Chapter 3

BREEDING.

Imperfectly Understood, 62 Good stocks seldom without brood, 63 How small stocks commence, 64 Different with larger ones, 65 How Pollen is stored in the breeding season, 65 Operation of Laying, and the Eggs described, 66 Time from the Egg to the perfect Bee, 67 Rough treatment of the young Bee, 67 Guess-work, 68 Terms applied to young Bees, 69 Discrepancy in time in rearing brood as given by Huber, 70 The number of Eggs deposited by the Queen guessed at, 71 A test for the presence of a Queen, 73 When Drones are reared, 74 When Queens, 74 Liability of being destroyed, 76 Drones destroyed when honey is scarce, 77 Old Queen leaves with the first swarm, 78 A young Queen takes the place of her mother in the old stock, 79 Other Theories, 80 Subject not understood, 80 Necessity for further observation, 84 Two sides of the question, 85