. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 246 THE BHIflStt BEE JOURi^AL. [June 23, 1904. noon I noticed something unusual liappen- ine ; the whole contents of the two skeps (, the seven swarms) came out, and the air was literally black with bees. I was afraid whetlicr thi^-y would not go right away, so I syringed them with water. They eventually settled (together) about thirty yards off, in a pear tree, in the adjoining garden. The bees covered the whole stem of the tree (about five feet high), and also clxistered in the branches. They were then in a rather difficult position
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 246 THE BHIflStt BEE JOURi^AL. [June 23, 1904. noon I noticed something unusual liappen- ine ; the whole contents of the two skeps (, the seven swarms) came out, and the air was literally black with bees. I was afraid whetlicr thi^-y would not go right away, so I syringed them with water. They eventually settled (together) about thirty yards off, in a pear tree, in the adjoining garden. The bees covered the whole stem of the tree (about five feet high), and also clxistered in the branches. They were then in a rather difficult position to take be- cause of the large number of bees over so large a space. I got all the available empty skeps^—four in all—well moistened them with water, and then brushed the bees into them. When the first skep was full I took the second, and so on until 1 had the bulk of the bees hived. They then settled down very well, and we brought them home in the evening, and put them m two "; hives. I was very careful to weigh each skejD before throwing bees out, after which I weighed the empty skeps ; the net weight of the bees was as follows :—Put into No. 1 hive 19 lb. ; put into No. 2 20^- lb. ; total, SQg lb. bees. The eighth swarm (which I returned to the hive it came from) weighed 82 lb. This made a total for the day of 48 lb. bees. I was sorry I could not divide the large quantity into three, but being all together it was difficult to know whether one had a queen in each lot. I put on a crate of shallow-frames the same day to give them plenty of room, and to-day (Tuesday) we put on a second crate. They are now working well, and tlie hives are quite full of bees. I was very parti- cular as to the weights, and I had two per- sons to verify them. I should like to know if you have ever heard of a parallel case. If you consider the foregoing sufficiently interesting to your readers, I should >.e very pleased if you would jjublish it. Thanking you in anticipation.
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