The Lucknow Sentinel, 1920-08-05, Page 3ti
SWARMING BEES
By H. W. SANDERS.
/�' The swarm is a phenomenon THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
made by theQGi
pe -1 fore . the
(---e.........-,`-^� ... / - "'� euliar to bees. Theft I Y had made themselves too beenites
Thole, are other >tnsecta, much at home. for vengance
Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide 8t, West, Toronto ALGUST 8TH. on the descendants of Saul because of
that live 'together in colonies, but Saul's slaughter of them, but he did
usually their methods of natural in-� A Beautiful Sight.
so with evident reluctance and sorrow
RaPe For. Sheep Pasture. rainfall. Land intended. for rape pro. crease take place in connection with;Finally upon a warm day, usually The Kingly Kindness of David, «Sant, and because it was made a
a ere y in the morning amass of bees rushes 8: 15; a him to be a yell PParent to
Rape is the 'ideal forage crop for duction should be plow- early and, P in their life-histor in which' + 9: 1-13. Golden 4' at, religious duty. (2 Sam. 21:
sheep. It nut only lends itself ad- thoroughly prepared before seeding. the colonial life is for the time being violently out of the hive, and after 2 Samuel 8: 15. 1-14).
ly to intensive systems of sheep Newly plowed land never grows good' Suspended. The humble bee', for ex-' Circlipg wildly in fie air for a timet 'Ciba appears later in the•
history
farming hut it yields more and better rape, as the moisture evaporates -too ample, passes the winter in a dormant I they cluster on the branch of a tree, stir David Executed Judgment and making a crafty bid fur the king',}
Justice unto Al} His People. This is favor and his owl: profit. See 2 Sam.
green food to the acre and at less ex- rapidly and the growth and develop-1condition like the majority of insects on a post, or some other convenient very high praise, and is borne •out by, 16: 1-4.
pense than any other crop in the long merit of the plants are checked. Rapthe queens being the only •survivors,+place. .The queen is usually amongst the history of David's reign. His idealLam
list of succulent summer foods. It y suceeare c` rown " if!and the rest of the bees the last to leave and her g a or. His Feet. This son of
can be vel y fiperishing.' necessary Presence is � of the kingly character and rule is Jonathan was called '.11ephibosheth, or
tides the flock over the dry, hot sea- sown at the last cultivation of the corm Then in the spring these humble -bee- y before the swarm will con- well set forth in the poem which is Meribaal {I' Chron. 9: 40 The story
ten, when)!, o
I tiinue on its way. If by any chance she entitled, "The last words of David. of his lameness is told in chap. 4' 4.
grasses are dead and fields c'roP•We have seeded one or twos
!queens each start up a nest. of thein gets lost the bees will return to the en Sam. 23: a la It a
brown, and it continues' to grow and acres of rape with corn • for -se�:eral °win• With the honey -bee however poesy, that in file time of Saul and
furnish .luxuriant grayling late in the years and find that a large crop of , life .;s impossible except in the form; hive from which they came. This fact "One that •ruleth over men ri h eollsl `David the' name "Baal," which meant
fall. It is. extremely: to sow fears of a colon g •ct Y� Piaster "
Y „c can be secured in this nlanner.j - y and therefore it must I is made use of in some of the plana That ruleth in the fear of (,01 or lord, wag one of the
rape for fall • pasturage and .turn thio' without additional preparation of the; make good the losses of winter'. and , for swarm control and by Blipping the' He shall be' as the light of the morn titles. applied to Jehovah
p P @ g ,just as we
flock unto the succulent plots when the+'soil.. Where the corn crop is removed th i disease by increasing, not only the queen's Brings• so 'that she cannot fly, ing when the sun riseth, x say Master or',Load".:then' speak_
common -pastures are exhausted or de- and put. in the silo the land is '-soon number of individuals •in each hive, the return of the swarm is ensured. A morning without clouds, ing of Christ: •Later the name I3a�l
I but the number of hives, or colonies, However, the bees often kill such a.r Vti'hen the tender. Krays .sp'rrngeth out came to be associates! in the minds of
stroyed by" early frost Nothing ready for pasturing.. When the rape, ff of the earth, Israelites with the worship of certain
equals it for ewes and lambs durst. plant .is about twelve inches hi h it -I �y` swarms issuing from the more loped queen when they find she can-f.heathen deities, and' its use was dis
ge g 1 Through clear shining after rain."
