. Bee primer for the prospective beekeeper. Bees. [from old catalog]. ^LK^ I ^ "^"''"f ^' '^^ '''^'- ^'â ^ '^^ °">y °"^^ that need be feared Do not carelesslv jar the hive, or strike at them or fight them, but go about quietly and avSd nnn^.tc ^ quick motions or standing in the Hne of their flight to and from the hive """""'^^"^y NATURAL HISTORY The honey-bees are scientific- ally classed in the hymenoptera, because, like the wasps, horn- ets and bumble-bees, they have four membraneous gauzy wings. The scientific name of the common or
. Bee primer for the prospective beekeeper. Bees. [from old catalog]. ^LK^ I ^ "^"''"f ^' '^^ '''^'- ^'â ^ '^^ °">y °"^^ that need be feared Do not carelesslv jar the hive, or strike at them or fight them, but go about quietly and avSd nnn^.tc ^ quick motions or standing in the Hne of their flight to and from the hive """""'^^"^y NATURAL HISTORY The honey-bees are scientific- ally classed in the hymenoptera, because, like the wasps, horn- ets and bumble-bees, they have four membraneous gauzy wings. The scientific name of the common or black bee is "apis mellifica," owing to her production of honey from the nectar of flowers, which she gathers. A slight chemical change is made in the nectar while in the honey-sack of the bees, but its color, flavor and quality remain the same. Syrup, glucose or molasses, if fed to bees, would not change in ap- pearance, and clover honey does not resemble either alfalfa provide for them is a BEE-HIVE. ^^^ habitation which men r^jrJ^^^^ f ^ ^^"^^ different kinds of inhabitants in a bee-hive the QUEEN, the WORKERS, the DRONES. THE OUEEN ^^'^ ^a) is the only perfect female in the . ^ hive, she is the mother and lays all the eggs. This is her only duty, and so well does she perform it, that she deposits, at some seasons, especially in spring, as many as 3,500 eggs in 24 hours. The eggs are carefully laid at the bottom of each ceil neve'^aSrThLT" '" ^u" u^"' ^^°''' ''^ "^^^^ ^^''' ^'' ^'"h''" ^^e fields, on the wing. She TT ^'f^'V^' h've, except with a swarm. Her life's duration is from two to five years. Usually after the second or third year her fertility decreases. A queen which has been prevented from mating by accidental con- finement to the hive for a period of about three weeks after birth, is no longer able to mate, but she can still lay eggs that will hatch. These, however, will produce only drones. This
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