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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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and foundation or empl) combs given in- 

 stead? 



2. When using the Demaree plan, if a 

 swarm issues I have thought of managing 

 about like this: Cage the clipped queen and 

 destroy all queen-cells and when the swarm 

 returns to the parent hive give the queen and 

 all eggs and young brood into the care of 

 another colony for about five days, or until 

 the swarming colony realizes that they are ab- 

 solutely queenless. Then return the queen 

 and one frame of brood below the excluder 

 and balance of brood above. Is there a bet- 

 ter way? 



Answers. — 1. Your idea is a mistaken one. 

 At the time the Demaree plan is used the 

 brood-chamber is crammed with brood, and it 

 would hardly be wise to operate until the 

 brood-chamber is in that condition. The time 

 to move this brood into the second story, 

 over the excluder, is any time when swarming 

 in general is likely to occur; or, to be more 

 specific, when the colony is very strong and 

 has started queen-cells. However, if the mat- 

 ter should be neglected until the colony has 

 swarmed, the swarm may be returned and the 

 colony treated on the Demaree plan, just as 

 if no swarming had taken place. 



2. Yes; I think it is easier, and on the 

 whole a better way, to leave the queen and 

 use the regular plan. 



Feeding Sections 



I have five hives that are reasonably strong 

 and have a fairly good amount of honey in 

 the frames, but I am not sure whether they 

 have enough. I have about 75 sections that 

 are drawn out very well and have all the way 

 from one ounce to half a pound of honey in 

 them. I have no extractor. My question is, 

 would it be all right to feed it to the bees 

 this winter? If not. when would be the best 

 time to feed it? Just how would vou feed tt? 

 KANSAS. 



Answer. — You can use such sections as 

 feed. If you think a colony is in danger of 

 starving before spring, put over it an empty 

 super, lay sections flatwise upon the top-bars, 

 and then pack over them cloths to keep them 

 warm. If you think there is no danger of 

 the bees starving before spring, wait until the 

 bees are flying every day or so, then put sec- 

 tions in supers the regular way and set the 

 supers on the hives, of course giving them to 



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