the nursing. }periods, and for :weaning; is ready to turn onto, and if. not grazed;densely populated one's. Withotat this, not swarm, and then ,sw:arm with theycontinued, In some cases Hebrew
lambs its istoo closer• it will continue to method of in.rease, bees would ion first virgin that emerges; so that the
But, he adds sadly, as if conscious scribes who had learned to •ho!d 'the
incomparable, carrying! produce >e p'•an should only be 'used where the that his own character had fallen far name of Baal in a111 co nee,
them from mother -milk to self -sus forage until frozen down late in the+ ago have become extinct for there short of this ideal finding it
tainini,• I:linbhoc►d with scarcely a slats fail.- •is a certain' amount of mortality of bee -keeper can be at hand to perform; "Verily m house is not so: With an thesold histoateltin compound
proper
of shrinkage. Rape is unexcelled as colonies all the time. Ithe necessary dl orations. i God." S changedit.. Thus
g Rape is an efficient weed destroyer.
} y P ed to )'`•the Lnrd's mama* was chap
an. food for startin • Where one desires to check •the :geed Swarinirg• is marked L3• the most 1` It `s a notable and beautiful sight' It is altogether to his credit that ed to IshboShPth,•whish• means "m g
i, mutton! to see a swarm emerge, and for a few favid, in looking back over the years of shame," and Meribaal "an
••sheep autumnand nibs on the profitable road, growth on, a badly infested field the reniark::ble exhibitions of instinct in'the Lord s
to full grain feeder. arable law is to sow rape before moments the air seems to be filled with) of ha. reign;. should hare r c '•
g. • prof. p p
the life of a culorly, We know that'.a ot,nizedehero, lac>Faa Mephibosheth, a mean -
The reeding aisle of rape cannot 'the weeds mature. This thorough till.' }1y' the time the season is far enough I bees •a ith flashing wings, whilst the'. and confessed his imperfections and ingless coinpour:d with the same word
be too h bhly •exploited; it is not a age of the soil at this time materially!advanced for swarming to take. Lace sound can be heard at a considerable faults. But it is true, nevertheless, for "shame."
g P , that his reign as a :whole was marked '_llachir was a
feed of :seek. or month, but 'Play be checks weed growth and the heavy fol that all the bees from the sensor. )e.� distance. Our own bees are located b. Prot»inent man of the
sawn at successive intervals so as to; iage of the rape shades the ground so I orefhave come to the end of their quite a l• ittle distance from the i y justice and .generous kindness, even clan '.1lachir elf the tribe of -Manasseh.
house,' toward his enemies.- See, for example, Iiving ease" of the Jordan (.Num. `?6:
provide ccntinuous -Pasturage from lives. Theyi �'et' we, have been on some occasions! his treatment of the men of .1•dbes :- • ° ,
that the weeds seldom grow and ma only lire long( enough } • _9• Josh, 17: 1 i. H, proved himself
early June until late autumn. One acre ture a seed crop the same year. 'Ordi-! after winter to nurture the first butch apprised of the swarm by hearing the gilead (2 Sari: 2:
of rape feed in connection with naryfrosts and cold seta s. will not 4- 1, and of Abner a true friend of David in his time of
I � p , of their successors, and from that time
loud humming from indoors. (� S 3: 20 bne and his indignation; trouble when he fled from Absalom
iced grain ration will produce.es many interfere with the edibilityof rape.; i few arm may hang clustered fora and grief at Abner's death ('J Sam, 3: across Jordan to Mahanairn (2 Sam.
