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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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Bee demonstration by the Ontario Department of Agriculture at the apiary of J. E. Fair, Haldimand Co., 

 Ontario, Can. Photographed by R. F. Holterinann. 



there. Now if, according to Mr. Arthur C, 

 '* The presence of eggs and larvaB bespeaks 

 to the bees the jDresence of a laying queen, 

 and probably conveys the same information 

 to the virgin, and the normal reaction fol- 

 lows," what I should like to know is whj^ 

 the same result does not follow in the case 

 of the nuclei with old queens; and why do 

 bees frequently start queen-cells within 24 



hours after the removal of the queen when 

 (owing to the presence of eggs) they should 

 not miss her for three days. Further, many 

 of my queens are mated from upper stories 

 with a laying queen below the excluder; 

 and while taking care to leave each rjiieen 

 in her own compartment I frequently ex- 

 change combs between the two stories ani 

 yet my loss of virgin queens is only from 



Mr. James Armstrong addressing the Ontario field meeting (Mr. Armstrong is standing with the frame 

 in his hand. Mr. O. L. Hershiser and Mr. R. F. Holtermann are seated just at the left). 



Photographed by R. F. Holtermann. 



