Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-12-05
Bee Notes S.


very strong. This is shown by their
ability to return to hive after cross
| country flights in all directions when
| out in quest of supplies. After be-
| coming accustomed to a certain stand
| it is the location more than the hive
! itself, that enables them TO find their
rightful hive home. Thus it becomes
! oS great Importance that the hive
; stands should be changed as little as
possible. 1t is especially hazardous to
! make such changes late in the fall
after the bees become lethargic
! When necessary to change stands it
| is better, if possible, to move them
| gradually, but few feet each day
| By so doing the bees will be able to
| find their hives by the sound. call. o.
perhaps scent of their fellow hive
mates. A sudden and distant change
Of stand during variable fall weather
may result in a material weakening Of
the colony, caused by the inability OF
the bees to find their hive in it's new,
location after becoming chilled by
fight.
| Any changes that are to be made
/ for winter protection or for any pur-
pose should be completed while the
bees are strong and lively Changes
! made after winter sets in would often
| he better left undone. In severe
climates hives should not stand out
unprotected from wind and weather.
A very slight expense in labor and
material will often provide sufficient
protection to save many colonies. A
practical form of protection may be
provided by use of light, rough boxes
Of sufficient size to turn down over the
hives, leaving a small air space all
around. The box should be dce0
enough to extend to the gr0un1 and
there be snugly packed with earth IN
the outside. Just opposite the
entrance to the hive bore a two in n
hole and arrange it SO the bees can
go in and out at viii
Queen cells are never built until
1.-THE bees think of sWarming, except
the hive loses its queen. The workers
will then take some eggs, if they have
them, not over three days old and con
| struCt queen cells put in the eggs and
! feed the larvae with royal jelly.This
Jelly is a highly heterogeneous sub
| stance. The Iavare thus treated de
velOped very rapidly and grew to be
! twice the size they would If fed on
ordinary food. Had the third day
| passed without being fed on tn
special food, workers would have re.
suited without power of renewing be-
life. Honey occupies a large place
among the valuable and economic
food products required by the human
j race and is destined to become more
! valued as its peculiar medicinal
! properties become better understood.
It's food value has been understood, to
some extent, as long perhaps. as anv
other natural product, but it's me-
dicinal qualities are not appreciated
| as its value warrants. It belongs TO
that class Of medicinal remedies that
cure indirectly, by putting the vital
| forces in such condition as enables
them to overcome diseased action.
Where does honey come from? 1t
is by some, considered to be a natural
| production Of plants and by others as
a secretion OF the bees. Had it been
a natural vegetable product the laDt,-
ratory would have furnished us with
| genuine honey long ago. The sugar
| and glucose that bees obtain from
| flowers is in no case honey until it
| has passed through the stomach of the
| bee The bees gather this saccharinn
material in their stomach labo-
ratories, where it becomes mixed with
a gastric element for two purposes
| one to give it the character of honey
| the other to make it assimilative for
the formation Of wax. Honey is both
| an irritant and a sedatiVe, its first
| effect may irritate and be followed by
! g. sedative effect. =, 1t is also valuable
food, or properly speaking, as q
| nutrient, it has certain qualities
which serve to arrest certain diseases
notably consumption, by reason of its
| being so easily assimilated and by its
! stimulating and restorative effect
upon the vital organs. Sugar is
frequently given to make fat, but the
system often refuses it when honey
will be readily assimilated, this
property alone makes it very valuable
to help stay wastes caused by disease
The most effective and enjoyable way
| to benefit from the general use Of
pure honey is to keep in every
aI1y IN Y1{n cd in
proportions Of one pound to a quar-
of water kept in a glass or procelair
vessel One tablespoonful of which
taken in a cupful of warm water with
each meal will frequently benefit the
physical and mental condition to {
much greater extent than the in
furious decoctions and curealls SC
blindly believed IN and restored to-
by suffering humanity.
When a colony of bees is about to
swarm the queen makes preparation
by depositing eggs in a few queen
cells that the instinct Of the workers
has taught them to prepare. The
workers feed these princesses until
lthev are full grown. When the
mother queen hears them piping she
leads a colony Of bees forth to find q
lnew home. The remaining bees
Iliberate' one of the young queens,
which in a few days is fitted for her
life work Of filing the brood cells
with eggs This she does at the rate
of 1000 per day. The first year of
her life if all goes well she deposits
only worker eggs. A large colony oi