The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-23
which Orders tho sw.rmInr.

which Orders the swarming.
The following In the American Bee
Journal may be Of interest 10 some .
OF our readers.
Query. a colony swarms.
which orders the walk -out"-the /
queen or the workers Florida
The workers.-J. II. Larrabee.
The workers. no doubt-R. L. Tay- /
Tor.
Both. They work In unlson.-P. II |
Elwood.
l don't know. The workers. think
y. A. Green.
In prime swarms. the workers.
Eugene secor.
Both. In harmony with Natures
laws-G NJ. Doolittle.
Workers are boss" and control the
queen. Mrs. l.. Harrison.
The queen-for want Of room to de-
posit her eggs.-E. France.
| doubt II there IL any ordering
about H. No order Is needed. The
queen IL late in going.-A. J. Cook
The workers. many Of them. will be
In the air before the queen makes her
appearantv-s. !. Freedom.
Il must be the queen that leads-not
ordess-for tie simple fact that II she
leads back, they go.--Jas. A. stone.
Nature: but II seems there IL occa-
slonally internal dissenslons. as the
queen falls TO go.-J. II. Hambaugh.
Il would semitic workerA But no
doubt the walk out" is ordered by
Natures hrst law. p. II. Brown.
suppose 4 little like Il was In the
late great railroad strike. The chief
boss (queenl sort OF requests the
swarm 70 march forth.-C. u. Dibbern.
We think they are unanimous on
that point. The queen Is angry because
young queens are reared. and the bees
are uncomfortable for want Of room
Dadant a 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 u without any order
ing The workers generally 80 out
arst. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. I. Abbott
Does any one know? ! don't. and I
don't see how one can ascertain. As a
guess. will say. there IL probably a
community Of interest that governs the
NATTER. +. Pond.
The workers have repeatedly seen
them Prosecuting the queen and dnv-
ing her out When a queen cannot ny.
the bees viii endeayor to prevent her
return 10 the .hiye.-M. Mahin.
l don't know: but I think there ID
usually an understanding between bees
and queen. Possibly the bees create
the emergency. and the queen gives the
signal NJ. Barnum.
With a normal hrst swarm the queen
Il 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. ~ Heater.
suppose both must work together
20 get things IN shape for swarmlng. !
suspect the immediate instlgators are
the workers. ~ have known a swarm
10 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. aud
believe Nature has taught the whole
business queen aud workers 90 NOV,
on, when the proper time comes. I ID
not think there are any orders az all
but the bees sometimes seem about hal
way mad AZ their queen AZ swarming
timc.-Mrs, Jennie Atchley.
The worker-bces control the Who'll,
proceeding. This very season wal
watching Tor the queen az the entrancl
OF a hive where the bees we're In IN
act Of swarming. and the queen did no
make her appearance until three-Quar
tiers OF the swarm was In the air, an
when she did appear. she was beln
hustled out by force OF arma ais
tinctly saw an ireful worker bite he
az she sullenly vacated" once Ia
a swarm to issue while I had the hly
open, and saw the internal excitement
and ! saw the queen make repeated Al
lacks on a sealed Queon-cell. but n
guards stood nrmly, and even use
force 70 drive her away. The old ide
that the queen leads out the swarm
looks romantic. and an that. but Il
not according to solid tactS-G. v
nemarce.