. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May. 191S. American "Bee JoarnaJ]^ 171. A Queer Way of Capturing a Swarm Last May I was expecting swarms, and one day all of my bees, about 50 colonies, were roused up Ttiey were flying and fium- ming lil^e in robbing time. The wiioleyard was full of bees, and 1 thougfit they were going to swarm all at once. It was some- thing unusual, and I could not find the rea- son; the bees had never acted this way be- fore. I found out shortly, however. My neighbor's wife was cleaning house, and swept out some spilt sugar and shook out sugar sacks. When my
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May. 191S. American "Bee JoarnaJ]^ 171. A Queer Way of Capturing a Swarm Last May I was expecting swarms, and one day all of my bees, about 50 colonies, were roused up Ttiey were flying and fium- ming lil^e in robbing time. The wiioleyard was full of bees, and 1 thougfit they were going to swarm all at once. It was some- thing unusual, and I could not find the rea- son; the bees had never acted this way be- fore. I found out shortly, however. My neighbor's wife was cleaning house, and swept out some spilt sugar and shook out sugar sacks. When my bees discovered the sugar they flocked there by the thou- sands to gather it up. When the bees came so tliickly she thought that it was a stray swarm, so she took a big dish pan and filled it with sugar and fed the bees, and got a box and covered the bees with it. Of course, they went out and in. and she thought she would ha\'e a fine swarm of Italian bees, but towards evening their numbers lessened. She did not know how to make them stay in the hive, so sfie sent word to me to come over and see about the swarm she captured. When 1 lifted up the box it was empty of both bees and sugar. I kindly explained to her that it was cheaper to buy a swarm in a hive than to try to catch it in the air. The Dalles. Oreg. John Pashek. brood frames to place in the hives when spring opens up I-'. H. Upson. Uber. March 4. Bees Higher in Price in California Southern California is anxiously looking for rain. It has been cold and cloudy for several days, but no rain. Bees in many localities are light in stores and short of bees. Should it be a late spring many would have to feed, while if tfie honey flow came on early much would be lost before the colonies were strong enough to gather sur- plus. Buyers from Utah and Nevada are look- ing for bees in southern California. Not many years ago it was very easy to buy colo- nies at from $ to while now from to is nearer what a
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