The Globe-republican., 1897-05-13

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Of our readers
QxeEy.-When . colony swarma.
which orders the "walk-out"-the
queen or the Workers?-FloridA
The workersl-J. H. Larrabee.
The workers. NO d0ubt--R L. Tay-
lor.
Both. They work In uaison.-P. H.
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.
I dou& IL there IL any ordering
about Il No order Is needed. The
queen is late in going.-A. J. Cook
The workers. many Of them. will be
in the air before the queen makes her
appearanee.-S. !. Freehorn.
Il 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-
sionally internal discussions. as the
queen fails to go.-J. NJ. Hambaugh-
thA
doubt the walk out" Is ordered oy
Natures first law. p. H. Brown.
1 suppose a little like it was In the
late great railroad strike. The cniet
boss (queen) sort of requests the
swarm to march forth.-C. H. Diooern'
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 & Son.
Neither of them. Each one has a
mind to work the best she knows now.
and when the time comes for doing
thing, they all do it without any order
ing. The workers generally go out
first, h0wever.-merson T. Abbott.
Does any one know? l don't: and
don't see how one can ascertain. As a
guess. will say, there is probably .
community Of interest that governs the
matter.-J. e. Pond.
The workers. have repeatedly seen
them prosecuting the queen and draw
ing her out. When a queen cannot ny.
the bees will endeavor to prevent her
return to the hive-M. Mahin.
don't know: but l think there 10
usually an understanding between bees
and queen. Possibly the bees create
the emergency. and the queen gives the
signal. M. Barnum.
With a 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. ]. N. Heater.
suppose both must work together
to get things in shape for swarming. I
suspect the immediate instigators are
the workers. as have known a 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
I believe Nature has taught the whole
business and workers-to move
out when the proper time comes. 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-quar-
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
a swarm to issue while had the hive
open, and saw the internal excitement,
and 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 il
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 by the
following method: In the middle OF
the growing season, put strong wire
around a large arm Of a tree, and
twist it fairly tight. This checks the
flow of sap and causes fruit buds to