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Questior}'Box> 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Prov. 11-14. 



A Swarining-Timc ques>tion. 



Query 31* — In working with clipped 

 queens, sometimes a swarm issues and clus- 

 ters on a tree before returning to the bive. 

 What is the longest time such a swarm will 

 remain before returning V In other words, 

 how long is it safe to let them hang without 

 hiving before concluding that by some means 

 there is with the swarm a queen with whole 

 wings 7— Canada^ 



G. M. Doolittle — Half an hour. 



Rev. M. Mahin — After an hour's delay 

 I would try to get them back. 



Chas. Dadant &. Son — About half an 

 hour ought to tell whether a queen is 

 with them. 



P. H. Elwood — Usually only a few 

 minutes. Sometimes nearly or quite a 

 half hour. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — I never practiced 

 clipping queens. I would not leave them 

 more than an hour. 



J. M. Hambaugh — I have never prac- 

 ticed clipping queens' wings, hence I am 

 not authority on this subject. 



Emerson T. Abbott — I do not know. 

 Try it and see. No two swarms would 

 act alike in this repect, any more than 

 two people. 



W. G. Larrabee — I have known them 

 to hang on a tree over night, but J don't 

 think it would be safe to leave them 

 longer than % of an hour. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown— The length of 

 time the swarm would remain depends 

 much upon the state of the weather — if 

 in the sun, shade, rain, location, etc. 



R. L. Taylor — I cannot say. I do not 

 allow a swarm to remain more than 15 

 or 20 minutes, particularly if the clus- 

 ter becomes quiet. It is seldom one re- 

 mains that long. 



Jas. A. Stone — I would return them as 

 soon as possible and watch for the queen 

 with " whole wings." Because the whole- 

 winged queen means (if you neglect to 

 do so) a lost swarm. 



C. H. Dibbern — 1. That varies a good 

 deal for some reason or no reason. I 

 have known them to remain over night 

 when no queen was with them. 2. Not 

 more than two hours. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— Generally they will 

 return in 10 or 15 minutes, not cluster- 

 ing at all : often they'll cluster and re- 

 main so 15 or 20 minutes, and some- 

 times half a day or longer. 



Eugene Secor — There are times when 

 bees so persist in swarming that they 

 will hang all night without a queen. 

 Not often, however. In most cases they 

 will return inside of an hour. 



Prof. A. J. Cook— They usually alight 

 for a time and often remain clustered 

 for a half hour or more. I mean to 

 always be sure that there can be no such 

 queen, and wait till they go back, or let 

 them alone. 



G. W. Demaree — It depends on how 

 busy I am when the swarm is out, as to 

 how long I would trust them to hang in 

 the cluster. They generally return by 

 the time I can get ready for them, and 

 sometimes a little before I am ready to 



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