Show lMIJrltJ of IUr C Davenport says In Gleanings Ono summer I hod n stroiic second swarm Issue from n largo box hive I do not remember the date but It was Just before basswood blossomed The I queen of this warm Will lost on her mating trip or In some other way for I nm certain that they did nut have n laying queen nt any limo during tho summer I thought I would let them do without one to sec what they would do They were hived on combt that contained considerable hone so they did not have much room to store below I but they filled up what room there was and then Instead ut working much In tho sections they took tho world cusy In the fall I thought I would smile what few or them were left with some other I colony but on coming la cxamlno them 1 was surprised at tbo amount of beet there was left There teemed to be nearly at many at when I hived them so In order to experiment further they were put In the collar here the rest were They camo out In good shape In thn spring A queen was given them and although they dwindled away very fast they pulled through all right Now In this rate tho workers Jived at least ten or eleven months not only n few but thousands of them If the name thing hail been tried tho past summer I do not think there would I have been a live bee left after they hud been In the cellar a mouth |