MillerThousand AnswersBeekeepingQuestions.pdf - BioBees

112 DR. MILLER Skeep that up for two weeks. So, on the whole, it looks more asif there is nothing for them to do, yet that may not be the case atall. Give them more room, more ventilation and more shade.Fig. 19. A colony "hanging out" all over its hive; caused by lack of room, lackof shade, and insufficient ventilation.Hatching.—Q. My attention has been called to the word"hatch." Do bees hatch more than once? Would it not be betterto have the bees hatch once and emerge to come into existence?A. You are quite right; it would be better to say that thelarva "hatches" from the egg, and the young bee "'emerges" fromthe cell. Irideed, you will find that quite often the word "emerges"is used in that way, although generally it is said that the youngbee hatches out of the cell.