The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-06-03
Facts About she xIesey nee.


There are three GLASSES Of bees in
hive--the worker, queen and drone.
Queens are raised by peculiar food and
treatment from eggs that would other
wise produce workers. &
The worker Is al undoveloped female.
Workers, ID tho absence Of the queen,
sometimes laN eggs These sinvashbly
produce drones.
The queen lives from two to i've years
The worker from two to thrcc months in
the working season, andfrom.six TO eight
during the season Of rest
The queen Is perfected ID fifteen or
sixteen days from tho egg, the worker in
twenty to tTenty-one, and the drone7 in
twenty -four. sspss ,ssSss zig
The queen usually commences laying
from two to three thousand eges in .
day. - 49,.
1Tnc impregnation, Of the queen always
takes place oufsidc the hive. % the wing,
and generally the fourth or fifth day af-
raleaving the cell Excepting il rare
cases, Ssne impregnatinn answers for life.
The drone she has mated with dies ft3t
mediateIy. so ssa So ss'
The eggs Of an upimpregnated queen
produces nothing but drenes and it is
generally conceded that impregnation
does not affect the droue progeny con-
scquently, the male progeny Of pure
Italian queen is pure without regard to
the drone she has mated with
The queen and worker are provided
with stings; but while the Inter will uses
it upon any provocation, the former will
only use it on her own rank The drones
have no sting. -n
~ III <Ick - t<1at.-
rated in hive; but previons to throw
ing of latter swarms, two or moro
queens are permitted 10 the same hiv6
for short time but the extra ones are
disposed of. In case of superceding
queen. the old one is preserved until tho
new one is fitted totake the place. Queens
have deadly hatred for each other, and
will destroy, If permitted, all queenlarvse
or cell in the hive, and will fight each
other until there is but ene living. one
| left
Bees gather three kinds of products
Propolis, from the gumt trees and shrubss
! for fastening the joints and cracks Of their
hives pollen, OF bee bread, from flowers,
for feeding their young and themselves
4 and honey, which constitutes the main
food ofthe hive. Water IS also carried
into the hive during the breeding season,
for mixing with the food for their young
salt is also made use Of for the same puF-
pose.
Wax, like fat, is an animal product,
and is secretcd by the bees in thin scales
from the underside Of the body. While
doing this. they consume large quantities
Of honey-from fifteen to twenty pounds
for every pound of wax secreted.
A frightened bee, or one filed with
honey, is not disposed to sting.
A good swarm contains about tHcnty
thousand ibecs.
A strong or medium hive, with good
laying queen, is never seriously troubled
with the moth worm; but hive With
ont queen or q means of raising one is
sure to be taken BY them.
| Bees recognize each other by their
scent A
The first one or two weeks Of the young
bees life is spent inside the hive, as q
nurse or wax worker.
The range of a bees fight for food u
generally within two or three miles I;
much greater range is but of little bencit
to them.
i VOLUNTEER PRIsONER.-The New
York Tribune relates the following sin-
Egular story: about ten years ago q
young American from New York. wal
ter Hastings by name, dining ID Londaa
in company with Lord expressed
the opinion that solitary coDioement in =
dark cell was not 20 dreadful = pun>
! ishment as had been represented. His
Lordship the story goes offered
Hastings slO, 900 il hs would underqo
entire seelnsiou for tso years. The prop