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not able to fly and meet the drone, she will still lay eggs, but they will 
only produce drones, and she is called a drone-laying queen, and must be 
replaced with a good queen. A strange thing about drones is that they have 
only one parent, as the eggs which they are hatched out of are not fertilised. 
The queen may lay drone or workers’ eggs at pleasure, and if there are not 
sufficient worker cells in the hive, the bees will make use of drone cells by 
adding a rim of wax round the edge of the cell, and thus reducing the size. If 
bees are allowed to build comb without using foundation, they will make a. 
quantity of drone comb which is not required, so that is another point in 
favour of foundation; and full sheets should always be given. Drone brood is 
distinguished from worker by its larger size and by the rounded appearance of 
the caps of the cells when sealed, During the winter, and when there is a 
great scarcity of honey, the worker bees kill off the drones by hunting them 
out of the hives; but in any colony that has queen cells they will always keep. 
some drones in order to fertilise the queen when she hatches. 
(Lo be continued.) 
BEE-KEEPERS’ ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA. 
The Beekeepers’ Association of Victoria is taking vigorous steps. 
towards stamping out foul brood, and a Billdealing with the subject has been 
drafted by the solicitors of the Association for introduction into Parliament. 
Mr. L. T. Chambers, Honorary Secretary of the Association, writes :— 
I haye little doubt of the future of our business and the possibility of opening 
up a foreign trade at a payable price. Ihave had many ventures, and feel assured that 
it may be done by the exercise of a little perseverance. ‘ 
‘Lhe attempts to find a market in London by the methods adopted in 1895 met 
the reception that might be expected. But nevertheless there is a good market there 
and elsewhere in the United Kingdom. 
The main difficulty, as I see it, is to be able to supply when we do opena 
market. For instance, at the beginning of this year, at the request of an English 
firm, I sent forward a sample case of average Victorian honey, with quotation, and 
am now faced with an order, “ship 100 cases per month till further advice.” 
Needless to say that,none can be sent, as only half a crop was gathered in. 
consequence of drought. 
