. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Dec. 8, 1904. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 825 by whirling about and getting confused, when they might keep up if they used their speed wisely. Then there's the speed of the queen—pretty clearly illustrated when a swarm runs away to the woods—faster than a man can pursue on foot, but not beyond the speed of a man on horseback. How much faster can a worker fly than a queen? The workers fly up, over, and down, marking a course somewhat similar to that moved by a spot on the rim of a wagon-wheel. If the swarm progresses 15 miles per hour the individual work
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Dec. 8, 1904. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 825 by whirling about and getting confused, when they might keep up if they used their speed wisely. Then there's the speed of the queen—pretty clearly illustrated when a swarm runs away to the woods—faster than a man can pursue on foot, but not beyond the speed of a man on horseback. How much faster can a worker fly than a queen? The workers fly up, over, and down, marking a course somewhat similar to that moved by a spot on the rim of a wagon-wheel. If the swarm progresses 15 miles per hour the individual workers move say three times as long a oath, or 45 miles per hour. In this case they may be capable of considerably more speed than they are using—only the queen doing her best. Bee- liunters often time the bees they are feeding to find their tree. I have forgotten the exact figures, but they are moderate. The time they get-is time on a double course, light one way and loaded the other, and with an unknown period of wait- ing in the middle. The waiting period can be eliminated by comparing the time taken when a quarter mile from the tree with that noted when a half mile distant. There still remains the problem of the difference between work-a-day speed and utmost speed. JMr. Latham's observation that bee-work lags when wind gets up to 20 miles an hour, and ceases at about 30 miles is valuable. But for one thing we might almost say "enough ; The man who wants to be on the other side can claim that a gale of wind always stops the nectar-secretion. Time taken in loading from thin honey, 40 seconds. Thanks. I had forgotten, if indeed I ever timed it. MELTED-WAX COMB-FOUNDATION PRESS. And so Adrian Getaz thinks it worth while to make a serious effort once more for the melted-wax foundation press. I wonder myself at the utter lack of call for a utensil sa popular in Europe. One of the considerations he gives, the enormous cost of getting small packages over some sout
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