. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. CllAl'TKK \ I SWARMS AND SWARM I XG A ^ I;KI:KKI:I'KR ATIKK ScomI-JNC 11- A SWAKM WIIM HAKK HANDS A swarm in the hiv,- is 7vorth two on the //yv.—Vincent. A ^roat deal lias been wriUen on this phase of beekeepinK^ nmch that is both nonsensical and conlnsin^: and it is not my pnrpose to add to the confusion, but rather to j^ue a lew simple instruc- ti(ms as to detecting signs of swarnnng and meth- ods for controlling it. It must be remembered that swarnnng is a per- fectly natural act on
. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. CllAl'TKK \ I SWARMS AND SWARM I XG A ^ I;KI:KKI:I'KR ATIKK ScomI-JNC 11- A SWAKM WIIM HAKK HANDS A swarm in the hiv,- is 7vorth two on the //yv.—Vincent. A ^roat deal lias been wriUen on this phase of beekeepinK^ nmch that is both nonsensical and conlnsin^: and it is not my pnrpose to add to the confusion, but rather to j^ue a lew simple instruc- ti(ms as to detecting signs of swarnnng and meth- ods for controlling it. It must be remembered that swarnnng is a per- fectly natural act on the part of a colony, and is brought about bv conditions that prevail at certain seasons of the vear. May and June are the princi- pal months during which '^warms emerge, though they often come out at other times. ' He who depends upon natural swarming for his increase will make a mistake, fur in the majority (,f cases natural swarming will about make up for winter losses, and no more. During the earlv i)art of May much honey is being gathered by the bees and ihc brood nest is crowded ;r room. U is this ccmdition that induces the old (ineeii and a large part o the colony to swarm out in (piest of more commodiou> '' '^Sometimes the colony will give notice of its in- tention to '^warm. by the bees clustering on the front of the hive, though this is not an infallible sign, as bees will do this at other times when th.^ swarming impulse is farthest trom them. The surest way of determining the matter is (43) MMW^immmmim*imm II^TENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE. 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 Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia : W. Atkinson Co.
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