. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. NATURAL SWARMING. 173 they rush to the entrance, from which they excitedly pour by hundreds and thousands. Among them is their proper sovereign ; for, as we have already hinted, it is always, except in the rarest cases, that the old queen heads, or rather accompanies, the swarm. Dzierzon records one case in which the old queen refused to quit the hive, and three strong swarms were led forth, within a few days of each other, by her royal Fig. 60.—^A Swarm. And now, when the main body of the emigrants has issued from their quarte
. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. NATURAL SWARMING. 173 they rush to the entrance, from which they excitedly pour by hundreds and thousands. Among them is their proper sovereign ; for, as we have already hinted, it is always, except in the rarest cases, that the old queen heads, or rather accompanies, the swarm. Dzierzon records one case in which the old queen refused to quit the hive, and three strong swarms were led forth, within a few days of each other, by her royal Fig. 60.—^A Swarm. And now, when the main body of the emigrants has issued from their quarters, the whole air seems alive with the excited, flitting, buzzing insects. The noise of their humming can be heard for many yards away, and a novice may well wonder what is to be the end of the commotion. Ordinarily, however, within a few minutes, after their exodus, it will be observed that a gathering of a thicker crowd is taking place at some particular spot—most frequently on some low tree or bush. There her majesty has settled, and at once. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harris, William Hetherington, 1835-. London, The Religious tract society
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