. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 448 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL November EDITOR OF BRITISH BEE JOUR- NAL Among the British bee magazines, the British Bee Journal is best l<nown in this country. It is a weekly pub- lication now in its 49th volume. It has a companion publication in the Beekeeper's Record, which is a monthly in its 39th volume. Both publications are edited by Thos. W. Cowan and J. Herrod-Hempsall. Mr. Herrod-Hempsall is at present the ac- tive editor of both publications, and we are showing his photo on this page in order to give our readers an op- portunity to get better
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 448 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL November EDITOR OF BRITISH BEE JOUR- NAL Among the British bee magazines, the British Bee Journal is best l<nown in this country. It is a weekly pub- lication now in its 49th volume. It has a companion publication in the Beekeeper's Record, which is a monthly in its 39th volume. Both publications are edited by Thos. W. Cowan and J. Herrod-Hempsall. Mr. Herrod-Hempsall is at present the ac- tive editor of both publications, and we are showing his photo on this page in order to give our readers an op- portunity to get better acquainted with our fellow craftsman across the water. SWARMING A Study in Bee Behavior By Sol. L. Skoss The study of the behavior of bees under the swarming impulse is both interesting and important to every progressive beekeeper. Its impor- tance is best illustrated by the late Dr. C. C. Miller's "statement (Fifty Years among the Bees P. 151), "If I were to meet a man perfect in the en- tire science and art of beekeeping, and were allowed from him an answer to just one question, I would ask for the best and easiest way to prevent swarming, for one who is anxious to secure the largest crop of comb ; Swarming has been carefully stud- died by various investigators, as well as by many practical beekeepers, for several years. Different theories have been advanced as to its fundamental causes, yet this question is far from being settled. Lack of sufficient ven- tilation during hot weather, the queen being crowded for space, peculiar conditions of certain localities and seasons are, after all, only contribu- tory causes, which, important as they are in augmenting and promoting the swarming fever, could hardly be con- sidered more than conditions favor- ing the tendency of swarming. TheRussian beekeepers hold as a general cause of swarming, the natu- ral tendency of bees, as of many other insects of their class, to form new col- onies in that way. Just as the old
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