AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Queries a]id Replies. 



WMn Diylding, Where to Find tlie Qtteen, 



Query 755. — In dividing a colony, in 

 which position may T expect to find the 

 queen, if I want to clip her wings ? — 

 Minnesota. 



Let some one else answer this. — Mks. 

 L. Harrison. 



I do not understand the question. — J. 

 M. Hambaugh. 



I do not understand this question. — 

 Eugene Secor. 



Anywhere among the workers in the 

 brood-nest. — C. C. Miller. 



Crawling on the combs, in the sus- 

 pended-frame hives — .James Heddon. 



You will want experience to guide 

 you, in such work. — H. D. Cutting. 



You may find her on one of the outside 

 combs containing eggs, or any one be- 

 tween. — M. Mahin. 



You will generally find the queen on 

 tlie central combs, where she will be 

 laying. — Dadant & Son. 



In a standing or walking position. 

 Possibly she may be found in a laying 

 position. — A. B. Mason. 



I do not understand the question. I 

 would say, "Keep on the look" until 

 you find her. — J. P. H. Brown. 



The queen should be found in making 

 the division ; then it will be known in 

 which part. she is. — G. L. Tinker. 



She will generally be found on the 

 brood, unless from fright she runs be- 

 yond it, and most likely towards the 

 center of the brood circle, — R. L. Taylor. 



As far as I know, you will always find 

 a queen standing on her feet, if she is 

 good for anything. If that is not what 

 you mean by "position," try to frame 

 your question so that we can understand 

 what you do mean. — G. M. Doolittle. 



I do not understand this question. I 

 find queens in all positions that they can 

 take crawling ; and to clip, it makes no 

 diflPerence what position she is in, for if the 

 position she is found in does not suit, it 

 can easily be changed. Be careful to 

 clip her wing only. — J. E. Pond. 



That depends very much on what 

 preparation you have given the bees be- 



fore opening the hive. If but little smoke 

 has been used, and no drumming, you 

 will likely find the queen quietly attending 

 to her business on some of the center 

 combs. If the hive was thoroughly stirred 

 up, she will usually be found hiding in 

 some corner, or up in the section-cases, if 

 no queen-excluders arc used.— C. H. Dib- 



BERN. 



Your query is too indefinite to be aii- 

 swered to your satisfaction. When you 

 look for the queen — if the colony has 

 not been disturbed beforehand— the 

 queen will be found on one of the combs 

 containing brood or eggs. This is as 

 near as the "position" of her where- 

 abouts can be given. . When I divide a 

 colony I first hunt up the queen, and 

 when she is found, I remove the comb 

 she is on to a comb box. I then proceed 

 to divide the colony, giving the queen to 

 that part of the division that is moved to 

 a new location, or you may give her to 

 the one that occupies the old stand. — 

 G. W. Demaree. 



This query evidently should read dif- 

 ferently. The word "position" ought 

 to he portion or pan of the divided col- 

 ony, in order to make sense. We have 

 tried to find the original copy, but have 

 not been able to do so, as we do not 

 now remember the name of the party 

 sending it, and it was probably filed in 

 our letter cases by the name of the 

 writer. 



Assuming the above to be the idea of 

 the writer, we reply : When dividing a 

 populous colony of bees, find the queen 

 and put her into the new hive, placing 

 bees and brood in the center ; filling up 

 with frames of comb foundation, remov- 

 ing the hive with the queen . to a new 

 location — leaving the queenless portion 

 on the old stand, to rear for itself a 

 queen, from the brood it possesses, if it 

 has not already queen-cells in some stage 

 of development. Then, of course, you 

 "may expect to find the queen" just 

 where you have placed her — in the new 

 hive.— The Editor. 



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