Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-13

influence an egg as 70 MAKE queen OF II Inc
build about II queen cell, or royal cradle. Food
into this cell The royal larva passes then into the
bursts forIh In ali her spiendor. Before this oc
ours, however, it Ii supposed that the old queen
with half the swarm mas withdrawn, leaving the
that lowering or bad weather prevents the exodus,
and the old queen has not got away when the new
one comes forth; In such case there = q
does not end TILL one is stretched out In death
The queen has o sting but uses 1t only against
Sppearancs foiowng the dictates Of an anva1s
Ing instinct, goes abroad TO seek q mate. This is
called "the bridal tour" 1t is an exceedingly dan
render her night laborious, while her larger and
more snowy body renders heria conspicuous object
W w. Snd ssekp sneter n Sne Loses ner
mediately killed by the Inhabitants Of the hive
There Is not much hospitality shown lost or ex-
her journey, she returns and never again leaves
the hive, except TO lead forth swarm In the man
ner described. The queen goes on for two or three
summers laying thousands Of eggs, beginning In
the early summer with product OF 40 or so day,
and at the height OF the season laying as many as
thousand Gay: The limit Of swarm Of bees,
births balance each other, Is figured out to be
about 5000 A swarm. however, generally num-
mates but once, ana this immense progeny is the
result
THE DRoNEs
OF course there have to be male bees for the
queens to mate with. They are not king bees, but
vagabonds, big fat lazy fellows, leading an Idle
bohemian troubadour existence, and feeding at the
public crib. They have no stings and no tools for
working Ike their busy sisters have. They are
tolerated for time by these methodicai and
son Is over, though, the drOnes are rutnlessIy
slaughtered. The workers do not propose To feed
these creatures after what little service they can
Is usually permitted TO basK In the sunlight OF life
and seek the favor OF some wandering queen for
about forty days.
INCREASING THE PRODUCT OF HONEY.
STUDY OF the habits OF bees has enabled bee.
keepers 10 greatly increase the product OF honey.
II they could provide artificial honey-combs they
could still further increase it. As It ia they pro.
VIDE the ARTIFICIAL backs for the comb. All the
lao0r tney can save the bees is paid in honey,
money. IL Is estimated That 1t takes sixteen
pounds OF honey to make pound OF beeswax, or
nOney-comb SO the bee-keeper, II he can Keep
honey. The bees provide for their brood In the
lower part OF The hive and store the surplus above
bee,keePers put little division in the hive, max
ing u IKE two-stOry house. The bees store their
surplus IN the upper story, and the bee-keeper at
Tue END OF the harvest, takes only this surplus.
~ Is rental or commission he exacts for The use
vi the hive. AS matter or Iact the
pee always has enough In the lower compartment
!Or domestic use. The yield OF honey Is SO largely
increased W the labor-Savtng appliances provided
by the Dee-keeper that the money sufpIus II not
taken, would become even q greater embarrass-
Ineut 70 tne DeeS Than the financial surplus that
so VeXeS the statesmen or the day. The bee
keepe s leel Obliged to sell honey in the comb az q
guarantee or It's purity. This, they say, Is great
loss, as the bee labor expended In making new
COMP might mucn more pr0nLaOly be used In
making honey. II the law they want is enacted
they Can sell extracted or liquid honey, and the
people would get their honey much cheaper.
When the humane bee-keeper wants TO rob q hive
or coAect his rent he spills near the hive cupIul
OF money or syrup. the bees, horritied at such
waste go r0rtn TO lick up the treasured
sweets, and while they are collecting this
trinlng amount, the cunning bee-keeper is taking
away pounds OF honey from the hive. Sometimes
II Is found desirable to unite two feeble swarms.
Then smoke or peppermint Is used. Mr.. Miller
thinks the bees OF Que community recognize each
otner Dy some peculiar 0dor they exhale Inis DOOR
Is destroyed temporarily oy the free or pepper
mint, and by the time the effect Oh the pepper-
mint has died away the bees have become neigh
Dorly. sometimes working bee In its fight goes
into strange hive. II IL comes bearing load, so
as 10 pay It's way, II Is received and becomes q
member OF the family. II not, It Is driven out or
killed.
n LIVES NOT FOR HONEY ALONE.
1.-THE bee does not live for itself Alone" said Mr..
Miller, "nor Is the sole purpose Of its existence
here the collection OF honey. In going about from
bloom TO bloom 1t carries and distributes the pollen
mat Is essential to the reproduction OF the plant
Thus, when the bee starts th II lust strikes
clover blossom, 1t will settle on no other flowers
during that days journey. 1t Will stick to what
ever line 1t begins on"
Gathering clouds announced a coming storm
and the temperature suddenly lowered This
change brought ali Mr.. MilIer's vagranI bees home
When Inc last IOlterer mad entered, Mr.. Miller
snapped the covers OF the case together, and the
Dees once more were fast In their rectangular