July 30, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



489 



of an ugly point. The colony that inclines to swarm next 

 day is just the one we need to attend to. 



That 40 pounds of honey put below when a full set of 

 drawn combs is used — Mr. Davenport speaks as if that was 

 a crusher. Will it not g'O upstairs, the most of it, when tlie 

 brood-nest expands ? It seems to me that it will. Possibly 

 the particular strain of bees one keeps makes a material 

 difference at this important spot. Page 374. 





Dr. Miller's Answers 



Send Questions either to the office of the American Bee Journal, 

 or to Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111. 



It Is Poul Brood? 



I have had 2 colonies in my apiary in common boxes. 

 About Mny they acted as if they had foul brood. Still, in 

 June they both put out a g'ood swarm. A great many bees 

 may be found around on the ground. What can be the 

 trouble ? California. 



AxswEK. — It is impossible to tell from the data given. 

 It may be paralysis, and it may be something else. It 

 would be well for you to send to the American Bee Journal 

 for Dr. Howard's book on foul brood, and inform yourself 

 thoroughly so as to tell whether foul brood is present. They 

 might swarm in spite of foul brood. 



Increasing and Improving Stock. 



I am a small bee-keeper and want to increase and im- 

 prove my stock. I bought some ([ueens and made nuclei, x 

 took three frames of bees with the frames 'i or -'( full of 

 sealed brood and introduced the queens. I made it all right 

 except they weakened down. I should like to know how to 

 remedy this. I followed " A li C of Bee-Culture." 



1. How can I keep them strong enough ? 



2. How shall I build up those I have made ? I have 

 my fine queens in them, but they are very weak. 



3. I got one of the old queens in the new hive through 

 mistake. Can I put her back, or will I have to introduce 

 her back ? Arkansas. 



Answers. — 1. If there were bees enough to care for the 

 brood, you will probably find that as soon as the brood has 

 time to hatch out they will be strong enough to build up. 

 The trouble probably was that in starting the nuclei you 

 took brood and bees from a colony having a laying queen, 

 and took no precaution to make the bees stay, and so a large 

 part went back to the old hive. You should fasten in the 

 bees for a day or two, and then so many will not return. 

 Neither will so many return if you make the colony queen- 

 less two or three days before taking away the bees. 



2. Give them each a frame of sealed brood, and when 

 enough bees hatch out to care for it, give more. 



3. If there is no young queen yet reared in the hive, she 

 can probably be put back with no other precaution but to 

 destroy the queen-cells. If, however, a young queen has 

 been reared, you must remove her and introduce the old 

 queen. 



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