Gleanings in bee culture . ard is to a liivc what a iHircU is li most imposing peach-tree I placed (he firsthive of bees, which 1 bought from a friend,and then waited for results. I remember how I was Avhcn Thad (o deal with my first swarm; and tort!ie iiiexijerienced apiarist there is nothingto compare witli that sensational tin-ill thatsimply envelopes one with tlie startlingrealization of the novel duty devolvingujjon him in hiving his first swarm. I thinkI can safely say that to a real beekeeper (1use the word real, mean-ing thereby one wlio ac-tually loves the studyand Avork of b
Gleanings in bee culture . ard is to a liivc what a iHircU is li most imposing peach-tree I placed (he firsthive of bees, which 1 bought from a friend,and then waited for results. I remember how I was Avhcn Thad (o deal with my first swarm; and tort!ie iiiexijerienced apiarist there is nothingto compare witli that sensational tin-ill thatsimply envelopes one with tlie startlingrealization of the novel duty devolvingujjon him in hiving his first swarm. I thinkI can safely say that to a real beekeeper (1use the word real, mean-ing thereby one wlio ac-tually loves the studyand Avork of bee cid-Inrc) llu^e is nolliingmore inspiring thanswarming bees. Com-ing at a season whenone is usually busiestal)()ut his jilace it oftenliappens that a swarmwill issue from the hiveat a most ino])povtuiietime, tluis testing hispatience; still, when h(^sees tlic lull lying andsciin yiiig ot his pels;is in a mob Ihey scrani-hh (int of tile hive, andiicars the joyous noteof thcii- inadlv whirring 736 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. The first swarin after the limb was wings as they fly swift-ly about before settlingin a cluster on someconvenient bnsh or low-hanging limb, he cannothelp being convincedthat the occasion is afestive one for the bees,in which he is glad tojoin and do his part. It seems fundament-ally to be the case thatswarming is caused byan overcrowded condi-tion of the hive. InMay and June, after thehoney-flow is well es-tablished and the hive isfull of bees, the honey-combs laden with honeyand the new brood soonto hatch, the bees de-cide that it would be ad-vantageous for part ofthe colony to leave theirpresent home and seeknew quarters; so queen-cells are biiill, and pro- vision thus made to supply a new queen,for the old queen always leaves with theswarm. It is not known what determinessome of the bees, usually about two-thirdsof the colony, to leave while the othersremain to care for and hatch the so well organized are tlieir methodsthat in this as well as i
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