P forward the succeeding generations 139). Note also, at the time of 1 i : 27-29),
pounds of mutton as two thousand The sheep may safely be pastured are very rapid throughout the active,' moments only, or for several
five hundred pounds of corn and oil until cold weather comes. To prevent hours. Usuallyat least a couple of;Aeatnie 's rebellion, his ,considerate; Fear Not.. 1ha a Leena, or Meri-
season. •We use the word "genera=, hours will elapse treatment of Ittai the Gittite,
Pies). Growing lambs and breeding g plansp e before they are like the corn= j bsal, might well have Leen afraid :when
a waste of forage, should be, tions, but strictly .speaking, it is not.; mender of his Philistine soldiers and' sent for b • the kin for it was not
ewe: made . greater gains in live made to stock the forage pastures sof-� accurate, for the queen, which lays ly to decamp—indeed, cases are on his r y g+
record where swarms have • eines a Patience' with Shimei, who cursed uncommon in the blast. in those tames
weight on less supplemental grain ficiently to utilize all of the fora et all the eggs in the colony, fee uentl ! d him as he
feed ::her. pastured on rape than) Possible before weather conditions'
q Fi and have built their combs and .re his flight from Jerusassed lem. (2 Sam ithe road �n1 fossrbnew king to rid himself of all
live§ severs} ,ears. It is not, kowever, nlained in the open air on the cluster-, and 16: 5-13.) °• • possible rivals king putting to death the
dis-
similar lambs and ewes:on clover pas- Prevent the Rock from remaining' out -.the fact, as has -often been supposed r Pe 1 19-''1 heirs of the whom he had di,•
tt.re. •side.
'that the ., 'i ing Pace. •One is tempted to wonder: 9: 1-13. For Jonathan's Sake. David, placed, It is pc►ssi}rle,, too, that the
queen lead, .out a swarm whether these swarms issued before' could not .forget the
A field of rape and sufficient port- If a lather area is planted than • the I or that she has any special function) c great and un- tragedy of .is
(chap. 12) had al -
able fencing to provide the flock with `beep can consume, younghogs may•' 'n file matter.: A swarm tall 'emerge' the scouts had located a suitable place, friendship of Jonathan. Ir. spite ; ready taken
gplace. He finds himself,
`: esh grazingr I be turned on the field to assist in con-
i
virgin q ,for them to goy or if not what the' °f Saul's jealous hatred and persecu-' however, a quest at the king's, table,
as the orr:ts}on d :ci,' . _ ,with a ver in ween who has only tion of after
h he showed no vindictive.' and provided for by the restoration of
:will be of great value r maintaining;sunling the crop. i out of the pupa stage a few jhours `teaultie 13 that makes the }lees break; toss, after his exaltation to the throne,;' the ,anis which had belonged
the breeding ewes and. conditioning _ and such a swarm will beha:•e exactly;: up their .clutter and proceed Upon' toward any of Saul'_ house. He .had grandfather Saul. To Ziba to his
the Iambs into that desired in the same n:ailrer that their pre-' their �:a}•' However, the fact is that inflicted summary punishment upon' the care and cu as given
gtralits•; I)ant;cr From. New Diseases of �%'hcat- they w,l., sooner or aarer.•.de;amp un -'the mai: who claimed that he had kill-' for the la cultivation of these Iands
aria exrel'lent .col:ditioti so important' f dere,cora did in past. years. All we. , me prince.
on the market. fi.he Portillo fence: Aside from rest and smut, Canadian can say about it ;§ that thee know by, legis. hired. ; cd Saul at the battle of Mount Gilboa .Verse 11, in the Creek translation
oprrmit of . frequently' changing the,' wheat crops have been found remark- ' instinct what to do, and that is an-; ))icing a Swarm.. • i der2 eg Sam. 1: 13 -sill, and upon the mor- � rads more correctly, "So :f the'aal ate
ewes. and Iambs that are being con -!all S free from destructive diseases. i other way of saying. that we do not! derers of Isht;osheth (2 Sam- 1: 5.12). at David's table as ore of •the king's
This process consists of shaking they He yielded, it is• true, to the demand'sons."
