The California culturist . e by-observing that the process of acclimation is not by change on an individual, trans-posed from its native locality, but on the repeated processes of reproduction from seed ;for instance, the Roxbury russet and other northern varieties, never would becomelate keepers in the south, yet their seedlings might. Chas. Mock. Petaluma, June 4th, 1859. BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. IN every perfect swarm of bees there are three very distinct kinds; • the queen ormother bee, the only perfectly developed and fertile female in the community;the drones or males, which vary from a few
The California culturist . e by-observing that the process of acclimation is not by change on an individual, trans-posed from its native locality, but on the repeated processes of reproduction from seed ;for instance, the Roxbury russet and other northern varieties, never would becomelate keepers in the south, yet their seedlings might. Chas. Mock. Petaluma, June 4th, 1859. BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. IN every perfect swarm of bees there are three very distinct kinds; • the queen ormother bee, the only perfectly developed and fertile female in the community;the drones or males, which vary from a few dozens to about 2,000 in number, andare at certain seasons entirely absent; and, lastly, the common bees or workers, whichcompose the great bulk of the population, and in a good swarm amount to 25,000 innumber, or even more. Into the exact entomological description of these three varieties it is not our prov-ince to enter; but we are desirous of giving such an account of them as shall enableeach to be easily THE DEOSE. THE WORKER. THE QUEEN. The queen, under ordinary circumstances, is rarely to be observed ; we have knownpersons who have kept bees for twenty or thirty years and not unsuccessfully, on thecommon plan, who have never seen a queen bee. Those who have been in the habit of working their hives, with glasses at the top,not unfrequently have the opportunity of seeing her about May, when she may benoticed traversing the combs in the glasses in search of empty cells in which she candeposit her eggs. In size and form the queen is so very distinct from the other beesthat there is no difficulty in recognizing her even from description. She is muchlonger than the common bees, and her tail or, more properly speaking, her abdomen,is long, tapering or conical, and pointed; her wings, which are short, only reachingabout half way to its point. The longevity of the queen far exceeds that of hersubjects, and she often attains the age of four years, and in some cases
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