Productive farming . ers usually wear their wings out and die in less than oneseason. Queens live several years. The drones are nearlyall killed and thrown out in the fall or before the winter isover. The life of the colony is kept up by young bees. Honey=Making.—Worker-bees visit flowers, suck thenectar, and store it in honey sacks in their bodies. Theyfly to the hive and deposit the nectar in wax cells, made byother workers. Some of the workers dry out the nectar byproducing a breeze with their wings over the cells. Studythe structure of the worker-bee as shown in Fig. 206. White clover, als
Productive farming . ers usually wear their wings out and die in less than oneseason. Queens live several years. The drones are nearlyall killed and thrown out in the fall or before the winter isover. The life of the colony is kept up by young bees. Honey=Making.—Worker-bees visit flowers, suck thenectar, and store it in honey sacks in their bodies. Theyfly to the hive and deposit the nectar in wax cells, made byother workers. Some of the workers dry out the nectar byproducing a breeze with their wings over the cells. Studythe structure of the worker-bee as shown in Fig. 206. White clover, alsike clover, alfalfa, basswood, locust,fruit trees, buckwheat, and golden-rod are among the bestplants for the production of nectar. There are hundreds ofplants grown for other purposes which are used by bees inthe making of honey. Hives.—^A good beehive is in the form of a box with aremovable bottom and top (Fig. 207). The bottom projectsto form an entrance platform. A small slot is made in the PRODUCTIVE FARMING. Fig. 206.—Bee structures: a, worker-bee, pollen loaded; 6, mouth parts of along-tongued bee; c, hind leg of bee showing pollen carrier; d, wax cutter andcurry-comb of 1st joint of hind leg; e, antenna-cleaner of fore leg; f, hair of bumble-bee; g, h, i, hairs of three difEerent kinds of bees. (From Smiths Insect Friendsand Enemies.) BEE-KEEPING 303 front just above the floor for the entrance of bees. Framesare hung inside the box, and are supplied with combs wiU become filled with honey and young bee-bread. Then another box called a svper is placed above thefirst one. If comb honey is wanted for use or for market,the super is supplied with small frames to hold one poundeach. If liquid, or extracted, honey is wanted the framesin the super are much larger. From these the honey isremoved without destroying the cells.
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