. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Sept. 20, 1900. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 599 that a swarm with a feeble queen will always cluster low, sometimes on a weed or in the grass. I agree with the Professor that it is very rare for a swarm to come out and not cluster at all. In 25 years I have had but a single case of the kind. The swarm came forth about H o'clock in the morning, and went straight for the hollow of a tall elm tree about one-fourth mile distant. My observation, like Prof. Cook's, points that way, that bees sometimes select a home before swarming, and, that after swarming they se
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Sept. 20, 1900. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 599 that a swarm with a feeble queen will always cluster low, sometimes on a weed or in the grass. I agree with the Professor that it is very rare for a swarm to come out and not cluster at all. In 25 years I have had but a single case of the kind. The swarm came forth about H o'clock in the morning, and went straight for the hollow of a tall elm tree about one-fourth mile distant. My observation, like Prof. Cook's, points that way, that bees sometimes select a home before swarming, and, that after swarming they send out scouts to find a home. On the next point I am at variance with the Professor. He says: " As many bee-keepers have observed, rarely several queens go forth with a new ; According to my experience it is not uncommon for several virgin queens to go out with a swarm. With me it has occurred frequently, and it occurs probably oftener than we are aware of, altho when it does happen the swarm frequently clusters in sev- eral different places near each other. Toward the close of his article Prof. Cook says : " The Exhibiting Bees and Honey at tlie Fairs. BY F. I,. (.KANT. THE first, and by no means the least, as regards the work, is in getting ready. Perhaps one has to lie awake nights to think of something new so as to get ahead of the other fellows. This is not easy work ; it is rather try- ing to the nerves and sometimes discouraging ; especially when we call to mind that it is likely that the other fellow is doing the same thing. After we have decided what is to be the leading feature of our exhibit, then comes the " grind," the working out of the details and getting them into sl^ape so as to please the eye of the judges and visitors. This is very important, for our success in winning premiums, and the disposing of our crop of honey at good prices is largely dependent upon this. Whatever there is in the exhibit that is in the line of novelty sh
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