118 MANUAL OF APICULTURE. 



required, oiily resulting in the production, of a lot of drones, for the 

 most part weak and dwarfed. 



If not discovered until the hive is nearly depopulated, the remaining 

 old bees should be brushed oil', and the combs, after the sealed drone 

 brood has been uncapped and jarred out, may be distributed among 

 other colonies. Should the affected colony still be worth saving, combs 

 containing emerging bees should be added and a queen introduced a 

 few days later, or a queen cell inserted, as soon as the added brood has 

 stocked the hive well with young bees. 



BOOKS AND JOURNALS RELATING TO APICULTURE. 



The following are among the leading books and journals relating to 

 apiculture : 



Langstroth on the Honey Bee. Revised edition, 1889. By Chas. Dadant &. Son. 

 Quinby's New Bee Keeping; or The Mysteries of Bee Keeping Explained. 1884. 



By L. C. Root. 

 The A B C of Bee Culture : A Cyclopaedia of Everything Pertaining to the Care of 



the Honey Bee. By A. I. Root. 



Advanced Bee Culture: Its Methods and Management. 1891. By W. Z. Hutch insoii. 

 Bees and Bee Keeping, Scientific and Practical. By Frank R. Cheshire. In two 



volumes: Vol. I (scientific), Yol. II (practical). Published in London, England. 

 The Bee Keeper's Guide; or Manual of the Apiary. By A. .). Cook. 

 A Modern Bee Farm and its Economic Management. By S. Simmins. Published in 



London, England. 

 The Blessed Bees. By John Allen. 

 Bee Keeping for Profit. By Dr. G. L. Tinker. 



JOURNALS. 



The American Bee Journal. Weekly. Chicago, 111. 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture. Semimonthly. Medina, Ohio. 

 The I5ee Keepers' Review. Monthly. Flint, Mich. 

 The American Bee Keeper. Monthly. Falconer, N. Y. 

 The Progressive Bee Keeper. Monthly. Higginsville, Mo. 

 The Southland Queen. Monthly. Beeville, Texas. 

 The Western Bee Keeper. Monthly. Denver, Colo. 



