Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-05-19

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Query.-When a colony swarms.
which, orders the "walk-out
queen or the workers FLORIDA
The workers.. H. Larrabee
The workers, no doubt.-R. l.. Tay-
lor.
Both. They work In unison.-P. II.
Elwood.
don't know. The workers. think.
j. 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.
l doubt If there is any ordering
about 1t. 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 hei
Appearances. l. Freehorn.
1t must be the queen that leads-not
orders-for the Simple fact that II she
leads back, they go.-Jas. A. stone
Nature; but 1t seems there Is occa-
sonally internal dissensions, as the
queen fails to go.-J. M. Hambaugh.
1t would seem-the workers. But no
doubt the walk out" is ordered oy
Natures first law. p. IL. Brown
| suppose a little like 1t was IN the
late great railroad strike. Ihe chlei
boss (queen) sort of requests 'he
swarm to march forth.--C. II. Dloperh
We think they are unanimous On
that point The queen is angry pecaust
young queens are reared, and the oeeS
are uncomfortable for want OF room'-
Dadant & Son.
Neither of them. Each one mas
mind to work the best she knows no"
and when the time comes for doing
thing, they all do 1t without any order
ing. The workers generally go ou
first, however-merson Il. Abbott
Does any one know? | don't; ana
don't see how one can ascertain. AS
guess, l will say, there is probably
community OF interest that governs tn
matter.-J. E. Pond.
The workers. l have repeatedly seel
them prosecuting the queen and dliv
ing her out. When queen cannot ny
the bees will endeavor to prevent he
return to the hive.-M. Mahin.
l don't know; but / think there
usually an understanding between bee
and queen. Possibly the bees Great
, the emergency, and the queen gives Tn
signal. W. NJ Barnum.
With normal first swarm the quee
is among the last to leave the hive
e while with after-swarms with virgi
2 queens, the queen is about the first or
y to leave the hive.-Mrs. ]. N. Heater.
e / suppose both must work togetht
e to get things in shape for swarming.
d suspect the immediate instigators a
. to issue with no queen in the hiv
having been removed a short time
force. c. Miller.
l never have yet been fortuna
enough to hear the orders given, but
" have often seen bees make a rush, a,
Il l believe Nature has taught the who
re business-queen and workers-to mo
o. out when the proper time comes. |
or not think there are any orders at {
tv but the bees sometimes seem about h
way mad at their queen at swarmil
time.-Mrs. Jennie Atchley.
The worker-bees control the VIII
proceeding. This very season l v
Zig watching for the queen at the entral
of hive where the bees were in
as act of swarming, and the queen did
a. make her appearance until three-qu
- ters of the swarm was in the air, &
, when she did appear, she was be
iie hustled out by force of arms. | {
w tinctly saw an ireful worker bite
IT as she sullenly vacated" | once |
OF a swarm to issue while | had the b
OF open, and saw the internal exciteme
lis and | saw the queen make repeated
,ie :acks on a sealed queen-cell, but
guards stood firmly, and even III
force to drive her away. The old IL
r that the queen leads out the swarr
VI looks romantic, and all that, but 1t
is' not according to solid facts.-G.
nd Demaree.