1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Question;) 'Box. 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Prov. 11-14. 



Exposing; Ege« and L.arv:i>. 



<tuerj' 59.— 1. To what decree of temper- 

 ature can Olio safely expose [for two minutes 

 or so. whilst manipulating combs lor queen- 

 rearing, etc. J egg-s and larvic? Diito sealed 

 queen-cells. Doollttle— in his a Imirable little 

 work on queen-rearing—advises not to expose 

 them to a temoerature ot under 85 degrees. 

 Is not this quite unuecessarily high ? There 

 are weeks at a stretch when the mercurj- does 

 not reach 85 degrees, and consequcnily manip- 

 ulations in connection with queen-rearing, 

 and other matterj. are liable to be disastrous- 

 ly delayed. 



2. Do the direct rays 01 the sun, falling 

 momeDlarlly on the combs during opera- 

 tious, kill young larvic ?— S. A. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — 1. I can't say; prob- 

 ably 65^'. 2. No. 



R. L. Taylor—] and 2. I do not think 

 50- for five minutes would do serious 

 injury to either. 



W G. Larrabee — 1. I am quite sure 

 they can be exposed at a lower tempera- 

 ture than 8.5 -. 2. No. 



Prof. A. J. Cook — I think it safe to 

 expose for two minutes much below 

 85-. I could not give the exact point. 



H. D. Cutting— 1. Doollttle is good. 

 Yet 1 have been successful at a lower 

 temperature. But a great deal depends 

 upon how you do it. 2. No. 



A.F.Brown — 1. I have handled combs 

 of brood in all necessary manipulations 

 for queen-rearing when the mercury 

 stood at 60- to f)5-, and saw no harm- 

 ful results. 2. No. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— 1 and 2. I don't 

 know much about it, but if the exposure 

 is only for two minutes I shouldn't feel 

 much afraid of 60-. But I'd rather 

 have Doolittle's 85-. 



Eugene Secor — 1. It seems to me that 

 Mr. Doolittle's advice quoted above is 

 unnecessarily conservative. I doubt if 

 any barm comes of a hasty examination 

 at 70\ 2. No, I don't believe it. 



P. H. P^lwood — 1. They can safely be 

 exposed for that length of time at the 

 usual temperature of June, July and 

 August. To raise the highest type of 

 queens, there should be no chilling. 2. 

 No. 



J. E. Pond — 1 and 2. Having never 

 experimented in this direction, I am un- 

 able to give an answer that would be 

 other than a guess, and, although a 

 " Yankee," I do not advertise myself as 

 a good guesser. 



Rev. M. Mahin — 1. I would not hesi- 

 tate to expose eggs, larv:c and queen- 

 cells, for a short time. In a temperature 

 of 70 ; but I would not like to keep 

 them out of the hive very long at that 

 temperature. 2. No. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown— 1. Doollttle gives 

 a safe temperature. You can do most 

 of the operations, such as preparing the 

 brood, In a warm room. 2. Falling 

 " momentarily,'' they would not hurt ; 

 but a minute or two u'owW klW. 



C. H. Dibbern — 1. I do not know ; but 

 I do not consider such manipulation in a 

 temperature of 60- and above, at all In- 

 jurious. I have great respect for Doo- 



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