1905. 



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and on the strcn;;!!! of this n>-oi-s ol' 

 the transfi'iTin.u- jjroccss liasc tlicii' 

 clninis for tiu' safety of the sy-stem. 



I wonhl like to asl^ what they really 

 know abont it? 



Bnt even with (lueens proiierly 

 started and nurtured tluM'c ar(> ])lenty 

 of opportunitii-s for harm hetwopu 

 then and the time they are mated and 

 layiuii-. The first danger is in the cag- 



tlnu.iis, ;in alMindancc of nourishing 

 food. Thi-; she cannot get in a cage 

 and when this cage has candy instead 

 of honey the conditions are al;)out as 

 iiad as they can he. 



I t'tink it w;-- tln^ eniinenl anat- 

 ;n.!ist Hvntc"' who ahout IT'.K) noticed 

 the immatiu'ity of some bees he was 

 (lissf'ctiDti,-. I;i 1S7-_' (Jen. D. L. Adair 

 wrote of the mideveloped stage of 



THE LATE GEORGE W. BRODBECK. OF LOS ANGELES. 



Secretary of the National Bee-keepers" Assoc, ..tion. 



Whose Death Occurred February 6th, 1905. 



ng methods. Caging cells is one of 



he weak si)ots in nearly all system- 



if commercial (jueen rearing. Few 



)reeders are able to dispense with it. 



Mr. l)avi-s" conclusions that a (]ueen 



not mature and fully developed for 



everal days after emerging are almost 



'eyond debate. To perfect the develop- 



lent, the ([ueen requires among other 



.\oung bees and he applied the term 

 "adolescent" to this period. It is 

 sti-ange how this ha« been lost sight 

 of, ])articularly when so many con- 

 jectures have from time to time been 

 made as to why bees pass from one 

 kind of work to another, as they grow 

 older. 



Providence, R. I., March 7, 1905. 



