Wirt — What position do you put cell in? 



McGaw— Point down. 



Atkinson— Either end up, if well ad- 

 vancijd; if not, point down. 



Kellogg— Rather wait 12 hours before put- 

 ting in queen coll. 



Meadows— Does age of colony, strong or 

 weak, make any difference? 



McGaw— No. 



THE BEST MODE OF INTRODUCING VIRGIN 

 QUEENS 4 OR 5 DAYS OLD. 



McGaw— Introduce as soon as hatched. 



THE BEST METHOD OF SWARMING. 



Palmer— I have found it of no use to try 

 to return a first swarm; I use a registering 

 slate on each hive. Always use it on the 

 same side of each hive, and always open 

 each hive on the same side; when a swarm 

 comes off, I mark the date on the slate, 

 return all second swarms, or sometimes put 

 2 or 3 together. 



McGaw— I put a laying queen in the old 

 stock. 



Palmer— If I want to increase, I buy the 

 best queen to be found; use a large hive, 

 maybe 30 frames, give it lots of brood; after 

 a tune take the queen away, let the bees 

 build queen cells, then break up the stock 

 into nuclei of 1 or 2 frames each, giving each 

 a queen cell. After each nucleus nas a 

 laying queen, build it up from strong stocks 

 by giving brood and bees. 



Simpson— In the spring I take 2 combs, 

 each from strong stocks to form my nuclei, 

 fill the rest of the hive with comb-foundation. 

 Place 3 nuclei hives near each other and 

 raise my queens there; as soon as my stocks 

 are strong enough to warrant it. I move a 

 strong stock to a new place; give new stock 

 on old stand one or two combs and a queen 

 from a nucleus; keep nuclei strong by giving 

 fresh brood and bees as often as needed; 

 having my nuclei near together, I can easily 

 unite then into one swarm in the fall. 



McGaw— I prefer natural swarms, but if 

 they don't swarm by June, and are strong, I 

 divide. 



ycudder — I consider McGaw's plan^best; 

 keep bees strong and go slow; light stocks 

 are no profit; hold down increase as much 

 as possible and get all the honey I can. 



McGaw— It takes from 15 to 20 lbs. of 

 honey to make 1 lb. of comb, so make, as 

 little new comb as possible. 



Palmer — The extra amount of honey got 

 by keeping down swarming, will more than 

 buy the swarms you would have got by 

 letting them swarm. I keep down swarm- 

 ing by giving plenty of box room; use a 

 double-portico Langstroth hive, entrance at 

 both ends of the hive, 4 Harbison section 

 boxes on top, cap of hive extends out over 

 each iwrtico, so my boxes cover more surface 

 than the main liive; take off boxes as fast 

 as each one is filled; thus giving them plenty 

 of room, keep well shaded, ventilate well; 

 1 never tier up boxes. 



Scudder— Much depends on locality; I 

 think where I depend on fall forage, I get 

 more honey by having bees in two stocks 

 than I would were they in one, but if the 

 forage is greater in spring, keep down 

 swarming, put on boxes to get early forage. 



THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PLAN OF GETTING 

 TUE GREATEST YIELD OP HONEY. 



McGaw— Keep from swarming and buy 

 your increase, 



Palmer— If I had a few stocks and wanted 

 to increase, would stimulate in spring, use 

 graham flour, honey or sweetened water, 

 use a universal feeder, (a large tin can with 

 small holes in the bottom), turn it bottom 

 side down in a tub, (holes down), which 

 will make it air tight. Feed in the open air, 

 and spread brood combs; as fast as the bees 

 can use them, put in empty comb. Divide 

 strong stocks early. Tiiink this plan better 

 than the natural swarming. I put my feed 

 tub 40 ft. from hives. 



Scudder— I have robbing from that kind 

 of feeding. 



Palmer, Scudder, and McGaw think Ital- 

 ians will rob more than blacks. 



Wirt— My black bees will not fight the 

 moth worms. 



AH concur in this. At this point a discus- 

 sion was had in regard to bees robbing late 

 in the fall of the year. Many thought it 

 was caused by the space left by the hatching 

 bees, this being unfilled by the queen, the 

 bees are crazy to fill this space with honey. 



Kellogg— I think it is caused more because 

 bees must have something to do; can't stand 

 being shut off from their work so short. — 

 Bees will rob when their hives are filled 

 with honey. 



WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET BEES OUT 

 OF HONEY BOXES? 



McGaw— To take off boxes and place 

 beside the hive won't do when no honey is 

 coming in; robbers will bother. 



Scudder— Number all boxes to tell what 

 hive they came from. After most of the 

 bees are out, turn boxes wrong side up plac- 

 ing empty box on them; bees pass from full 

 boxes into the empty one on top. 



Palmer— Take off boxes, turn bottom up, 

 and place on cap of hive from which boxes 

 were taken, and cover each box with an 

 empty one; bees will soon go up and cluster 

 in an empty box, and then go around and 

 shake bees down in front of hive. To get 

 out the few bees left in boxes, carry the 

 boxes into honey room, set them on their 

 sides, 8 or 9 high; in the morning those left 

 will be in one or two boxes. 



Wirt— 1 have a dark rooui in cellar, with 

 outside window darkened and set boxes on 

 bench near window, with ladder to window; 

 bees leave readily and go out doors, 



Atkinson and Palmer— To drive bees with 

 the breath, must blow hard, not a light puff. 

 The breath of a bee-keeper must not be 

 scented by strong substances. 



Jarvis — I use a part of the plan of Adam 

 Grimm. Have several nuclei, and put my ' 

 boxes in a large box, bottom up; take one or 

 two frames from a nucleus, and put them in 

 a small hive on top of boxes on small blocks, 

 bees gather in nucleus hive, then shake 

 them off in front of nucleus, from whence 

 take and put the frames back in the hive 

 wliere they belong. 



HOW CAN WE BEST PROTECT OURSELVES 

 FROM BEE STINGS? 



Scudder— Bees dislike black or dark 

 clothes; gloves should be light colored and 

 smooth. 



Meadows— Have used all kinds of gloves 

 and veils, but work kindly and carefully 

 without and find them not so cross as when 

 handled with protection on. 



McGaw— There is a vast difference in 

 bees and the time of the year when handled. 



Several present had been badly stung by 

 handling bees after dark. 



