APIARY NOTES
WEAK AND QUEENLESS COLONIES. As advised last month, queenless colonies should be disposed of by uniting them with strong queen-right colonies. This is most readily accomplished in the evening when all the field bees have returned. After taking the roof and mat from the queen-right colony, place a sheet of newspaper immediately over the top of the frames and carefully place the queenless colony on top. No smoke will be required if the hive is handled gently. Weak colonies should be similarly united if the queen is of little value. If the queen is young, broodrearing will probably be kept up for some time, and such colonies though weak, will probably be worth saving. This is best accomplished by shifting them into a small hive called a nucleus box, large enough to take only four frames.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3783, 17 July 1936, Page 3
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138APIARY NOTES Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3783, 17 July 1936, Page 3
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