cents for full pound sections. 



I cannot do without the "old reliable" 

 American Bee .Journal. .John Ci.ine. 



Lafayette Co., Wis., Dec. 31. 



Forced Swarm from Two Colonies. 



The following plan, given by .1. E. Crane, 

 in Gleanings in Bee-Culture, will suit some 

 who want to increase: 



Some place their bees out in the spring in 

 pairs, two colonies close together; and when 

 the swarming season arrives one of these col- 

 onies is shaken into a new hive, while the 

 other is removed to a new location, and given 

 the brood-combs from the one from which the 

 bees have been shaken. Thus, one new col- 

 ony receives all the bees from one old one, 

 and all the mature bees of the other with sur- 

 plus boxes, etc. 



A little later, however, the colony having 

 the double allowance of brood will need 

 another shaking to prevent swarming. Here 

 is the plan given by L. Stachelhausen, in the 

 same paper: 



These artificial swarms can be used in dif- 

 ferent combinations. For instance, to pre- 

 vent swarmmg in out-apiaries I use the fol- 

 lowing management, which Doolittle recom- 

 mended some years ago : The strongest col- 

 onies are brushed or shaken on starters on 

 the old stand. The brood-combs and a queen 

 from a nucleus in a Miller cage, closed with 

 candy, are set on the place of another strong 

 colony, and this is set on a new stand. In 

 this way swarming is prevented in too strong 

 colonies. 



For comb honey we need very strong colo- 

 n'l's, so we can shake all the bees from two 

 suong colonies into one hive, and set this 

 swarm on the stand from which it received 

 the C|ueen. The brood-combs of both colo- 

 nies are set on the stand of the other colony, 

 without the queen. With the queen, if she is 

 a good one, and one or two brood-combs, we 

 can form a nucleus. Ten days later this col- 

 ony is brushed off, and the old or a young 

 queen introduced. So we have two strong 

 colonies which can be used for comb-honey 

 production, and a number of combs contain- 

 ing capped brood, which can be used for 

 i|uickly strengthening nuclei or other weak 

 colonies. 



Bacillus Alvei and Mesentericus. 



Are they the same? Dr. Lambotte thinks 

 he has proven that they are; our "After- 

 thinker" is skeptical; Adfian Getaz also 

 demurs. In the American Bee-Keeper, be- 

 sides giving reasons for some doubt, he gives 

 so succinctly the reasons for Dr. Lambotte's 

 belief that it is worth while to quote at 

 length, as follows : 



The bacillus mesentericus is not always, 

 and, in fact, not often met in decomposed and 



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