Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-11
BEES AND HONEY.
The Life of the Honey Bee Explained by
DR.. Lyon.

ers," which are by far the most
numerous, numbering in a strong
colony from 10000 to $4,000. They
are about inch long, and are armed
with a sting, (the part OF them that
generally produces the deepest I'M
preston on the casual observer.
The workers" are neaters, or proper
ly undeveloped females. They do
all the work Of the colony, gathering
honey, secreting wax, building
combs, nursing baby bees or Larvae,
defending the hive, feeding the
queen, etc, etc.
Second, the "drones." These are
about twice as large as the "Work'
ers," of short and stout build. They
are the male bees, they gather no
honey or pollen and do no work,
They have no sting and are as harm
less as flies. They, however, make
loud, buzzing noise as they fly
around the hive on a warm summer
noon that to the inexperienced they
seem the incarnation OF lerotl'y'
me NUMBER OF 'hem IN one colohy
varies ihuch' out should pe rom oOo
10 l,ooo' 100 many OF them are
source OF loss 10 'he zee Keeper as
they eat abundance OF money ana
Il
produce none ny proper manage
h'ehl we can easily lihllI 'helf pro-
uucIloh' or hl'l tlehl on lhey are
only 1ouhd IN me hlVe IN the sum
lher, 'he workers KIN 'helh OH III
snort ofder al the end OF the season
lllrd. lhefe IS th7 queen OF
mother pee. OSuaIly only one III Il
eolohy' 0he Is larger ana longer
IMAM lhe WORKER, 'hough not 50
stout as the 'dfolle.0 one fe'eth-
pies the worker ihuch more imam INT
drolle, Dut RACKS Polleh-oaSketS OF
her nina legs. she Is armed win
long curved sung, but rarely uses II
except IN pa''ie with aho'her queen
she can De handled win lmpuhlty'
her Sole duty Is 10 lay eggs ana al
TINS She can surpda9 d Whole lesl-
nehI OF the peS' IeShorh puiiet7' lay
ing sometimes, III the helShl oI llt
season. 5000 eggs per day AS she
marches III royal dignity over the
combs, dipping INTO the cells the
workers have prepared Tor her ana
placing one egg In the bottom OF
each, she IS surrounded by an admir-
ing group OF workers, who clear
the way tor her and are continually
putting food INTO her mouth She Is
a vorarIou5 eater, as she needs to be,
to keep up this wonderful production
Oh eggs 1t Is a feiharNaoie iac'
''i"t queens i've rom tli'ce 10 SIN
years. WINE me worker llVe9 SCARCE
nan - many hloh''lS. II we look
at powerful coiohy OF peeS on ll'e
hrSt OF May containing say fo'o0o
ln"lNiuu"'9 an ""9llS at ""rh LOT 'ii'
common cause, II Is strange renee
uoh' almost SaadehlhS, Nheh we re
allHe 'oat II we come 10 that colony
again on August |, not one OF tha'
vast thfohg, except the queen VIII
De awe! lhey VIII All nave i5lIen
hy the WaSslae ana thelr places are
taken by olherS' iheN nave iaoofed
hlght ana Gay, out DINERS nave en-
tered INTO their laborS' COCOA author
ltIeS cIalin that III the money season
the average NE OF pee does hol eX-
ceed forty-flNe days during the
winter they I'VE longer as al least
part OF thoHe gong INTO winter quar-
ters survive t'll next spring.
Some may want to know how we
can speak SO positively about the
length of life of the worker.bee. |
will explain. suppose we have u
colony Of "black" or native bees and |
| wish to "lta'anizc' them, that is,
to replace them by the Ital.