The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-09

Honey Bsss
The queen honey bee IL the mother
Of the swarm or colony, writes q. VI
Demafec In Rural world. The number
OF boes In a colony varies according
to the time Of year. In the height OF
the breeding season. say IN the month
Of June. large colony Of bees may con.
tain fifty, and even sixty thousand
workers. the progeny OF one mothef
bee. called ps queen. In tho swarm
Ing season strong queen In her prime
will lay from two TO three thousand
eggs In twcnty-four hours. AZ IN
credible az Il may look to the unlniu.
Ated a very prolific queen can lay her
own weight in eggs In a day. The seH
IN bee economy Ia the same as In other
animals, there IL no such thing as
'neuters" among bees The queen
lays best two kinds Of eggs. male ana
female. The worker bees are unde-
veloped females and the drones are the
males, The queen Is a highly developed
female She IL reared In a cell one
third Of an inch In diameter, and Is
highly fed on royal jelly" while In
the larval state; on the sixteenth day
from the laying Of the egg, abe emer-
ges from her cell a queen Indeed.
When Ave TO seven days old she takes
her first flight into the open air 10
search OF a mate. On the frst day Of
her bridal trip she may take two
flights, and bs absent two 10 i've min
uies each time. On the following day
II the observer will take his position
In 'front.' Of the hive az o'clock p. m
Il will not be long tlll he sees a slight
eommotion at the front OF the hive;
the worker bees running exeltedly
about the entrance; this warns him that
her royal highness Is making ready for
her wedding tour. On the previous
day her flights were in circles. her
head all the while turned toward her
domicile. but now she appears hnely
Inflated and bravely dashes into space
The observer keeps his eyes on hef
I'LL she passes out OF sight. with watch
In hand he counts the minutes. II ten
or twelve minutes expire and she de-
lays her coming. Il may prove net
last trip, though she may return once
or twice In less time. On her hnal TIT
she will be absent from Is 10 y min
uica. and when she returns 10 the evil
dent Joy OF the bees who watch for hel
return. she brings with her the visible
evidence OF having mated" From
that day she never leaves the hive. en-
eept TO 80 out with a swarm, thougl
she may live and deposit eggs. two
three or four years owned on
queen OF the Italian race. a daughte
Of queen imported from Italy. TIA
lived four years and two mouths
clipped one OF her pairs OF wings. .
that l could Identify her. now eli
all my queens. This is done TO proven
the swarms deserving At swarmin
time. The worker bees IL produce
from the egg In 81 days Il require
three days for the egg 10 hatch into
minute larva (worml. The larva stat
lasts about seven days. when the ee
n sealed over by the nurse bees; the
follows the chrysalis or nymph state
the greatest OF all mysteries In inse'
life-and this IL followed by the pei
feet imago-the worker bee. The dron
Ia produced In his season. In y day
from the laying Of the esq Queen be-
live on the average about two and on'
half years. Worker bees In the worl
ing season, live about 60 days. but
a state Of rest, as when In whit
quarters, the workers may survive q
months. and IN some cases longer.
IA more dlnlcult TO ascertain the n
tural life OF the drones or male bees.
the workers will not tolerate them a
ter the swarming season Ia past d.
have kept them In queenless eolonie
and found that they will live two
three months. Il could never
= known 20 a certainty. how long be
N live under natural conditions, I'M
or bees differing In color from ous COT
Or mon black or brown bees were impol
"A ed 10 this country. and the art Of 1
D. PRODUCING one queen In the place
by another was discovered. II we oaptu
NJ and remove the queen from a colol
n. Of black bees and introduce a queen
i'd one OF the yellow varietles-italla
d. Cyprlan or syrian-ln her place. Il "
We be found that the colony will
M changed 10 a colony Of yellow bees
"a about two months from the time I
an last OF the progeny Of the black que
In matches out. nearly all the black b