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Which Orders the swarming.
The following in the American BEG
Journal may be Of interest to some
Of our readers. #5Ei
81 Query When a colony swarms,
which orders the walk out the
queen or the workers? Florida.
The workers.. III. Larrabee.
The workers, no doubt r. L. Tay-
lor.
Both. They work in unison. P. H.
ElWood. FL
/ don't know. The workers, think.
-. a. Green. 4. Il 81
In prime swarms, the workers =
Eugene Secor.
Both, in harmony with Natures
laWs.-G. M. Doolittle.
Workers are boss, and control the
queen.-Mrs. u. Harrison.
The queen-for want Of room to de-
post her eggs.-E. France.
| 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
APPEARANCES. I. Freehorn. 5
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-
sionally internal discussions, as the
queen fails to go-J. M. Hambaugh
1t would seem-the workers. But NO
doubt the walk out" is ordered nS
Natures first law u. P. H. Brown
/ suppose a little like it was IN the
late great railroad strike. The chlei
boss (queen) sort of requests the
swarm to march forth.-C. H. DlbDern,
We think they are unanimous on
that point. The queen is angry because
young queens are reared, and the PEGS
are uncomfortable for want OF room
Dadant & Son.
Neither of them Each one has a
mind to work the best she knows how,
and when the time comes for doing a
thing, they all do it without any order
ing. The workers generally go out
first, however.-merson T."Ahhott.
Does any one know? / don't; and J.
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. I have repeatedly seen
them prosecuting the queen and dry
ing her out. When a queen cannot ny,
Inc pees will endeavor to prevent h.sE
return to the hive.-M. Mahin.
4 don't know; but think there in.
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. I
suspect the immediate instigators are.
the workers, as I have known swarm
to issue with no queen in the hive,
having been removed a short time be-
force. c. Miller. =
I never have yet been fortunate
enough to hear the orders given, but
have often seen bees make rush, and
| believe Nature has taught the whole
buslness-queen and Workers-to 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
watching for the queen at the entrance
of hive where the bees were in the
act of swarming, and the queen did not
make her appearance until three-uuar--
tiers OF the swarm was in the air, and
when she did appear, she was being
hustled out by force of arms. I dis
tinctly saw an ireful worker bite her
as she sullenly vacated" 1 once had
swarm to issue while had the hive.
open, and saw the internal excitement,.
and l saw the queen make repeated at
lacks on a 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
ripe peaches two weeks earlier hy the,
following method: In the middle of
the growing season, put strong wire
around large arm of tree, ana
twist it fairly tight. This checks the
flow of sap and causes fruit buds IN
form early and in great number. The
fruit on the branches Of this arm wile
ripen two weeks earlier than that IN
the untreated branches, and viii he.
much more highly colored. But This
part of the tree will be SO Weakened
by the treatment that it should 10
cut away after fruiting, that new
shoots may come and take =.
place. Thus one large arm or limb ~
a tree may be forced each year. "a