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fertilized eggs are found in drone-cells, and fertilized eggs in 

 worker and queen-cells. The egg that produces the queen is prac- 

 tically the same as the one which produces a worker; only the 

 cell is enlarged, and the bees feed it throughout its larval exist- 

 ence the richer food that is given to the worker larva during its 

 first three days. 



Shade for Bees. — Q. Can bees be given too much shade in 



early spring? 



A. Yes; at that time it is better to have the sun shine on the 

 hive at least part of the day. 



Q. Is it very necessary that a colony have shade during the 

 heat of the day? 



A Different views are held as to the desirability of shade for 

 bees, some even sa3'ing that they are better without it. No doubt 

 there is in this respect a difference in localities. In my own lo- 

 cality I think they are better off with some shade. 



Q. Is there any danger of losing swarms if the hives are in 

 too hot a place? Is it necessary to keep bees in the shade all the 

 time ? 



A. There is great danger that a newly-hived swarm will de- 

 sert if the hive is too hot. After it becomes settled and has started 

 brood, the danger disappears, and a colony may do well without 

 any shade. Yet in most places it is better that a hive shall be 

 shaded in the heat of the day. A nice thing is to have a hive under 

 a tree which shades it in the middle of the day, but allows the sun 

 to shine upon it in the morning and evening. 



Shake-Swarming. — Q. \A'hat is meant by a shaken swarm? 



A. When the bees are shaken or brushed from their combs, 

 and all the combs, or all but one of them, are taken away, that is 

 called shaking a swarm, and the bees left in the hive are called a 

 shaken swarm. 



Q. Last year I had a lot of trouble with runaway swarms. 

 Can you tell me how to practice "shake swarming"? 



A. Lift the comibs out of the hive, one after another, and 

 shake the bees back into the hive, filling up the hive with empty 

 combs or empty frames and when you have done that you have 

 shaken a swarm. Of course, you must be sure that the queen is 

 left in the hive from whicli the brood has been taken. You can 

 make any disposition you like of the frames of brood taken 

 away. They may be used to strengthen weak colonies, or you can 

 use them to make new colonies. If used in the latter way enough 



