The Newtown bee., 1894-11-09
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THE FUsY BEE.

THE FUsY BEE.
 One of the most frequent inquiries we receive is in regard to the introduction of queens. The most essential condition of successful introduction is that the col ony must be destitute of queen. So long as the hive has queen twill never receive another. Sometimes the presence of fertile worker will prevent the bees from accepting fertile queen. To get rid of the pest is more difficulty than is gener- ally supposed. Being worker bee, to all appearances, unless caught in the act of laying eggs, it cannot be detected. When assured we have such bee, the best way we have ever found is to re- move the hive some distance from it's usual location, take out all the frames and empty the hive of every bee. Then return the empty hive to it's former Ioca- tion. Go back and shake or brush of or on the grass, and return them to the hive. The worker bees will return at once to their former location, and, as general thing, the quasi-queen will be left somewhere among the grass with g few foolish adherents.
 The colony thus freed from the fertile worker will receive queen in the usual way. The combs being full of drone grubs (for no other kind is matched from their eggs) of unequal sizes and eleva- tion, with multitude of eggs in worker cells, each containing several are sure indications of the presence of fertile worker.
 The present adaptation of cages for introduction renders the matter of intro- ducing easy and almost uniformly sue cessful. When queen arrives open the cage so as to ascertain her condition. If she is alive, open the cover of the hive, remove from the end of the cage the small cork that is next the sugar, and also the cover of the cage over the wire, and place it with wire side down on the frame between two of them, shut the hive and the thing is done. The bees become acquainted with the queen through the meshes of the wire and will soon eat out the sugar and liberate her. Sometimes, however, when honey is scaI ce and spirit of lawlessness pre- vails, inducing robbery, bees put on their war paint and will refuse to accept any queen or submit to any intrusion. Then the apiarist, if he has valuable queen to introduce, is sometimes very much nonplused.
 Under such circumstances we have We take an empty hive, locate it where we wish it to stand, then go to a strong colony of bees and take two or three frames full of young bees just matching and place them in the new hive with all adhering bees. Tue majority of the old bees will return to the parent hive. In the course of 24 hours there will be quite number of young bees out of their cells and others still matching. These will receive a queen readily and without any danger at all. It is well to take only one frame of matching brood, with adhering bees, from single colony, since to remove several would weaken the colony. Then take frame of the same kind from another colony, brush ing every bee off and place it in the new hive. In this way new colony can be constructed from several, and just enough of old bees be left to keep up the animal heat necessary for the matching brood.
 We have recently seen it recommended by high authority that the safest and best way of introducing an imported queen is to take frames of matching brood, with all old bees brushed off as above described, put them into hive made bee-proof, and put your imported queen with the frames, and let them re main several days. If the weather is cold the hive should be kept warm ir the house. This we think will be per fectly safe way.
 When you are uncertain about the presence of queen, as is sometimes the case, there being neither eggs nor larva seen, put in frame '. ith fresh laid eggs
 wait few days and examine the frame inserted. If there is evidence of queer cells being started, there is no queen l If, on the other hand, there is no sucf evidence, there is queen of some kine present. This is sure test for thu presence of queen.
 This month is the proper time to pre- , pare hives for winter. If the colonies 7 are to remain on their summer stand they should be protected by being ] packed around with chaff. We have al , ready described how this is done, b. taking 8 box capacious enough to re ceiye the hive proper, leaving space l between~the walls of two or three inch es. This space is to be filled with chaff } small tunnel being formed opposit l the entrance of the hive for the exit o the bees in warm weather. A cha1 cushion being placed on top, under tn 5 cover of the external box, makes tn
 bees comparatively safe from extrem
 cold weather.-[ William Ballantine
 Mansfield, O., in The Farm Journal.
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