ditiened to new areas of the rape field Recently; however, there have been' understand,it.. bees into an empty hive, or in front of
as soon.as the crop i consumed. When' discovered in the U.S.A. two new dis- it. In the fatter .case, if a few of the
first turned in .upon a field of rape": ace'' .•` I' la^ smut" and "Take all," Raise Thousands of Dung. bee; start to re-enter the hive the Muscle Massage in Rickets
about the presence of which there has A strong colony of• bee, ,build up
sheep and lambs,:houlti become grads- re:maincier nip follow without trouble.' Given by New Method.
ally accustomed to- the change anti; been fort, considerable alarm. Now upl their number; very :rapidly in the If the bees are shaken onto a cloth or;
i to the time of writing. Canada has not', spring of the year. From the time; other smooth surface the'as an aftritiiath of undernouri,h•
allowed to have continued access to, been invaded by either of these new: when they 'come mit of. their winter . process is
it, unless ;n time. of storm;, and, when - ` 1n facilitated. If the branch of the treement during the war' period,. rickets
once. removed,.card must be taken not trout,,. s. But growers should be ever quarters, and the 11 Cather , becomes1 °t2 ableb a cluster is hanging can be children
If,econte.a, coutnion disease among
en the lookout for these and any other; mild enough for 'theist to break the spared, it is often possible to cut it off children in Germany. To 'stimulatelittle to put them Kaci; upon it when bun-' t s ar
to If the sheep, obscure trouble with which their prac-' cluster they form to keen warm, until I and to tarry the branch, svlarm and' pae .flabtl,tr muscles of these little
get • a.riloderate lice has not made them thoroughly the first flamers began to yield honey, patients, without risking malformation
amount of grain feed is the morning familiar. a11. to the hare: Itis thein dumped in?
� the bees raise thousand; of : of the softeged bones, aigany curious .Upward of 350 000 distinct .,pedes
befoankle ." flier• are turned on the raped 3oung' 7ront onto a cloth ani the bees are;
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field. the danger of bloiat and digestive' •Flag :mut," s� called because the: ones, the process of which consumes{ almost sure ,to enter. If a branch can-' devices have come -into use. In•treat- of insects have been described, the
mut occurs on the flags or leave; of the remainder of the stores of honey: not be removed}, or if the bees areI ing the jaw end neck muscles, for ex- majority of which are, .in some w'ay,-
leran ements is to some extent lessen ly re;ognized by the laid by duringthe clustered 'on a ,
, wheat, is. vas, previous season, post .or other be.'es .ar-I ample. the subject is laid on„ an in- injurious, and at least as many more
rd. - Access to salt and to other kinds for streak of ens itty' stripes running' Where the ne;Lar from the new sea-` pace, then the hiv ' caned board, while the nurse stands remain •
of pasture crops is desirable when the able 1 e. is brought. undescribed.
/ deck is Pestered on rape. •Two kinds' along the leaves. The affected plants' song crop begins to be secrete: b near and placed on the
also • show . a peculiar tangled and, the flowers in any considerable guar.- ground
beestareh a,,
cloth ts.cfore the entrance
twisted
THE SUNDAY SWKL.
at the head and manipulates a harness
of two straps.
Beef Once 1 Cent a Pound.
