Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-07-06

HIS three sons, secured " SUd'm." ] killed all the queens (save one) that we found in the "sUarm," and this one marked by cutting off one-half of one of her wings, and restoring her thus mutilated to her "traJe," which had been housed in hive where already some in,prove- ments" hal been made (by an expelled swarm) and provender of few pounds of honey in the comb had been left This stock with the naarhel queen was necessarily watched for six weeks. During the first week (after said hous- 'ng) the queen made da ly attempts for excur- Sious; but, owing to her mutilation, she fell always helpless to the ground and was then in vnrably replaced into the "hiue' After the l first week she made no more attempts at ex | cur>lons. The "s,oarna" worked for awhile with hearty good will, without, however any perceptibe "lncreose'' in ''ace'ght," and when the time came that "young aeork Jees' should make their appearance, "not ONE aoas to De seen'' The stock deteriorated with fearful rapidity At the end of six weeks expelled the stock 1 l found the "marhef'' queen, but not one young bee covered in her cell not one magot, not one bee-egg-yet numberless ''drones' "drone-bred" and "(irone -eggs;;' all of which were not regll- larly deposited in the cells in regular rotation as is invariably the case with the true bee breed'--but they were promlscuously y scattered here and there and frequently "severaz eqqs 'oere tound in one cel.' This is always the case with queen Cor motherle>s) stock.
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 have described this "eaperiment' so minute | ly, in order that any person. who, like myself, would rather to own ocular proof than any other authority, may convince themselves by giving trial to an experiment. as above de- scribed.
 Now l contend, thata queen before "Jeay7ng" Becoming mother, must positively make her .yftrtotiue ercursions" 2d. That she never de- posts throne" Sd. That some "ytemale po,k- bees' deposit the "d,one eggs"
 The 'ma1e' bee or "naale bees, which pay the requisite attention 10 the queens, during their excursions, may forever remain secret, 50 much though Is sure that, when once in state of parturtion, "Me queen remains so," without any further z f'uctuatio4.'
 The state of the queen is an unmistakable crter on for all the phenomena incident'to the culture of bees. If she (1ueer) is old and de- crclit then the stock will dwindle awav-no swalming will take place any more, every thing about the stock assumes ''juberous' appear ancr until the "trbe' growing impatient and mutinou>, destroys the old hop, and helpless queen and raises young one iii her place. But whilst this process is going on, the time for swarmlng has passed by, and, so has the time \ for ha7rest' Should then the new, young queen prove "b"rren' then the doom of the :" tt6e' Is scaled, and accelerated if they can not raiSa queen at all; as consequent to such t calamity, lhe droneS will not be killed off l moths ad other injurious insects will invade the hlve, and the robber-b bee will put the final 10 the drama by sweeping away, what little honey may have been left. The stock, become motherIess Goose their queens) during swarm Ing tune, the time of c0iti01l" Has an "eDat- g'atng" swarm lost their queen, then, quite an unusual str and hustle will be observed among them on the very evening of the day when such a Calamity betel the "emig3untS." But should stIli doubt exist n the mind of the observer, then let hm cut out piece of the tose-30 days after nOtlclng the above oCcurrence-aua eXamlne the cells close and minutelv; if he hhdS that they contain droDe-eggs only scat tered in their confused manner, then he may take Il for granted that the stock is "naolerless" here are different ways to assist and possibly, redeem such an afflicted stock; too lengthy how ever to enler nov into a full ex lanation The most common remedy is, to cut out piece of the rose we'll filled with magots and eggs from d :" sound" stock, and insert this peace into the suffering hive. This process may save the suf- lerng stock, but will De proftess to the bee master" for the season; because harvestime is past, before young workhees can make their ! appearance as work -hands--9 or 10 weeks after first sWarnung.
 always preferred to expcl such motheress stocks and "anHer'' them to a sound e''-- A stock with young queen--Say, not over wears o,d--docs never suffer, Is never affected with moths, other insects, superlluouS drones nor dare robJer Jee' on penalty of death dis tub the well administered government. Traps for moths and droneS, etc, Is unnecessary as it is "hamJ'y" and "awtid'' nonsense.
 l regulate my hives Ill the fall of the year, ace"rding tu the state of the qu-elis and the 1aetto wei sht of the hives As those that have no queens, or the queen be too old and the netto weight of the stock is ,uader 24 pounds--I make them waM t.e plank saving myself, at once, tie modification of seeing such an affect. cd hive going to ruin my hands during the winter, nor have to trouble myself in the spring ol the year with starved out, worthless swarm In swarmiug tune leave a space of lJ5 (02 cub. feet play room ill the hives, where ul- tend that the swarms should establish them selves. Ths 1 can do without any inconve- hience whatever, because my hives form but combination of hives, one placed ahove the other, with foot clear and 5 luches higher in- side Cor straw-rings giving equal room) Do md Tn the lall of the year that one hive has got more honey than necessary for its support, then take or cut the honey from the upper most h'oes or straw-rings" and supply others therewlth, that may hnd deficient, by placing those "uppe,most hiues o" stya,o-ylnqs'' with their contents, on the top of the needy stocks. Dolng this, never loose stock in the winter time. And am enabled to do so with uner- ring certainty, because weigh the boards the straw-rlngs and whatever material I employ in the construction of my bee hives, and mark their exact weight, when constructed, upon them. Stocks are not worth keeping over the wlnier, smoke out in the fall--commencing at the top take away or cut out the hives or rings ant leave the "1otoer apartments" undis- turbe1 reservng them for the deposit of fresh
 
 Mir. Bruckish asserts, that the queen deposits some 5000 eggs daily. contend that 8 to 5UO is very gool days work fora queen
 As to the remark, which Mr. Bruckish makes "cf honey combs injected ,o,h eggs" I declare that have never been able to discover such a thing; though have found the "egqs 6eloac." Cat he bott"m) of the honey cells.
 The premature swarmS treat with drum ming of, or by placing either a hive or a r'tnq above or below the stock from which thev swarm or by transferring them to some other weak stock.
 If Mr. Bruckish holds forth, that 3l of the bees in the U. $. are drstroved by the moths, then he is " merely and entirely" mistaken He should have said: sach course cf things does mot t'he ploce ona canna tahe p'ace unless he stocks 6ecoane MoTHERLEss, or Jy id.otic treatment cf tue stochs.''
 Moths have never yet moested and affected any heoAhy stock ill my apiary. But then Qrue enough) take no -four ba,rel, no hollov