and its Economic Management. 153 



the young queen to run in. Keep these in. a dark room and 

 use as needed in outside nuclei. 



It has been observed that a young queen feeds upon pollen 

 extensively until she has met the drone, from which time she 

 is fed by the bees entirely upon digested food. Now, just here, 

 I wish to show the 



Folly of keeping Young Queens confined 



in the frame nurseries for a number of days after hatching, as 

 is done extensively, especially in several American queen- 

 raising apiaries. 



Without the nitrogenous food at this time, when their con- 

 stitutions should be established, they are dragging out their 

 existence upon sugar alone at the most important period of 

 their growth. The editor of the American Bee Journal has 

 repeatedly given his voice against the cheap queen traffic, and 

 is it any wonder when they are produced wholesale with con- 

 stitutions thus impaired ? 



By all means let us have cheap queens — they have been far 

 too high in price, though unavoidably so hitherto, for the 

 general benefit ; but we do not want them produced without 

 due regard to the laws of re-production. 



The confined one-frame nucleus certainly takes up more 

 space and time, but both are amply paid for by getting more 

 substantial stock, while queens being able to feed naturally 

 will get mated sooner than those with a weakened frame. 



On p. 50 it will have been noticed that for 



Supplying all Hives with Young Queens* 



yearly, and to compensate for the non-increase of stocks, one 

 colony in ten is to be devoted to increase by nuclei. In this 

 case, the tenth hives are to be stimulated for brood rearing 

 until the end of June, when there should be at least three 

 chambers nearly full of brood in all stages. However, to be 



• Simmins' Non-Swarming System, Feb., 1886. 



