RAISING QUEEN BEES 



and bees are no exception to the rule. By 

 breeding queens only from best mothers, the 

 beekeeper will be able in a short time to secure 

 a strain of bees in his apiaries that will be 

 marvels of gentleness, to say nothing of gather- 

 ing record crops of honey. 



A good many apiarists advocate the re- 

 queening of all colonies with young queens of 

 the season's breeding, as this insures every 

 colony beginning the next season with vigor- 

 ous young queens able to produce a large 

 amount of brood, and such colonies are not 

 so liable to swarm as those with old queens at 

 their head. 



There are three natural conditions under 

 which colonies will of themselves raise queens, 

 such as : at the time of swarming, when made 

 queenless, and when about to supersede an 

 old queen that is worn out. When about to 

 swarm, the bees will begin to build a number 

 of queen cells, usually at the bottoms of the 

 combs, and in many instances the queen will 

 deposit eggs in them for this purpose. While 



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