The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-25

or even travel some ds-sance and be lost
unless some one Is watching For this
reason II Is wei 10 have the hives 10
Gated IN some place where they are easily
seen from the house and make a. rule 70
nave q close inspection once or twice
every day during the early spring. When
lne 7Ndrhlng fever has taken possession
or me occupants. you viii notice bees
going IN and out of the hive in a state Of
excitement, sort. Of bustle that will
convey the informa tion that something
unusual IS going on inside the hive.
You may wonder that Nave said moth
ing about stings during this hiving proc
ezs. the truth Is. before leaving the old
home an the bees that are going out
with the queen load themselves with so
much honey 70 insure food for them
selves and the royal mother. as well as
With prupOlis a SORT of guufny varnish
which tney use TO stop up cracks or COW
er rougn siufaces-that they are rarely
able 70 sting; but. il nervous, you can
subject the main bunch TO a few whiffs
or smoke. A queen never uses her lance
except on a rival queen. This condition,
Of course. does not obtain al other times.
50 before such work OF removing and re-
placing sections or foundations the FmOk~
er bellows-like arrangement. must be
lighted. When burning freely, blow a
few Whiffs OF smoke into the entrance
and about the corners OF the nfve. This
stupeles the bees and renders manipula-
tion or them and an invasion OF their do
main comparatively safe though II Is al.
ways advisable to wear veil. made Of
mosquito netting. to fit on the hat and
hanging well down on the shoulders.
Gloves can also be worn. But the Italian
bee the best TO keep. is such a gentle
little creature that familiarity viii end
In the gloves being discarded.
After the abdicating queen and her fol-
lowing have left the old hive. there remain
some few thousands Of imperfectly devel-
Oped females Of mature age called work.
ers. few hundred males called drones. a
thousands Of eggs reposing each in its
own particular cell. The most perfect
system Of government prevails in the
hive. each individual insect having al
lotted duties. which are apparently IN
fuitiYely understood, accepted and con-
scientiously performed in unerring routine
from the hour Of birth. When the baOy
breaks from its cell it walks out into the
busy world Of the hive. and, after a Few
hours dips intD an unsealed cell Of honey
be sellshly consumed by it's own body,
for the larger portion Of this honey is
secreted and. after a little. is converted
secreted. and after a little, is converted
Of which this wonderful little nurse mas
the power Of regulating as 1t wanders
en-days-old larvae. Occupants of royal
cells receive the most carefully digested
food next in quality come the workers.
then the drOnes. At the end of the six
days the cells are capped over by work
ers with paperlike surface, and the
well-fed wormlike occupant is left for
eleven or twelve days. during which time
il develops shape and strength to gnaw
its way out. After the six or seven days
of nursing duty come six or seven days
then, being strong enough. the worker
commences the arduous task Of fOraging
Kate Saint Maur. in Pearson's Maya
zine.