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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



March 



the whacks you can five him. Then, when the 



war is over continue the same plan, because 



better for bees than siisar. "Haven't 



i, m | ' Well ii' il ou'll have 



to use sugar, lint don't lei it happen again. 



Each year save up enough combs of sealed 



iO that you will have an abundance to 



give to any colon] thai needs it. and unless 



your hives are largi you will find that most 



i your colonies will be better for one or more 



■ 1 1 :i combs each spring. 



Receiving Shipped Queens 



i 1 want to send South Eoi s"i'i< queens 

 for requeening next spring, which 1 want to 

 do as early as possible. Now, suppose 1 order 

 t., be delivered about April 2d and we 

 sl-ould happen to get some bad weather for 

 some days so I cannot open the hives, what 

 an I do to save the queens? 



2. How long can a queen be kept alive away 

 from other bees? 



3. Does it make any difference how far I 

 send South for my queens, or is it better to 

 get them as far North as possible? If so, how 

 far North will they have queens ready for 

 shipment April 15? MICHIGAN. 



Answers. — 1. Keep them in the house where 

 it will not be colder than CO degrees, making 

 sure that the food is not exhausted. But I 

 wouldn't think you would want them before at 

 least a month later. 



2. I don't know how long without any bees 

 at all; but with the usual escort she would 

 likely be all right for two or three weeks. 



3. I don't think it makes any difference how 

 far South you sand. You would hardly get 

 queens April 15 without sending south of 35 

 degrees. 



Feeding Honey 



We are having severe weather here and my 

 bees will need a little feed in April. Can I 

 feed honey that has soured, next spring, after 

 the bees have a flight? 



Answer. — After bees are flying daily there 

 is no harm in feeding such honey. But it 

 should not be fed in the fall. 



Sugar Candy 



1. Would bees live on a cake of sugar if it 

 was placed over the brood frames in the winter 

 or spring? 



2. Will bees live on common dry granulated 

 sugar? ILLINOIS. 



Answers. — 1. They will live on a cake of 

 sugar candy, but I doubt if wetting granulated 

 sugar and letting it dry will make a good cake 

 of candy. You must boil it first. 



2. I think not. 



Carniolans 



I want to keep bees this spring, but 1 cannot 

 decide what kind to get. 1 would rather ke*ep 

 Carniolans, because 1 understand they are the 

 besl honey gatherers. Because of their large 

 size, I think the ordinary wax foundations and 

 bee supplies are too «mall for them. Please 

 tell me if this is so. I want to run for ex- 

 tracted honey alone, and use the Dadants' big 

 hive Do you think they would '1" well' 



WISCONSIN. 



■. gly nihil m. ,1 



as to tin- size of Cariolan hers. Ordinary sup- 

 plies, including foundation, are used with them, 

 link you could get foundation 

 of larger size if you wanted it. If you had 

 them side by side with Italians I don't think 

 you would sec any difference in size. Most 

 is prefer Italians. Comb foundation 

 of the usual size is used in the big 

 hives. 



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