Good beet sold for a, cent a pound
in the reign of Queen EIizabetir in'
England.
c,f rape seed are upon the market; one --j
is the summer; the "other the winter aPP�'Irar,_e as if the • leaves' tity, whack usually occurs at the en�i;'.t;er.t13 dislodged with the hand and a Wel
were tolind
around the stem.. Any. of May or the beginning of June, tile' •
fat in a bunch before the hive.. Then
are 0f e Home
annual, or l,ienn:al rape. The sumrner'.su.picious plant should he sent to -the bees are- beginning ' snlokC is •blown. on the place where
rape is not suitable for grazing,be-' g ng to -feel rather, - "
Divis-on of Botany, Experimental crowded :nd it is this. crowded con- prevent any from
in.:: grown commerci,•Illy on a small a they had boons to ,
stale as a fool} for birds, One should farm, Ottawa. ' - , returner. ;. Don is for Mothers.
dition constitutes the most ob R• and soon they, will be all in.
in. =t that Dwarf Essex seed be sup- `'Take all," as the name implies,' vious. stimulus to swarm. The amount •their hive,
P- take alf and }s prop 1 !y� the most of ventilation afforded•by the entrance, '
ealit 1. The usual cost of rape seed iso
It isquite apparent 1 y- --ft'
I There is verylittle danger of- stings number f babies ;must that
etartificialln ca
n -how mush. more esti•-cl
per 1 serous n•heat disease known with the' and varying with its -size, -is a!so a 1 in hand}irtY r exercise both that and legs -when:
•
air;•ut eight c�entapound. As a,� _ �_
avl•artms, for the bees aril feet ` To this etid we will endeavor lying on its back that when h•irg on
three or four pounds of Dwarf cult: in certain ceutri- factor. in the case, and bee -keepers' all filled with honey .in
rel.., , tries, indeed it is the more serious, preparat:'on ford to point out some of the clangers,{
1•:_ seed per acre sown in rows: are advised to gave plenty.of r•enti!a-' the building of comb that is the first which we trust will serve.al a guide.;yoDONur 'T entertainingete to .
twerit�-eight inches apart will give; as is emphatically dial mod by the tion in warm weather, and to give' essential in thei'r new home. When in • I give the baby a' pacifier or
g I practical grower as well as the scion plenty of room by adding supers in this •
coniiition a bee )"will seldom sten DON'T ask your neighbor nrrr our, what is commonly called ••Baba's Ccm=
the best results. Ripe thrives best on, tific observer. The .recd ' order to hold back snai•min tot►: Nen ons g ' relatie a how you should • modify the fort. There lamentably e
a rich, fertile soil ani better yields' - „ recognition in the g,• people often dress up seryl milk for your baby. They mean Orel:l,'A feeiin es cel eem. to be
y' field isrnot difficult. Takes sill'' is a swarming often cuts own the honey; elaborately to hive a swarm, but the .R P .a•ly' among young
Always result on land that is r.•ellf milt disease ,ores:}ing from below up yield in a• serious manner., experienced bee-kee but rerilember it requires scienai�c mothers. that when 1 :
nrnnured and fertilized and given thor•1 the stem for about I to inches. dis_ , per will seldom knowledgedictate just how each is n a child cries, i g
oa;;h preparation l,eforc Ole cropi3 1 reparation for Swarntin _trouble himself with antthin more to d 1 Riven a comfort to suck, everything
coloring the sten dark brown, The g 1 g and every 'baby should be fed. *tarn. if planted in rows and cults-! 1 I than ,� yell to protect his face, and we' l Con- I possible has been done to soothe it.
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affected plants may be pulled .up very. The actual process is interesting.' have often taken swarms in the bare' shit lour family physician. Don't forget that infants ae re'
'rated' ;.t :will produce a' maximum; easily, their anchorage in the ground P g of queen hand; .tend placed the bees. at h qL.
t,•ro:vth of forage. The first step is the raisin ,DONT feed the baby ewers time it habits very 'rapidly, and, once aes
is very loose .as compared to a sound cells :within the hive, for as the ,ol.l, entrance: The novice, how ter,. hi:le• cries. Remember the capacity of ti: t' suited, they are difficult. to byes;.
