Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-11-24
Facts I'm tho Natural History Of the
Honey Bee.

There are threo classos of Bees in hive,
tho Worker, Queen and Drono.
Queens arc raised by peculiar food and
treatment from eggs that would otherwise
| produce workers. o
The worker is an undevelopcd female.---
Workers in the absence of queen sometimes
lay eggs. These invariably produce drones
! The qucen lives from two to five years.
The worker from two to three months in tho
working season, and from six to eight during
| the season Of rest.
The queen is perfected in fifteen or sixtccp
days from the egg, the worker from twenty
to twenty one, and tho drono in twenty four
The queen usually commences laying from
seven to twelve days after leaving the cell,
and is capable of laying from two to three
thousand eggs in day.
The imprcgnation of the queen always
takes placc outside the hive, on the wing, and
generally the fourth or fifth day after leaving
the coll Excepting in rare cases, one iu.
pregnation answers for life. The dronc
she has mated with dies Immediately.
The eggs OF an unimprcgnated queen pro-
duce nothing but droncs; and it is generally
conceded that imprcgnation does not effect
tho drono progeny; consequently the male
progeny of q pure Italian queen is pure
without regard to tho drone she has mated
with.
The queen and worker arc provided with
stings; but while the latter will uso it upon
any provocation, the former will only use it
on her own rank. The droncs have no stines.
One queen, us rulo, is all that is tolerated
in hive; but previous to throwing off "after
swarms,' two or more queens arc permitted
in tho same hive for a short time but the
extra cncs are soon disposed of. In case of
superscding queen, the old ono is preserved
until the now one is fitted to take her place.
Queens have deadly hatred for each other,
and will destroy, if permitted, all queen
larvae or cells in the hive, and will fight each
other until there is but ono living one left
A frightened bee, or one filled with honey,
is not disposed to sting
A good swarm contains about twenty thou
sand bees.
strong or medium hive, with good lay
ing queen, is never seriously troubled with
the moth worm; but hive without queen
or tho means of raising one is sure 10 be TAX
en- by them
Bees recognize each other by their scent.
The first one or two weeks Of the young
bees life is spent inside of the hive, as nurse
or wax worker.
The range of bees flight for food is gen.
orally within two or three miles, much great-
CT range is but little benefit to them-Nattom
al Live Stoch Journal.
REMNANTS BY JOSH Billings. as.-One CRATE
reason viii "Jordin il sich ruff road tew
travel" liz bekauze almost everybody works
inside of their own lot, and lets the turnpike
take care ofitself.
Every man makes his own pedigree, and
the best pedigree is clear conscience.
Virtue i'll poor man il looked upon az q
jewel in toads nczc
The man who IL tyrant in hiz own house
hold IL an abjcct cuss among hiz equals.
Virtcw iz like strength no man kan tell
how much he haz got till he kums akrost sum
thing he kant lift
[ have KUN tew tho kunkushun that
what everybody prazes wants clos watching.
Thare IL menny folks who are like mules,
the only way tew their affokshuns is thru the
kindnes Of club.
Thare aiu't but phew people who know
how tew give gifts, and the number who
know how tcw receive them IL less
Skorn not the day of little things, for tharo
IL no man in this world so grate but what
sum one can do him a favur or an injury.
| Thare liz one witness that never IL guilty
Of perjury, and that il the conscience.
Tharc IL such thing as being alwus too
quick--I am one ov that kind miself I al
wus miss railroad trano by being therc a
haff an hour too soon.