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Queen of tUe Flo-wei-s. 



Beautiful (juccn of the garden, 



The lovely, blushing rose, 

 Drinking the morning tlewdroi>s, 



As the niglit draws to a close. 



Wafting tlie delicate perfume. 



Through the summer air, 

 Bcck'ning the hniicy-hce to you. 



In its roaming everywhere. 



Peonies, pausies and tulips, 

 " Rich as the crown of a king ;" 



Hj'acintlis, dahlias and snowdrops— 

 But none like the rose— sweet thing. 

 — Mrs. B. Briijus, in Wetttern Rural. 



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CliHiigiiig IVorkcr FoiiiKlation 

 C'cll§ into Drone-Cells. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



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{Iupry645.— Do worker bees ever make 

 workor-toundatlon cells into drone-cells ?— O. 



Yes. — C. C. Miller. 

 Yes. — H. D. Cutting. 

 Yes, a few. — Ecgene Secor. 

 Ye"s, but not often. — R. L. Tavlok. 

 I do not know. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 

 I have known them to do so. — J. M. 

 Shuck. 



Not that I have ever noticed. — J. M. 

 Hambaugh. 



Not unless the cells are bruised in 

 some way. — P. L. Viallox. 



No, I have never known tliem to do 

 so. Neither have I ever heard of such 

 a case. — Will M. Barnum. 



Thej- frequently do, particularly in 

 case the foundation cells should get out 

 of shape by a sag. — -J. P. H. BROVirN. 



Not that we know of, unless it 

 stretches or sags, and the cells become 

 larger by tliat means. — Dadant & Son. 



No, not in the central portion of the 

 sheets of foundation, at least. — G. L. 

 Tinker. 



If there is no drone-comb in the 

 hive, they will build a few drone-cells 

 if they have to do it on worker-founda- 

 tion. — M. Mahin. 



Not often. They do rarely cut down 

 worker-comb, and build drone-cells. — 

 A. J. Cook. 



The\' lengthen them out with raised 

 cap.'*, and rear drones in tliein, occa- 

 sionally. — Mahala B. Chaddock. 



I never knew them to do so, except 

 as they cut away the foundation and 

 then built drone-comb. — G. M. Doo- 



LITTLE. 



Yes, bees do cut down worker-cells, 

 and on the same bases build drone- 

 cells. This, however, occurs only 

 rarely in small quantities. — James 

 Heddon. 



Yes, when thej- are obliged to do 

 so, not having any place to build 

 drone-comb. — C. H. Dibbern. 



Yes ; and I am in a " peck of 

 trouble " about it, too. I never iiad so 

 much of tliatkind of work done before 

 in a whole season as has already been 

 done this spring — now May 8. — A. B. 

 Mason. 



Yes ; that is, they often rear drones 

 in worker-cells, but as they cannot en- 

 large the cells in diameter, sucli drones 

 are necessarily smaller than tliose 

 reared in full drone-cells. — J. E. Pond. 



In my experience, only when the 

 sheet of foundation sags so as to 

 stretch tlve worker embryo-cells, as 

 impressed on the slieet to an tmnatural 

 size, in which case the bees will turn 

 them into drone-cells. — G.W.Demaree. 



Yes ; if the foundation is injured in 

 some way or out of shape, and when 

 thej' want drones. This is rarely 

 done, and usually on the outside edges 

 of the foundation. — The Editor. 



A Plan for the Prevention of 

 Increase. 



Written for the American Bee Jowmal 



Query 646.— 1. How would the following 

 plan work to prevent increase? When colony 

 No. 1 swarms, hive the swarm as usual. When 

 No. 2 swarms, take two or three of the center 

 frames out of No. 1, replacing them with 

 frames of foundation, cut out all the queen- 

 ceils, and put the swarm from No. 2 into hive 

 No. 1. When No. 3 swarms, prepare No. 2 in 

 the same manner, and put in the swarm from 

 N0..3. 2. Would this satisfy them so that they 

 would not swarm again ?— Ohio. 



We hardly think it would in a good 

 season. — Dadant & Son. 



It is a matter of experiment. Try it 

 and let us know. — P. L. Viallon. 



It will usually satisfy them if they 

 have plenty of room. — A. B. Mason. 



In most instances it would, and 

 there would be but few exceptions. — 

 Mrs. L. Harrison. 



It will do some good, toward pre- 

 venting increase, but will not be in- 

 fallible. — Eugene Secor. 



About the same thing has been 

 practiced for a long time, and is said 

 to work well.— C. C. Miller. 



Your plan will work in many cases, 

 but you will meet with failure in 

 actual practice. You will find that 

 they are not satisfied every time.— H. 

 D. Cutting. 



1. I have no experience with this 

 plan in detail, but I see no reason why 

 it will not work. 2. Try, and then 

 you will know. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



1. I do not think that it would work 

 satisfactorily ; besides it involves too 

 much labor to carry it out in a large 

 apiary. 2. Not in all cases. — G. L. 

 Tinker. 



This plan has often been tried, and 

 wliile it does well in a general way, it 

 will not prevent swarms from issuing. 

 —J. P. H. Brown. 



I have often practiced this, except 

 that I did not take out tlic frames. It 

 usually worlis well, but sometimes fails 

 to subdue the swiU'ining impulse. — A. 

 J. Cook. 



1. That plan and similar ones have 

 never proved satisfactory with me. 2. 

 Now and then a swarm would be satis- 

 fied, but generally they would swarm 

 .again. — R. L. Taylor. 



I think tliat your plan would work 

 well, but the way to make sure, is to 

 try it. Th(3se who do, please report 

 through the Bee Journal. I believe 

 tluit it would practically kill the 

 swarming fever. — Will M. Barnuji. 



I have tried this, and found no ob- 

 jection to it, except the complication 

 and labor. It docs not pay me. I do 

 not find it tlie cheapest way to get the 

 most surplus houey from a held. — 

 James Heddon. 



I have never tried this plan, but I 

 doubt its success. With a continued 

 honey harvest, the swarming fever 

 would be continued or revived. I 

 would prefer returning the swarm to 

 the hive whence it came, without the 

 queen, and in six or seven days de- 

 stroying all queen-cells but one. — M. 

 Mahin. 



I would not go to any such labor 

 as is suggested by the querist. What 

 is known as the "Heddon method " is 

 tlie simplest and most effective. I have 

 liracticed it ever since the war, and I 

 waut nothing better. It permits the 

 .swarm to issue, carries the whole force 

 of the old hive to the new, and rears a 

 new ([Ueen besides. — J. M. Shuck. 



I practiced this plan some six years 

 ago, and one season satisfied me. The 

 bees will usually prepare to swarm at 

 once, and lieeome sulky and work but 

 little, though the fields abound with 

 houey. Then, too, (if it prevented 

 swarming) your queens would soon be 

 old and worthless.— C. H. Dibbern. 



This is exactly the plan I am using 

 tins season, except that I use empty 

 combs instead of the foundation, and 

 .«o far it has worked well. Remember, 

 however, that we are having a poor 

 season, and I am only doing this in 

 our basswood bloom, so as to keep 

 forces together as much as possible, 

 hoping to secure more houey in the 

 sections by so doing.— G. M. Doo- 



LITTLE. 



1. Your plan has been tried often, 

 or at least plans substantially the 

 same, and they do not give satisfaction. 

 The better plan is to keep each colony 

 together. This can be done by hiving 

 the swarm on the old stand, putting a 



