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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Constant Watchfulness Better Than 

 Wholesale Supersedure. 



JAMES McNElL. 



ra'HALL we leave the supersedure of 

 *^ queens entirely to the bees; or shall 

 we supersede after a plan of our own ? 

 Doolittle, whose authority I greatly re- 

 spect, says that the bees will attend to 

 this matter more wisely than we can. 



supersede the old queens, but hatched too 

 late in the season to become fertilized. 



It is evident that it would not be wise 

 to leave the matter entirely to the bees; 

 and yet, I doubt if it would be wise, con- 

 sidering the time, labor and expense in- 



Covering the Floor with Sawdust Before Putting on the Roof. 



Perhaps, on the whole, they will, but they 

 often show mighty poor judgment in the 

 matter, as is evidenced by the run down 

 colonies because of worn out queens, 

 which we find at all seasons of the year; 

 and the drone layers which we find in the 

 early spring, being either worn out queens 

 or virgin queens, probably intended to 



volved. to adopt a wholesale plan of su- 

 persedure after the queens have reached 

 a certain age. Many excellent queens 

 would be sacrificed by this plan. 



The bee-master should be the master 

 of the situation, so far as he can, by keep- 

 ing himself informed regarding the condi- 

 tion of each colony, and marking for su- 



