. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Adventure with 25,000 Bees. Mr. P. E. Brown, of the Post Office, Wymeswold, Loughborough, has had the unusual experience of a swarm of his own bees, 20,000 to 25,000 strong, settling on him, and he walking thus laden to a hive to which he successfully transferred them. He was looking at his bees when he found his largest hive at the point of swarming. Relating his experience, he said: "I stood for about ten minutes wondering where they would settle, when, to my surprise, they came to me, and within another five minutes I was covered f
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Adventure with 25,000 Bees. Mr. P. E. Brown, of the Post Office, Wymeswold, Loughborough, has had the unusual experience of a swarm of his own bees, 20,000 to 25,000 strong, settling on him, and he walking thus laden to a hive to which he successfully transferred them. He was looking at his bees when he found his largest hive at the point of swarming. Relating his experience, he said: "I stood for about ten minutes wondering where they would settle, when, to my surprise, they came to me, and within another five minutes I was covered from the crown of my cap to my knees, the bulk of the bees being on my back and shoulders. I caught the queen and walked to a hive I had previously prepared. I took two good handfuls of bees from my hips and put them at the entrance of the hive with ' her ladyship ' the queen. Then I gave several jumps and shook the bulk of the bees off me, and they were not long in finding where the queen was. Not for half an hour did I rid myself of bees. Throughout the whole opera- tion I never received a single ;—From the Huddersfield A. P. (Rugby).—Hire full of drones.—The queen is a drone breeder. Judging from what you say, the bees probably swarmed this year and the young oueen has failed to mate. It is doubtful if the colony could be re-queened unless they can be given a couple of combs of brood on the point of emerging a few days before introducing a new queen. W. D. (Walberswick).—Moving bees to heather.— One mile is a somewhat short distance to move bees, but the weather is so uncertain at the time heather is blooming that it would probably be worth while doing so. Put a handful of dry grass or similar obstruction loosely in front of entrance for the bees to scramble through for a day or two, so that they will locate the new position when they are moved. J. D. C. (Hunts).—Bees becoming a nuisance.— The first thing to do is to insure against liabilit
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