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THE BEE-KEEPERS* REVIEW 



one frame of brood in place of the old one, and shook them out. 

 The result was — the fertile workers got lost in the shuffle. It prov'ed 

 not so bad a treatment, but is not always sure. 



The queenless colonies I attended to a little later, when I had 

 a few frames of brood to spare. The first ones I gave two frames of 

 brood, one frame sealed and the other eggs. This never failed to 



Wm. Castcllo, Harrison Valley, Pa., Has a Good Looking Apiary. 



cause the bees to build cells, even in some colonies that had been 

 queenless so long that there was not a pint of discouraged bees left. 



When I had queen cells enough I grafted some into frames of 

 brood and gave to the others. All but two accepted their cells. 

 These two would keep them three or four days and then open them. 

 I then tried giving these queens and after several trials have got one 

 to take a queen. The other is still queenless, but am still trying. 

 They ball a queen as soon as they get at her, but they give me a 

 good experiment station. I am going to try making Baptists of 

 them next time, as recommended in the Rkniew. 



I now have G-A colonies, the best with 15 frames, the smallest 

 with three frames of brood, which is doing pretty well. Several 

 have one story well filled with brood and honey. 



We owe our success to the campanilla flower. Of this beautiful 

 flower many acres bloomed the second week after I went to work, 

 which saved the apiary. I have named it the Campanilla Apiary. 