Rape is a quirk,, rank grower. If the plant. The Affected plants turn yellow queen always accompanies the swarm . better take precautions• If
m +�:►lure conditions are favorable for d srnaP elf o a' Pea -born baby i3 very, you rt);k yr a baht to sleep, for in-
tl:: seed to a and finally die; taking straw and all„ the hive will need a new mother. The: In practical management. the. pre small.. It only holds frons ore to' two stance, after a few timet )cep will find
germinate quickly the field 'Both diseases are most like) con 9 , tnblesptxlncfuls, and should not he over- it c.iftictat to
a :iI be fit for •grar.ing in seven weeks y neon is hatched from exactly the' yent�on of swarming is desired as it is , put t t�� sleep :ri;)lout
veyed by infeeted seed same egg as a worker bee, nod in fact' found that swarming less .oaded, and the feedlinga should' be far rocking, The same app!iei 2l �ingins.
after so:t'ing. Soils having a cold , y grain,. hence it •,$
wet
+ is most important t 'p e9e work's ' b t om 'et S ens 'he crop enough - 1'
subs '1
of are unsuitable for rape.
I (i'Id that the crop does best on an
ea -.y-working clay loam, well under-
uR apart •to give the infant tine .the drew to sleep. All: such devices are .
is• - P� a queen. of honey. Where, .ho.werer, a swarm ..
eases in the bud" and report all suspi- To bring such a worker egg to full actually does take place it Is to rest and to aigest•w•lot it has taken. means of er.gai ing the baby's- a::en-
cions ei es at. once. The use of for maturity a large cell is built, known' practice to remote the goo- Moat specialists now agree that, as tan until overcome by s!
eiRn wheat; for se I to the be -k •• •'
parent col,nl r eco.
drner.ed ;end rolling enough to ec is cautioned • ,e eeper as a Queen -cell", to a new stand and to place the swierm• '' stile• feeding evert three hours unci! ' The 'Tendert," of all habits, ;'r•e
g >; Rrelent+ again;;t; particularly wheat from and .in this the baby' queen passes her' on the lace previously ZSccupied by it• the fifth month anti then feeding every most the most
Fla.:c}ir.� wa.cr • in case, of rtit•c:sire r t ti:thv,
Aust alia'is under sus larval anti pupa :eta es 'applied with The. swarth P , Rh a:thq�igh dangerous, at
e--�-- piritlir. P P R thereby reinforced by. four hours is enough.- some the► mAct unpardcli:able. Feer• fia:ion
a much gloater abundanoe of feed all the beesmaintaie that for the first month shoelc pess' legislation •:
that have marked_the old even
eR:-•.9 nu cture.it:;;g :!:e
than a worker is given. The result is location: as their hence. And aeli pro.'
every ttote -hours is ret too frequently. use of even the manufacture of ..hese
that • the queen not may rPa•hPs Far ..rrennr •
full duce a fair crop of honey. a•hijst the e, ;luring the lee we.; • i.ot :h n ei,:ar„es. alot};of that would
i maturity and is capable of mating and **parent. colony” is weakened suffi. they, }our baby 1�1;1} be thir=ty '. ::c,. :
bink i+ r a moment of alai:. , tF.e;r
fertile -egg lasing, but the net liar:ar; . ay.!. i therefore. every baby as at to a ice where ;here. is ' .
shortened and in t Protea i3 t•icntly ,Lo prevent afierawarin:. and sht,uhi-hare a� little water- rvrnciao. •:r.fc,::..�c ,}'�t a y
pace of three :reeks' twill therefore riot be ut•akened `till eese• ?:l r.e: hesitate far
the mature qu sen will emerge in shoat further by them. I fermi, ere t.. tar;; tai+!;'sP,>nn full rliay a rn.mlent to give :h::r child ,z '•eoal-
fifteen days. The bees do not. hots- 1,: a be g �P^ 1+t':«r :: fel lira•, • ..��� nr ;'ort.. ar..l thec
the pro.iuetiorl o, e�;tea; ant • have actin -s e
'•et -Pr, 'wait sc, ior,g before K r •; ' • seen t•:
v►ar,,ling honey. swarm control i•c actonlniis Ehret` i,:r� ,:!:• ^� t' t•c.•: .
