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minutes. I have seen her settle with the 

 bees as If tired, and I have seen them 

 hived as a swarm, but they always rush 

 out and enter their own hive. But I have 

 never seen anything that would shed 

 any light on this question. 



Dr. A. B. Mason — 1. The time varies. 



1 have had them fly in 5 days, and also 

 not for 8 days, under the conditions 

 named. 2. From 2 to 4 days. 3. I 

 don't know, but our leading writers say 

 it does. 



Eugene Secor — 1. Prof. Cook says 5 

 to 6 days ; Cheshire, b ; Cowan, 3 to 5 ; 

 LangstrothDadant, 6 to 7 ; Root, 5 to 

 7. 2. Prof. Cook. 2 to 3 days ; Che- 

 shire, 2 ; Cowan, 2 ; Langstroth-Dadant, 



2 ; Root, 2. 3. I don't know. 



P. H. Elwood — 1. Cowan says from 3 

 to 5 ; Cheshire says 6 days. 2. Cheshire 

 says 2 days. We believe it takes with 

 us nearly 10 days on the average, from 

 hatching to laying. 3. I do not knnw 

 that it ever causes death, but suppose it 

 is so. 



R. C. Aikin— I believe 3 to 4. 2. All 

 favorable, 9; some 8; some 10 to 12. 

 3. I never saw the mating act, but have 

 seen a number of queens evidently very 

 soon after mating, a string trailing after 

 them '4 to % inch long — supposed to be 

 a part of the drone. 



Rev. M. Mahin — 1. Usually about 5, 

 if the circumstances are very favorable. 

 2. Under very favorable circumstances 

 in 7 days, but that is much under the 

 average. 3. I suppose it is. I dis- 

 covered in my boyhood that the extru- 

 sion of the male organs produced instant 

 death. 



G. M. Doolittle— 1. If the bees allow 

 her to emerge (not hatch ; the larvai 

 hatch)^ from the cell as soon as mature, 

 from o to 7, as a rule. If held in the 

 cell by the bees, then from 24 to 72 

 hours after allowed her liberty. 2. A 

 queen commences laying about 2 days 

 after successfully meeting the drone. 3. 

 Gently press a " ripe" drone till the sex- 

 organs protrude, and the drone expires 

 at once. See? 



G. W. Demaree — 1. It depends upon 

 the weather, and to some extent on the 

 time of year. About 18 years ago I spent 

 nearly a whole breeding season to test 

 all these questions, and have observed 

 closely ever since. To put it definitely, 

 she will commence her wedding flights — 

 she makes not less than three — on the 

 evening of the 7th day of her age. 2. 

 She begins to lay In 2 or 3 days. 3. 

 I believe It is. 



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