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40,000 to 01,000 cells occupied by ALGERIA, 



brood. This last figures mean a daily 



egg laying of nearly three thousand Mr. Bourgeois gives a peculiar pro- 

 eggs. — Le Bucher Beige. cess to prevent swarming. The usual 



entrance is closed and another one is 



In the spring of 1903. Mr. Wathelet, established between the body of the 

 the editor of the Bucher Beige, found hive and the supers. This change also 

 several of his colonies weak, and had induces the bees to work in the supers, 

 to feed them. Une of the strong col- It might be well to say here that the 

 onies began to rob, and consideral)le Euopean apiarists work exclusively 

 trouble followed. Finally Mr. Wath- for extracted honey, and that the pro- 

 elet put an empty story with twelve cess might not be as successful when 

 combs on the robbing colony and fed working for comb honey. — L' Apicul- 

 them vigorously, as soon as the teur. 



combs were full, they were given to 



the weak colonies. ^Vhile fed. the PRANCE, 



colony never attempted robbing. The 



bees were undoubtedly "too busy." Mr. F. S. Gassner has invented a 



machine to uncap the combs of honey 

 Among the causes of starvation dur- to be extracted. Curved knives are 

 ing the winter, some cases of honey placed on a revolving cylinder. Above 

 candled solid in the combs are men- the cylinder is a frame holding the 

 tioned. Another cause Is a bad dls- comb to be uncapped. As the frame 

 position of the honey In the hive, ia pushed In its guides, It carries the 

 Occasionally there is a nan-ow strip comb above the cylinder, and the 

 of honey at the top of each comb, and knives cut out the cappings, which 

 after the bees have consvimed what Is drop into a receptacle below. — L' Api- 

 within reach, they cannot pass to oth- culteur. 



er combs, if the weather Is too cold. — 



Lie Bucher Beige. Dio bees transport eggs from pne 



cell to another? The qiiestion is yet 



Mr. Ignotus, in a contribution on debated. The Apiculteur gives three 

 spring feeding, raises the question of instances in which they did. In the 

 the water consumed in the spring, spring of 1900 a colony belonging to 

 The amount needed is considerable. Mr. Harrault, was found queenless. 

 The experiments made bv Preuss "Two combs of brood were added. A 

 show a consumption of one-eighth to few days later no queen cell was 

 one-fifth of a gallon per dav. He esti- found on these combs, but two with 

 mates that to bring in one gallon of larvae were found on one of the old 

 water, the bees have to make at least eombs. Why the bees transported 

 ten thousand trips. Stimulative feed- the eggs on the old comb instead of 

 ing should be made with very thin building the cells on the combs given 

 honey or svrup. Some apiarists add a is a mystery. Mr. Harrault thinks it 

 little bit of salt to the feed. The rea- may be because the combs given were 

 son for It is that very often the bees rather on the outside of the cluster 

 are seen sipping dirty water around and therefore in a colder place. An- 

 the stables; and It is supposed that other instance quoted is that of a 

 they prefer it because It contains some queen confined for a few days in a 

 salty substances. Others claim that wire cage. Some brood was found be- 

 as such water contains organic sub- low the cage. It seems that the eggs 

 stances similar to pollen, the bees take laid by the queen dropped through 

 it for that reason. It may be noted the meshes and were gathered and 

 in connection with the salt question, put in the cells by the bees. The third 

 that the honey and the bodies of the case is that of an apiarist finding a 

 bees contain ' only an insignificant queen-cell occupied in a broodless and 

 amount of salt. As to the amount to queenless colony. The cell hatched a 

 be fed, one pound of honey for two queen, so it was not a case of laying 

 weeks is enough when no brood is workers. After scratcnlng his head, 

 raised; but if there is anything like or rather his memory, the aforesaia 

 an amount of brood, two or three apiarist remembered that one day 

 times that amount every few days may while working in the apiary, he pusn- 

 be necessary.— Le Bucher Beige. ed under the frames of that colony a 