he.1 z ih: 'pe ,he "comfort" in their ow, m
otite
and :: a general ruse the smarm will by raising brood to -the t `"'•`•' � t., r.• t:stt,i• i. '., r
' I Peer pornon eaere, putt iris is n: • he
issue on •the lir=a warm day after the' of the hive.' but in coma -honey
I' •`;,ti..71,:i.: �" r• :r=ing :':c� '�,;,lir ;,ynt'g ::: Guth: at:cl af:c: tl:e :i,e
queen.cells are sealed, y cro- ev s,ry time 1:P cries. the bale ",
that is, after. dtict+dln this is impossible. owing ,ti, . , s gal:. t. Gas had :t fora :nae. ;. fails Drat. a:•,1
the :rm:.rro tieens h r
Cord or
Fabric
Always Near
A mile and a half, or a day
and a half, or a world and a
half away.
Your journey back, will be
safe and sure if your
car is equipped the •
►�l, Partridge way.
R a e. reached the the rectssltr to crowd' h try entl Le get,. fel. tax:. pupa stage. et': into the If t ,air : may fall on t q floor. ar.i i+eccf :e con-
". little Section honey•hores• h3* e nn.; gu to s:et'P tam r:::teti ir. t ,v y
• fior the � .,:+ ! ,•„g a •-~-m. i • - ":d+:'
1 eSaiee ehe raisin •et a t comb -hone man therefore, swarmingseer after being reit=ed, or tia:eit Clot out : r a Woes. in thdn ehe ••,
K 1's , i t.,
Rte. -cod the e<isting end•, then . bees' is trite a pr;>,blem and :the- text Lemke quiet: e ce ; w her laid-. c1n en, it is pro• ei the sultry summer_w a;hare i; s,.,e
• make varices: other Preperations. The of Zees are full of pians of different' belay an .i.ti,tateei that it aa? not :mils becomes covered with flies. I:' tee-.
• blrc quit working, and "loaf:: as- bee- "tquite suitic:cr.t. ar ,l that t'ase you
men:. for as control• In general it o t it -i ::•n,
t.:. Pers often sly. They hang outside - P . i .noir' in,ci, , the : '.
may he 'aid that extract honey Pro-' ,t:ttl:l caii•ni; y., r pyysiar; or n,�,ati; aRa:r•; an:d st.I1 �•dl;l u(:,11;:, :: z
Ai great bunches if • the weather is caber}..e tyke Plate liquef reerish- how the dais contracts dales e: i-
duction is to t/c recommc�rlde,l. anti the
t�•ar1n, and in general the normal life comb -honey left to experts who ca rlier:t, pari+;u:arty mak. aria a little Goes• rot require any eeientitis. knott'-
' of the colony is disrupte.i. A couple see. ielize'en tees line. n1 more'gentle exerte e. in the open air. edge• to reseerize what a filthy hale
, of days before swartlti . DON'T 1PArt' ),ally's Mille' stAld:r.g' this is. am? tt'-at an soil so
e; the queen'
ceases to lay, so that she' , ay h _'_—S� -- ; .e, tine iii; i bar seii •►loll to s a 2^1�; s i:-,
pcea-estto to endure the long. P able i t•cc}1 1'2s ' r,� re r t'r '�"t rl: �}' tlar.Qe:"' 3n. llrif,,+' :••;.'p s
the new home, area theflight to Questioning the.So>11 -et:c, �, n, g rlu plat's- it :r a . .enrt•irt•' are most fr )lace', , I
' a el ti: :around ite,prefer- a•i• ec
t cc: sones) out .• t
scouts ' search _mist asuit l ' Before a:teiert:ng to gale- it fain ANY' a e:.: �• .h c:i;,treri in a rin;•citla •-,p� ;
