Interesting paragraphs from Henry Alley, 1902

Here in New England, in Massachusetts particuiarly, the 8th
of May is about as early as it is safe to commence to rear queens.
However, if the weather is fairly warm in April and the first week
of May, colonies can be so fed and stimulated that they may think
it is about time to get ready to swarm. By the way, I have heard
of swarms issuing as early as the 10th of May, and had one swarm
on May 10, 1902.

I find almost any strain of bees docile enough to be handled
with the use of a good bellows smoker. However, bees that have
vigorous dispositions are usually good honey-gatherers, and no
queen need be rejected as a breeder on account of the vicious
disposition of her worker progeny. Only an occasional queen
breeds vicious bees, and this trait is but seldom transmitted to
offspring.

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