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tween. When I took the frames out of this top hive to hang 
them in the basement for the winter, I found dead brood in them. 
I thought perhaps this brood was not properly taken care of by 
the bees. There was no smell, the brood was not ropy, and the 
unsealed brood was coffee colored, while the sealed was white 
and thin. 
A. Like enough the few bees deserted the brood and went 
below, leaving the brood above to starve. 
Q. I have one colony that is carrying out brood in all stages 
of development, some alive with wings almost developed. Can 
you tell me what is wrong? 
A. One guess is that the larva; of the bee-moth, or wax- 
worms, have mutilated the young bees with their galleries and 
the bees carry them out. Another is that the bees are driving 
out the drones and destroying the drone larvae, or they are 
starving. 
Brood-Frames. — Q. Should the honey of the brood-frames be 
extracted, and can it be done without injuring the brood? 
A. Unless you are very careful you are likely to throw out 
brood if any is in the comb; and it is not considered best to ex- 
tract honey from such combs. 
Brood-Rearing. — Q. If there is plenty of honey, at about what 
time do bees quit rearing brood? 
A. Somewhere about October 1, some earlier and some later, 
depending upon age of queen, condition of colony, and part of 
country. In the south, brood is reared practically the entire year. 
Q. I notice that late brood-rearing is recommended. How 
would you encourage it? 
A. With a fall flow of even moderate extent there is no need 
to do anything to keep up late brood-rearing. Young queens, how- 
ever, are more reliable than old ones. If the flow stops early, 
breeding can be kept up by light feeding every other night. 
Q. Why do bees rear brood in December and January? They 
have very little honey. (West Virginia.) 
A. It is nothing unusual for bees wintered outdoors to begin 
rearing brood in February, especially as far south as Virginia, 
and not very unusual in January. I think December is unusual, 
and I don t know why any of yours should begin so early. Pos- 
sibly there is something in their condition causing it. 
Q. Will a colony rear brood in February or March if it has 
been given frames of sealed honey in the fall? I gave it outside 
frames, which, I don’t think, had any pollen in them, or beebread. 
