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Show AROUND THE HONEY MAKERS All Falling or Slow Queens Should Be Changed Promptly and Breed Only From Very Best. Comb honey that is to be sent to a distant market should be shipped before cold weather, since the combs becoiSj extremely fragile when cold. Change all failing or slow queens promptly, and breed from the best you cau secure, thus raising th standard of y.our stock step by srea and improving the average year by year. The young bees, hatched from August Au-gust 1 on, constitute the colony to ba wintered, and for this reason it la wise to see that much brood is ready, even if you have to resort to stimulative stimu-lative feeding. As a rule bees cast a prime swarm as soon as the first queen cell is sealed, unless prevented by bad weather; therefore, the first young , queen may be expected to emerge on the eighth day from the first swarm. When the hives are well distributed distribut-ed in a certain space, their inmates can be more easily handled. It seems to improve their disposition, especially especial-ly if there are some trees, shrubs, or the like about it. Robbing is not so prevalent, either, and the absence of that always helps to make the bees better natured. |