. The American bee keeper's manual;. Bee culture; Bees. 276 MINER S AMERICAN. THE QUEEN GENERALLY ALIGHTS FIRST. The above cut represents the commencement of clus- tering. The queen generally selects the branch to clus- ter on, and wherever she goes, the family are sure to follow; sometimes, however, the bees cluster while she is on the wing, and she follows the swarm, but such cases do not often occur. If it so happen, that the queen becomes fatigued, and alights on the ground or in some place, where the bees cannot readily observe her, they will cluster without her, and remain a few minutes
. The American bee keeper's manual;. Bee culture; Bees. 276 MINER S AMERICAN. THE QUEEN GENERALLY ALIGHTS FIRST. The above cut represents the commencement of clus- tering. The queen generally selects the branch to clus- ter on, and wherever she goes, the family are sure to follow; sometimes, however, the bees cluster while she is on the wing, and she follows the swarm, but such cases do not often occur. If it so happen, that the queen becomes fatigued, and alights on the ground or in some place, where the bees cannot readily observe her, they will cluster without her, and remain a few minutes only, when every bee will return home to the parent family. Queens are often forced to alight before a suitable branch is selected to cluster on, in consequence of the shortness of their wings, not enabling them to fly with the same ease as their subjects. NECESSITY OF PREPARATION FOR HIVING, ETC. The above engraving shows how the apiarian should. 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 Miner, T. B. [from old catalog]. New York, C. M. Saxton
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