. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. D. iK- (Entered as second-class matter at the Post-Office at Hamilton, 111., under Act of March 3, 18*; Published Monthly at $ a Year, by American Bee Journal, First National Bank Building C. p. DADANT. Editor. DR. C. C. MILLER. Associate Editor. HAMILTON, ILL, DECEMBER, 1912 VoL LII-No. 12 Editorial Comments How Far Cau Swarms Travel? T. W. Swabey, in the British Bee Journal of Sept. 26, asks the above question and quotes a previous writer as authority for the statement that a swarm traveled more than 10 miles, though having settled on a tre
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. D. iK- (Entered as second-class matter at the Post-Office at Hamilton, 111., under Act of March 3, 18*; Published Monthly at $ a Year, by American Bee Journal, First National Bank Building C. p. DADANT. Editor. DR. C. C. MILLER. Associate Editor. HAMILTON, ILL, DECEMBER, 1912 VoL LII-No. 12 Editorial Comments How Far Cau Swarms Travel? T. W. Swabey, in the British Bee Journal of Sept. 26, asks the above question and quotes a previous writer as authority for the statement that a swarm traveled more than 10 miles, though having settled on a tree about a mile distant from its final abode. In Vol. XVIII of the American Bee Journal, page 186, Q. C. Jordan reports having followed a swarm 6 miles. In Vol. XX, page 634, James Heddon says that a swarm alighted on a ship in the middle of Lake Michigan. The writer holds that they will go 25 to 50 miles. In Vol. XXV, page -Oo, H. G. Rogers ridicules the 2o-mile flight, and says : "We will soon have them crossing the ; Eugene Secor, a very reliable writer, in Vol. XXV, page 230, mentions run- away swarms as going 8 to 10 miles, to his knowledge. G. M. Doolittle holds that bees will readily go 5 to 9 miles for honey. Why not a swarm, for a home ? The flight of bees is variously esti- mated at from 10 to 60 miles an hour. The latter speed was given after having turned bees free from a running train, but Cheshire very properly says that this furnishes " no evidence of their velocity when unaided, since the train carries the air lying in its neighbor- hood along with it, as leaves and paper scraps frequently make ; His conclusion is that the flight ranges be- tween 2 and 16 miles per hour, depend- ing upon the load and nature of the errand. When in the enthusiasm and energy of his teens, the writer several times attempted to follow a runaway swarm, but the result was invariably, after a perspiring run over fields, hills and well-nigh, impassable d
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