Evening journal., 1908-05-12

being made. They cannot take any of
the furniture from the old to the new
home. These cells and comb which
they have laboriously builded and so
beautifully and symmetrically fashion
ed, must be left behind. But there is
one thing they can do to make proWs-
ion for their new home. They can
carry with them a large amount of
honey with which in their new home
they can build cells and comb, and thus
furnish their new house. So every beo
is filling its honey sac. The queen,
too, is busy. She must leave behiad
her a rich inheritance. It will be some
time before they will have reared their
new queen, so she provides for their
future by seeing that eggs are put in
every empty cell.
A good queen will leave behind Ter
in eggs and unmatched brood, that
which will hatch out in a few weeks
as many as 10000 young bees.
All being in readiness, the queen,
having satisfied herself that the brood
inest is in first-class condition, with
some fine queen cells from which their
future queen is TO come. and each bee
having filled his honey sac to its ut
Imost capacity, the signal is given, and
they come rolling out of the hive at a
wonderful rate and taking wing. circle
round and round with that wonderful
swarming note so we'll known to bee
men, and after all are out of the hive
they begin TO move away until they
find a tree or shrub or something
which strikes their fancy and here
they cluster. AS soon as the cluster
| is formed, scouts are sent out to find
a place where they can make their new
home. Sometimes these scouts will be
gone a day or two before finding a
place. but usually only a few hours.
When they return then the whole
swarm will take wing and follow them
to the new location. 1t is this time
while the scouts are seeking for a new
( home site, that the beekeeper steps in
and furnishes a new hive for the
swarm. Having a new hive all ready
! It is placed in the ground with the en-
trance so that when the bees are
shaken off the limb they will fall right
| in front of the hive. Those near the
entrance, finding 1t, rush in with thai
peculiar Il have found it, sound which
indicates that they have found a new
home and Immediately the bees that
were moving in other directions turr
and climb over each other in theii
haste TO get into the hive. Some hav.
ing taken wing will cluster again on
the limb from which they were shaken
but il the queen is not with them hey
will soon find their way down TO 5h'
hive. 1t is better TO shake off any thai
go back to the limb lest possibly th'
queen should be with them.
We have now two colonies OF bcel
where a few moments before there wal
but one. Let us look into these two
homes and ~ what is there. In thu
old home there is an abundance q
honey, the home is fully furnished will
everything necessary for bee life; thor
lis an abundance Of young brood from
which in few days will be hatchs'
more bees than went out with tn
swarm.
In the new home there is no hone!
save what the bees carried with them
There is no furniture-honey combs
There is no brood from which younl
bees will hatch TO replenish the cololy
The question might be asked how x
we know which bees go out with tn
swarm? The needs of the two homes
Twill reveal to US which bees should &
Iout and which should stay in the ol'