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her before I send for the new one? I have heard there is less 
danger of having the queen killed when she is introduced if the 
colony has been without a queen for some time. Should the 
queen be clipped before she is introduced? 
A. You will probably do as well to wait until some time in 
June. Better not kill the old queen till the new one arrives. 
There may be considerable delay, and it is not well for the colony 
to be too long queenless. You can have the same, or greater, ad- 
vantage by keeping the new queen caged in the hive two or three 
days before allowing the bees of the colony access to the candy to 
* liberate her. Most beekeepers nowadays prefer to have queens 
clipped, and most of those who sell queens will clip them before 
sending, without extra charge, if you so request. 
Jouncer. — Q. What is a jouncer? 
A. A frame-work upon which a super rests, allowing the bees 
to be shaken out of the super by jouncing the ends of the jouncer 
up and down alternately. It has not proven a success with 
everyone. 
Krainer Bees. — Q. Have the Krainer bees from Krain, Austria, 
ever been imported to this country? Are they more hardy than 
Italians? 
A. You have probably heard and read quite a little about 
Carniolian bees. Well, Krain is merely the German word for Car- 
niola. I’m not sure whether the claim for greater hardiness has 
been well established, but some think well of a cross with Italians. 
Labels. — Q. How do you stick labels on tin cans? I don't 
seem able to make them stick. 
A. The favorite way is to have the label pass clear around 
the can and overlap, in which case any common flour paste will 
answer. Flour paste with .water sticks to tin. Wiping the can off 
with a dry cloth to remove the greasy substance left in tinning 
will help make labels stick. 
Larvse. — Q. Is there any way of determining accurately the 
age of the larva, or, in other words, how long it has been in 
process of development, without waiting for it to be sealed over? 
A. Nothing very definite. In general terms it may be said 
that the larva makes most of its growth in the last two days of 
its five days of larval existence; and I think it doesn’t cover the 
bottom of the cell till after it is three days old. 
Q. At what time and in what way are the young bees fed? 
A. They are fed by the nurse-bees for five days or more from 
the time the larva hatches out of the egg until it is sealed over. 
