. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 462 AMERICAN BEE WMcH Orlers tie Swarming Query 944.—When a colony swarms, which orders the "walk-out"—the queen or the workers ?—Florida. The workers.—J. H. Laekabee. The workers, no doubt.—R. L. Tay- LOB. Both. They work in unison.—P. H. Elwood. I don't know. The workers, I think. —J. A. Green. In prime swarms, the — Eugene Secor. Both, in harmony witQ Nature's laws. —G. M. DOOLITTLE. Workers are "boss," and control the queen.—Mrs. L. Harrison. The queen—for want of room to de- posit her eggs.—E. France. I dou
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 462 AMERICAN BEE WMcH Orlers tie Swarming Query 944.—When a colony swarms, which orders the "walk-out"—the queen or the workers ?—Florida. The workers.—J. H. Laekabee. The workers, no doubt.—R. L. Tay- LOB. Both. They work in unison.—P. H. Elwood. I don't know. The workers, I think. —J. A. Green. In prime swarms, the — Eugene Secor. Both, in harmony witQ Nature's laws. —G. M. DOOLITTLE. Workers are "boss," and control the queen.—Mrs. L. Harrison. The queen—for want of room to de- posit her eggs.—E. France. I doubt if there is any ordering about it. No order is needed. The queen is late in going.—A. J. Cook. The workers, many of them, will be in the air before the queen makes her ap- pearance.—S. I. Freeborn. It must be the queen that leads—not orders—for the simple fact that if she leads back, they go.—Jas. A. Stone. Nature; but it seems there is occa- sionally internal dissensions, as the queen fails to go.—J. M. Hambaugh. It would seem—the workers. But no doubt the "walk out" is ordered by " Nature's first ;—J. P. H. Brown. I suppose a little like it was in the late great railroad strike. The chief boss (queen) sort of "requests" the swarm to march forth.—C. H. Dibbern. We think they are unanimous on that point. The queen is angry because ^'oung queens are reared, and the bees are uncomfortable for want of room.— Dadant & Son. Neither of them. The economy of a bee-hive is not managed on the Debs plan. Each one has a mind to work the best she knows how, and when the time comes for doing a thing, they all do it without any ordering. The workers generally go out first, however.—Emer- son T. Abbott. Does any one know? I don't; and I don't see how one can ascertain. As a guess, I will say, there is probably a community of interest that governs the matter.—J. E. Pond. The workers. I have repeatedly seen
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