Gleanings in bee culture . ecoming deeper as thewind increases. Whether the bees behavein the same way when making a flight ofone, two, or three miles is a question likelyto remain unanswered unless possibly un-der some unusual circumstances, as in thepresent case I am relating, where conditionsfavor the deflnite outlining of the coursetaken. While it is next to im^Dossible to watchthe flight of a single bee except for a veiyshort distance, there is not so much dif-ficulty in following the line established bya large number of bees between the apiaryand some attractive forage grounds, whenthere
Gleanings in bee culture . ecoming deeper as thewind increases. Whether the bees behavein the same way when making a flight ofone, two, or three miles is a question likelyto remain unanswered unless possibly un-der some unusual circumstances, as in thepresent case I am relating, where conditionsfavor the deflnite outlining of the coursetaken. While it is next to im^Dossible to watchthe flight of a single bee except for a veiyshort distance, there is not so much dif-ficulty in following the line established bya large number of bees between the apiaryand some attractive forage grounds, whenthere is a general dearth of nectar or pollenelsewhere. During a general honey harvestthe bees are scattered in every direction,and there is no way of knowing what courseis taken after once the bees are beyondones vision. Conditions favoring the form-ation of what I may for convenience callan audible or visible bee-line are just theopposite of those existing during a generahoney-flow, since in the ease favoring the all _he Iram. and look down the long line of flying the sun at ones back, and by the aidof a clear atmosphere, there is no difficultyin following with the eye for over a hun-dred yards an individual bee as it is sil-houetted against the background of woods * One hundred and fortyactual measurement. good long steps OCTOBER 1, 1912 formation of a bee-line, the bees are all con-centrated toward a comparatively smallspot. They are all moving over the samecourse to and from the apiar}-—all bent onthe same errand, with the result that wehave a buzzing, roaring, aerial bee highwaybetween the ajjiary and the point being vis-ited. Under favoring conditions it is not sodifficult to follow such a bee-line for frac-tions of a mile at least, depending mainlyas a guide on the noise made by the is one of these bee-lines that I shall en-deavor to describe. In the past ten or moreyears I have noticed a number of one illustrated by the accompanyingdiagTam occur
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