July 61, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



457 



the sections are entirely filled with worker foundation it 

 will make a great difference, for then there will be no 

 drone-comb in the sections, and no temptation for the queen 

 to go up into the sections to find such comb. I use no ex- 

 cluder, but the sections are filled with worker foundation, 

 and not one section in a thousand has brood in. Perhaps 

 the best thing you can do with the sections containing 

 brood is to leave them on the hive till the brood hatches out 

 and the bees fill them up with honey. They will not be of 

 first quality, but will make good eating, and you will thus 

 save the brood. 



Drone-Brood In Extractlng-Supers. 



How do small patches of drone-brood get above the ex- 

 cluder in extracting supers over strong colonies, which 

 seem to have a good queen ? Pennsylvania. 



Answer. — I don't know. If your excluders are not all 

 right, it is possible the queen gets up. 



Bees Carrying Queens Out. 



One year ago I commenced with 4 colonies and increased 

 to IS by natural swarming and dividing, then requeened 10. 

 They went into winter quarters with plenty of stores until 

 the first of March, when set out, and they had a nice 

 flight for two days, and brought in some pollen. At that 

 time one colony had died from lack of stores. They were 

 then put back into the cellar and remained until the first 

 week in April when they were removed to their summer 

 stands. Then they began to dwindle and soon after five of 

 them carried out their dead queens. They still persisted in 

 carrying out their queens until I have but one left. In this 

 locality some have lost SO percent, and some 100 percent. 



1. What caused the bees to lug their queen out ? 



2. After queens are successfully introduced that come 

 from different localities, are the bees more liable to destroy 

 them than those reared in the same apiary ? 



3. I bought 11 queens from different queen-breeders, and 

 lost them all but one through the spring, that being one I 

 introduced for a friend. What was the cause ? 



Maine. 



Answers. — 1. I don't know. Of course I know they 

 lugged them out because they were dead, but I don't know 

 the cause of their death. I have had some losses of queens 

 in that way, but never in such a wholesale manner. 



2. I think not. You seem to think that the bees killed 

 the queens. I think hardly. 



3. That comes under the same head as the first question, 

 and of course I don't know. If any of the fraternity can 

 throw any light on the matter it will be thankfully received. 



Returning After-Swarms. 



Can an after-swarm be returned to the parent hive ? If 

 so, how shall I proceed ? Maine. 



Answer. — The easiest thing in the world. Just dump 

 the swarm down in front of the hive and let them run in. It 

 was the old-fashioned way of treating after-swarms, and 

 there's no better way, if you don't mind the trouble. Just 

 return the bees every time they swarm out, and when all 

 the queens have emerged there will only be one left, and 

 there will be no more swarming. Indeed, you may carry 

 the plan still farther, returning the prime swarm and all 

 after-swarms. That will give you no increase, but the 

 largest yield of honey, especially if your harvest is early. 



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