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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 saying 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. What 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 combs 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 which 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 
