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Which Orders the swarming.
q The following in the American Bee
Journal may be Of interest to some
Of our readers s
Query When colony swarms,
which orders the walk out the
/ queen or the workers Florida.
The workers.. III. Larrabee.
The workers, no doubt.-R. i. Tay-
Tor.
Both. They work in unison. P. H.
ElWood.
don't know. The workers, think.
u. "A. Green.
In prime swarms, the workers. -
Eugene Secor
Both, in harmony with Natures
laWs.-G. M. Doolittle.
Workers are boss" and control the
queen. Mrs. Il. Harrison.
The queen-for want Of room to de-
post her eggs.-E. France.
I doubt if there is any ordering
about it. No order is needed. The
queen is late in going.-A. ]. Cook.
The workers, many Of them, will be
in the air before the queen makes hes
appearance. IS. /. Freehorn.
1t must be the queen that leads-not
orders-for the simple fact that Il she
leads back, they go.-Jas. "A. stone.
Nature; but it seems there is occa-t
sionally internal discussions, as the
queen fails to go.-J. NJ Hamburger.
| 1t would seem-the workers. But NC
doubt the walk OUT is ordered DS
Natures first y. P. II. Brown
| I suppose little like it was ~ the
! late great railroad strike. The chlei
boss (queen) sort Of requests the
swarm to march forth.-C. II. DlpDeFh- r.
We think they are unanimous OLE
| that point. The queen is angry because
young queens are reared, and the pees
| are uncomfortable for want of room
Dadant & Son.
Neither Of them. Each one has a
mind to work the best she knows now
and when the time comes for doing a
thing, they all do it without any order
ing. The workers generally 60 out
first, however.-merson T. Abbott.
Does any one know? I don't; and a
don't see how one can ascertain. AS a
guess, will say, there is probably a.
community of interest that governs the
matter. E. Pond.
The workers. have repeatedly seem
them prosecuting the queen and dry
ing her out. When queen cannot n.y.
the bees will endeavor to prevent hsE
return to the hive.-M. Mahin.
don't know; but I think there IL
usually an understanding between bees,
and queen. Possibly the bees create
the emergency, and the queen gives the
signal. w. M. Barnum.
With normal first swarm the queen
is among the last to leave the hive,
while with after-swarms with virgin
! queens, the queen is about the first one
to leave the hive.-Mrs. J. N. Heater.
I suppose both must work together
to get things in shape for swarming.
suspect the immediate instigators are
the workers, as have known swarm
to issue with no queen in the hive,
having been removed a short time be-
force. c. Miller.
/ never have yet been fortunate.
enough to hear the orders given, but I
= have often seen bees make rush, and
/ believe Nature has taught the whole
business-queen and workers move
out when the proper time comes. I do
not think there are any orders at all,
but the bees sometimes seem about half
way mad at their queen at sWarming-
time.-Mrs. Jennie Atchley.
!. The worker-bees control the whole
proceeding. This very season I was
J. watching for the queen at the entrance
of a hive where the bees were in the
act of swarming, and the queen did not
make her appearance until three-quar-
tiers OF the swarm was in the air, and
when she did appear, she was being
hustled out by force of arms. dis
tinctly saw an ireful worker bite her
as she sullenly vacated" I once haa
}, a swarm to issue while had the hive
open, and saw the internal excitement.
and saw the queen make repeated at
lacks on sealed queen-cell but the
! guards stood firmly, and even used
force to drive her away. The old idea
that the queen leads out the swarm. :,
looks romantic, and all that, but it is
not according to solid facts.-G. W.
Demaree.
, Forcing Peaches.-J. H. Hale. the
greatest peach grower on earth. gets
s ripe peaches two weeks earlier by the
following method: In the middle of
c the growing season, put strong wire
/ around large arm of tree, and
S twist it fairly tight. This checks the
d flow Of sap and causes fruit buds. Ia
form early and in great number. The
fruit on the branches Of this arm will,
ripen two weeks earlier than that On
the untreated branches, and win he
much more highly colored. But this
. part of the tree will be so weakened
) by the treatment that it should he
cut away after fruiting, that new
! shoots may come and take tic
:; place. Thus one large arm or limb al
a tree may be forced each year.-Ex