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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Qiieen-Cells M \k Swaralng Impulse. 



Query 930.— 1. Are all the queen-cells 

 started under the swarming impulse equally 

 good? 



2. If not, which are not ? 



3, Is such an occurence exceptional, or 

 often liable to happen ?— Colorado. 



1. I suppose not. 2 and 3. I don't 

 know. — Eugene Secor. 



1. No. 2. The very small ones. 3. 

 It often happens. — M. Maiiin, 



1. No. 2. The smaller ones. 3. It 

 often happens. — J. H. Larrabee. 



1. No. 2. As a rule, the small, smooth 

 ones. 3. It often happens. — J. A.Green. 



1. No. 2. Those that are not. 3. It 

 happens every time. — Emerson T. Ab- 

 bott. 



No. 2. Those of inferior size. 2. It 

 happens only occasionally. — Jas. A. 

 Stone. 



1. No. 2. The very small and mis- 

 shaped ones. 2. It often happens. — H. 



D. Cutting. 



1. I do not think so. 2. The very 

 small ones. 3. It is often liable. t-Mrs. 

 L. Harrison. 



1. No. 2. The poorer ones (!) ; but I 

 haven't looked up the cause. 3. It is 

 liable to occur.— P. H. Elwood. 



1. No. 2. Those that don't come up 

 to the standard of what they should be. 

 3. It is nothing exceptional. — J. P. H. 

 Brown. 



1. I don't know of any reason why 

 they should not be. 2. No one can tell. 

 3. What occurrence is referred to ? — J. 



E. Pond. 



1. No. The cells that are last finished 

 and sealed often contain poor queens. 

 3. The occurrence is not exceptional, 

 but common. — O. L. Tinker. 



1. No, sir ; some will be much larger, 

 and produce much finer queens, while 

 some are small and almost worthless. 3. 

 No, I think the above holds good gen- 

 erally.— C. il. DiBBKKN. 



1. It seems not, as they do not all 

 hatch, and the queens vary in size. 2. 

 I know of no means of detecting all the 

 bad ones. 3. It often happens with me. 

 — I. M. Hambaugh. 



Once in a thousand, bees will make a 

 mistake and place a drone-larva in a 

 queen-cell. We have seen that once in 

 our experience. The drone died in the 

 cell.— Dadant & Son. 



1. I presume they are. I usually de- 

 stroyed the smallest, and kept the larg- 

 est, in selecting cells. The early-formed 

 cells would have the presumption in 

 their favor.— A. J. Cook. 



1. As a rule, yes. 2 and 3. When a 

 colony is drained too heavy (in swarm- 

 ing) in bees, and cool weather occurs 

 after the swarm has issued, the embryo 

 queens suffer more or less. — G. M. Doo- 

 i.ittle. 



1. I think not. 2. I don't know. The 

 weather might have something to do 

 with it, or the honey-flow, for all are not 

 of the same age. Position in the hive 

 also. 3. I suppose it may often happen. 

 — C. C. Miller. 



1. Not always. 2. Those which are 

 not properly cared for. The young 

 queens are small, and sometimes dark, 

 3. It is not exceptional ; in nearly every 

 lot of cells there will be some that I 

 would destroy. — Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



1. I think not. The best ones are 

 usually the largest. 3. It is often liable 

 to happen so with other stock. Are a 

 litter of pigs all equally good ? If not, 

 which is best ? We have to guess by 

 the looks ; so with queen-cells. — E. 

 France. 



1. No. 2. Those started before the 

 old queen leaves the hive. 3. It often 

 happens in this latitude, that bees start 

 cells over larvae too old, after the old 

 queen leaves the hive in natural swarm- 

 ing, impulsed highly, — Mrs. Jennie 

 Atchley. 



1. Practically so, I believe. An old 

 queen-breeder told me not long ago, that 

 the first queen hatched would prove the 

 best and most vigorous ; but I am not 

 sure of this. It may be so in some in- 

 stances, but I do not accept it as a posi- 

 tive rule. — W. M. Barnum. 



1, No. 2. Ones so small as to cramp 

 the young queen, and such as lack a 

 sufficient quantity of royal jelly. 3. It 

 is a frequent occurrence that those 

 started just before the prime swarm is- 

 sues are not sufficiently supplied with 

 royal jelly if the old hive be removed 

 to a now stand. — R. L. Taylor. 



