. The humble-bee [microform] : its life-history and how to domesticate it with descriptions of all the British species of Bombus and Psithyrus. Bees; Apiculture; Abeilles; Abeilles; Bee culture; Bees. aKJ-^iffiflJfl^^ '. * â Sir^.'m ' ; I I i. »32 THE humblf:-ree VII might have been maintained if I allowed her to Hy, I made a hole in one of my boxes and placed it in the garden. Eor several hours the queen showed no inclination to leave her brood ; at last she took wing, but though she marked the spot, she never returned. This was disappointing, and no further attempts were made for some years
. The humble-bee [microform] : its life-history and how to domesticate it with descriptions of all the British species of Bombus and Psithyrus. Bees; Apiculture; Abeilles; Abeilles; Bee culture; Bees. aKJ-^iffiflJfl^^ '. * â Sir^.'m ' ; I I i. »32 THE humblf:-ree VII might have been maintained if I allowed her to Hy, I made a hole in one of my boxes and placed it in the garden. Eor several hours the queen showed no inclination to leave her brood ; at last she took wing, but though she marked the spot, she never returned. This was disappointing, and no further attempts were made for some yearsânot, in fact, until 1910, when a searching terrcstris queen having been captured and induced to lay eggs by being confined with another in the manner explained, two terrestris workers were caught at flowers, and after having been kept in a dark box for a few hours, were placed with her. These workers soon became attached to the brood, tending it as if it was their own, with the result that the queen did not desert, and the larva; grew, span their cocoons, and developed into workers. In this way, therefore. a colony was successfully established. In the spring of 1911 this experiment was re- peated with six pairs of queens, and every case proved successful. In some instances, litcorum workers were supplied instead of terrestris workers. I also succeeded in getting several queens to start laying with only one worker as a companion, and so the duelling and killing of queens was avoided. But it v/as difficult to get the brood reared properly without adding one or two more workers. In some cases I allowed the workers to ily after they had settled down, but occasionally they got .-f â¢â Jtsirr^-Jv'j' -â r \;. â ^i:^'^=i'^'£i:~.^^. 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 Sladen, F. W. L
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