I DR. MILLER S 



can it be kept in an 8-frame hive? What kind of a cross •>"" 

 it be? 



A. There is no such race as Adds. The word "Adel" is a Cjer- 

 man word which Germans spell "Edel," and the word means noble 

 or excellent. So anyone may call his bees Adels, whether they 

 are black or yellow; only, of course, it will be a misnomer if ap- 

 plied to poor bees. If I understand it correctly, Adels were a 

 strain of Italians first, so named by Henry Alley. 



Afterswarms.— Q. :Mv bees swarmed May 31. I put on a super 

 that noon, and eleven days later they put off another swarm. 

 What was the matter with them? They have not started to build 

 in the super yet, and the new bees are still bringing in honey in 

 the bottom. What is the reason? 



A. It is the usual thing for bees to send out the second swarm 

 about eight days after the prime swarm, and it may be as much 

 as sixteen days later. They may also send out a third, fourth 

 swarm, or more, and even if they send out only one swarm they 

 are not likely soon to do anything in the super, if at all. 



Q. Last spring I bought three colonies of bees from one of the 

 neighbors and they all have crooked combs in the bro6d-chamber. 

 He did not use starters, and they are so crooked that I cannot 

 take them out of the frames. These same colonies have each 

 swarmed three times. The first swarms were large. 1 hived 

 them in new 10-frame hives. The next three swarms were smaller. 

 I also hived them in 10-framc hives, and the last three were 

 small. As I did not want any more bees, I killed the queens in 

 the last three swarms and put them back in the parent hives. 

 They did not swarm any more. As I don't want any more swarms, 

 how can I prevent them from swarming? 



A. One way of preventing too much increase is to do as you 

 did in one case, that is to return the swarm as often as one is- 

 sues. But that may be more trouble than you like. Here's an 

 easy way to prevent afterswarming: When the prime swarm is 

 hived, set it on the stand of the old colony, setting the old hive 

 close beside it, facing the same way. A week later move the old 

 hive to a new stand 10 feet or more away. That's all; the bees 

 will do the rest. For when the hive is moved to a new stand the 

 bees will go to the fields just the same as if they had not been 

 moved, but when they return, instead of going to their own hive 

 they will return to the old stand and join the swarm. That will 

 so weaken the mother colony that all thoughts of swarming will 

 be given up, especially as no honey will be brought in for a day 

 or two after the change of place. If you want to prevent all 



