Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-24

up their residence In . hive whinA he provides
BY catching the queen and placing her with
clipped wings in the hive, OF BY other means
In that case the returning scouts 20 back to
swarm BY the beekeeper the workers set up .
mighty roar and scatter in every direction look
ing for her.
At once upon taking up their abode in new
hives the workers proceed to build their combs
with wax from the honey they have brought
with them, gathering more in the neids and
constructing cells to contain honey and eggs
The queen, she be . new one, goes out TO
mate, returns and proceeds to lay From that
time on everything goes on ~ has been already
described The queen continually keeps on
laying, tho nurse Bees feed the larve and the
workers collect the spoils Of the flowers for
making and filing the combs As fast - cells
are filed with honey they are sealed over with
wax AZ autumn comes on and the weather
grows colder the queen bee lays fewer and fewer
eggs and more and moro Of the cells, not being
required for reproductive purposes, are filed
With honey. The bees spend the winter in .
drowsy condition, clustered - closely - posi-
bic together between the combs and in the
empty cells for the sake OF warmth. Once in
eight or ten days they wake mp somewhat and
eat . little honey. When spring comes they
start in to work again, the drons eggs are laid
and hstched, tho swarming takes place and %
on through the cycle Of the year.
KEEP TIE HIVES WE'LL FILLED.
Good boeksepsrs know that il 10 the best
policy to keep . hive we'll filled with bees.
Flowers at certain times manufacture great
deal Of honey which goes to waste unless il can
be gathered Immediately. When the crop IL
particularly plentiful it pays to have plenty Of
workers on hand to collect it. Under such con-
ditions the bees will do their best to produce
enough workers for the purpose, but to hatch
the eggs and raise the larv@ takos many days.
Sometimes the colony in q single hive will
gather from fourteen to eighteen pounds of
honey within twenty-four hours, and this sort
OF business 10 remunerative.
When the honey is freshly deposited in the
nlve 1t 10 OF an almost watery consistency, and
that Is the reason why one sees many bees con-
stantly buzzing about the door OF hive. They
do this for the purpose of creating with their
wings o current Of air that passes around in
the hive and evaporates the sweet liquid, so as
to make 1t thicker. Pollen serves tho workers
as food also, and they will often put quantity
OF 1t in the bottom Of q cell, buttins It down
compactly with their heads and covering it over
with honey. There has been great contro-
versy Tor years past between the fruit growers
and the beekeepers over the question whether
bees destroy fruits by cutting them open. Bees
are often seen in the act Of sucking the juices
Of fruits, but, a. matter Of fact, it 10 always
wasps that cut the skin and the bees subse-
quently drive away the wasps for the sake of
getting ut the juices. Thus the bees have got
q bad name through a very natural mistake,
while in truth. if it were not for their assist
Ance in fertilizing blossoms, hardly any fruit
would grow and ripen-