ahle_.eilace r :f s�. sift, �Lhi�l, �h�it*d f t�,f.�r� t r: rht•tt
Yclt' i`iit•`sts:Ism to fi,egrn }tour `� been, en eeni.Ttl'mS it is u-et}pct,:• .:'inlpl-::•• :1:! ::1/12A. , 11 •to t. f'eeti a tilaT :i rt ;1'
ekeeping to put •the question ofl `n• a•.d• keep in ; c tibio
, It 'may he a hollow' tree, a cleft in. the 1 ,ttnC ilAtlmn i.l a ?�:I:'t:.t f elle iltl;r�`P. RC/ t'i'l:Ar, In ail�liti•�n, to this. �r
rocks. the chimney of ae vacantthe t0'1 `i.welf in a practical aa}. I;• :`�,r.•1 etar,...rt: ;r.: clrtiru.i''c i:e' �''s' • •• _. .,r
house :
or some sack place. but there plar.•;ng a •few' ran: of sap h:-an=rn rel* ti•'�� i''�i -r:r c r.ln .. • { : '' `• r of t+r,+Itt,;r.g ,?<;or , • .k,
!'doubt that the bees select their d14 nos s•a� ,�;;, Parts of the: corn frpl,ie it h(1Nj' .:sc' yci„ i,,1j,;t 14
1 n l' it ;= c:;�: nc,? t
nation beforehand, for the swarm .ca. y t.► examine Oe roots of th s thine. :Ir..' ,f,,r, t perm: sea t,, `'a. ex,,Iara��. *."• a •
: erentualby take$ wing oro) fliee direct- Plants and emetniine if tile, see will'. to ,e. ,e. e ith ,the'.;••t . =r t1::erg �p P 1 • ,f t' t ►1• .:;h. .: .s • :,-
'hey'
ly in a straight line to the flew spot sae. -:l inoculation, to ' make .the stun era talk rt.ain:'aa t" ;t„'off • •I'; 018!•
_ • r' •-`t 7: ' :`-'' • ''n,'' ' 7,1"-
: nd enierS withdl'ilt hesitation.te t', certain, :1lfalfli .alar betriceoi•: i :or 'def fie • i• •}.p P1 •,t `a ewe t,,.,,, •o, .�,�-'3":'
Itt , t ,
sirlilar :� .. i : t':t1 • i
r.r ..}lhor of at `� a Ivey be us tan l• : the • ; ,. ,r: may t' t . .
:limhb o f ira last .=cation fou.nala .`i t tF In . a q••Sir of at,, ;here, when 'tall, • .t a ,. . r, 1
f Pey exnlcl + se acre .in a clover and .i :t .i ,! i•
, l t , sees:- +,.
ring a drain that , -othc ,,, . nt t •n ,. C i t •. 'r .•i.� n :?:P h:ll,y 'in no �ti?",c P •,,, 1..�,
wee placed to carry off rein from a ei ni:xc .telt in seeding or,?_ alOn a a'' •:: ;ell :I: 1,,• ..:,.w '
sleeping- titch, ir.art• mea i.,lrj if the ' r.,• , ,.•'r Ill,::;
1 it ca:. for:** t l plir• :o't• ,, r !-
P aria ere enough planta make' r .c..: ,t :, t1:: • ,
clays later i ed g two Rood growth and 'c elop ,a i" it ruT �• l ft�rt'. t..�:h::a; "2'!,...' �; 'r -,' 1:
a swarm art t and.took ti s to e2 es dace c a t tree \t 1; ;1 r`t,pr proneley fire 07..
po• .� upon the yon;g it is safe to sheet. °n the
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session, nearby 'bee-};eeper assume' he floor or 1111 :1 set' mat-. :wee of nation-, Gree . cls' t r'.1 -
that 10 ).-ulatlo`tl is -not 0-s'Nos. 11710 it can k r, f
stltokcd them out 'and hived them !rt' en;la:. t..,to Beeby an fiieture lie::' , ;,�i ,?t+`t :•c i y :1;1
make- the (-cop .& c::r�e z i den:,reetrate to y ••;: ie a. very- :hart , - •:err ten:s. ' i
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