Aug. 7, 1902. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAI^ 



S07 



fore it reached the hive the rope broke and they fell about 4 

 feet from the hive, but they all went in. At noon, wln-n 

 I came in from the field, they had swarmed ajjain in 

 the hedffe a block away. At one o'clock I took the same 

 hive and tried it again and they all went in. At 3:30 o'clock 

 I went to look at them and they were all out in front, not 

 one inside. It was very hot and clear until 4 o'clock, when 

 I got a sheet and set a new hive on it and shook the bees on 

 the sheet in front of the new hive ; they all went in but a 

 few that hung to the front of the hive. At 5 it was raining ; 

 after the rain I poked them off of the front of the hive and 

 they went in, and have been in ever since then and are do- 

 ing well. Can you tell me why they did not stay the first 

 time? 



2. I am just starting, and have 2 colonies of black and 2 

 colonies of Italians. I would like to have all Italians. Do 

 you think it too late to try to change now ? 



3. Can you tell me how to rear queens ? 



4. The 2 colonies of Italians are very strong and would 

 swarm if more honey was coming in. Do you think it is 

 too late to divide them now, or would you leave them this 

 year? 



5. I have an old building that has a vacant upstairs. 

 Do you think it advisable to cut holes around the side and 

 put the hives up there next spring ? Illinois. 



Answeks. — 1. The heat was almost certainly the whole 

 cause of the trouble. Next time try to keep the swarm cool. 

 Leave the cover partly off for a day or two, and if the 

 entrance is not large raise the hive an inch or so on blocks. 

 If the hive is not in the shade, it will help to put an armful 

 of hay or cut grass on top and keep it sprinkled with water. 



2. Plenty of time yet. 



3. You ought to find pretty full instructions in your 

 test-book, and if you want to have fullest information on 

 the subject you can hardly do better than to get Doolittle's 

 excellent book on queen-rearing. See also the answer to 

 ■Connecticut, page 312 of this journal. 



4. It is not too late to divide, but you will have to feed 

 if necessary. 



5. Such a course is advisable only as a matter of neces- 

 sity. If you have room enough to set the hives on good old 

 Mother Earth, don't bother with any vacant up-stairs. 



Cliansilnii; Location of an Aplciry 

 Cyprians. 



Crosslns; Blacks and 



I send you a drawing of the location of our apiary. You 

 will see by it that our bees have to cross one-half mile over 

 an open bleak field. I have favored the removal of the bees 

 to the main woods where the most of the honey is gathered, 

 believing that the bees would gather 'X more honey if they 

 did not have to cross a bleak field in the face of strong 

 southern wind. Our yield this year was 6,(XK) pounds of 

 section honey from 130 colonies, spring count. 



1. My partner, who is half owner, is opposed to the re- 

 moval, claiming that he does not think it would pay us. I 

 would like your opinion on the matter. 



2. We are introducing Cyprian queens this season, and 

 Cyprian queens mated to Cirniolan drones. Our bees are 

 blacks and hybrids except a few colonies of Italian S-band, 

 and I must say after .'i years' experience with .^-band Italians 

 that I would not have them as a gift. They are cross, and 

 will not store in supers even if they have full-drawn empty 

 sections, except in a very few colonies. I find the first cross 

 between blacks and Italians are all right. What do you 

 think of d cross between blacks and Cyprians? 



North Carolina. 



Answers. — 1. One of the very difficult things is to make 

 a fair estimate as to the relative value of two different loca- 

 tions. One should know about the honey-plants in range 

 of each, and even with that there will be more or less guess- 

 ing. A flight of half a mile is no great thing for a bee, 

 still it is desirable to have a pasturage as close as possible. 

 Why not compromise matters by putting part in each place 

 and making a comparative trial ? Indeed it is quite likely 

 that the bees will do better divided than all in one place. 

 At any rate it would help a little toward deciding the ques- 

 tion. 



2. I don't know the character of a cross between blacks 

 and Cyprians. Some strains of Cyprians are said to be 

 cross, and it is possible the cross might be Grosser. 



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