. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. M<ui. 1922 BETTER FRUIT Page Twentij-nine Swarming of Bees T¥7fIEX the llcid bcci .ire confined to their hives by several diys of rain just previous to or during: the swnrming- seison, the result may be .1 g^reatly increised tendency to swarm. Some- times two weeks of rain at nbnut the time of nor- mal swarming- seTSon is followed by Intense swarm- ing. When the field bees remain In their hives a pirt of the time during the hnney-flow because the flowers yield nectar erratically the tendency tn swarm may be greatly increased. The presence of the great mass of
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. M<ui. 1922 BETTER FRUIT Page Twentij-nine Swarming of Bees T¥7fIEX the llcid bcci .ire confined to their hives by several diys of rain just previous to or during: the swnrming- seison, the result may be .1 g^reatly increised tendency to swarm. Some- times two weeks of rain at nbnut the time of nor- mal swarming- seTSon is followed by Intense swarm- ing. When the field bees remain In their hives a pirt of the time during the hnney-flow because the flowers yield nectar erratically the tendency tn swarm may be greatly increased. The presence of the great mass of field bees within the hive during the heat of the drty from any of these causes must add greatly to the tendency to swarm, especially when the bees crowd in great masses in the space below the frames and in the lower portion of the brood-chamber, as they usually do when they arc in their hives temporarily during the honey-flow. There Is, of cour?e, no way by which the field bees can be prevented from staying in their hives, even if it were desirable tn do so, but by providing a deep space below the frames and an abundance of ventilation, together with adequate protection from the direct rays of the sun, the discomfort of the colony brought about by the field bees within the hive during the day be considerably re- lieved. To prevent swarming to the greatest extent, says a late government bulletin, It Is necessary to in- duce most of the hive workers to leave the brood nest early in their lives to take up work in the su- pers, so that the bees of the hive are d'«trlbuted over n large comb surface which, in turn, should stimulate the field bees to go to the field In greater numbers. During the heat of the day no more bees should remain within the brood-chamber than are needed for the work to be done there. Such a distribution and employment of the hive workers usually induces the field workers to put forth the greatest energy in gathering nectar. After having used all the
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