Gleanings in bee culture . e bringing honey, honey-plants, soil, and all. If an instantaneousphoto could be taken the drawing would notresemble it very much; but it demonstratesfairly well the point I wish to make. Theroar and multitude of fljing bees resemblesan absconding swarm coming toward you,with the exception that they are flying ina straight line while an absconding swarmmoves m,ore like a rolling ball. The hives face the east, and the directionfiom which bees are supposed to be bring-ing honey is northwest. When coming homethey have to pass over pear and apple MARCH 15, 1916 237 orcha
Gleanings in bee culture . e bringing honey, honey-plants, soil, and all. If an instantaneousphoto could be taken the drawing would notresemble it very much; but it demonstratesfairly well the point I wish to make. Theroar and multitude of fljing bees resemblesan absconding swarm coming toward you,with the exception that they are flying ina straight line while an absconding swarmmoves m,ore like a rolling ball. The hives face the east, and the directionfiom which bees are supposed to be bring-ing honey is northwest. When coming homethey have to pass over pear and apple MARCH 15, 1916 237 orchards, so that, when reaching their hives,they are from ten to fifteen feet in the the line of descent is reached theysuddenly drop, not straight down, but inevery imaginable direction to bring themnearest to their respective homes. Althothe excitement at the hive-entrances is atits highest pitch, no confusion can be no-ticed. Occasionally a heavily pollen-laden Fieldi ofAstor and Sweet C/over about Jmi/e Two Feet in the dear between ^//^/it/ng Boards ofZ-t/ves bee enters a liive somewhat hesitatingly, re-appears after a second or two, takes wing,and enters the next hive and remains. The action of the bees in this ease maydiffer somewhat from their compelled flightafter a long confinement; but even thenperfect knowledge of location has a tendenejlo prevent confusion and drifting. Anoth-er reason why outdoor-wintered bees are not so liable to drift is because they gener-ally have an occasional flight during thewinter; and when sjDring comes they arenot so hard pressed for exercise. They leavetheir hives in a more nearly normal condi-tion, and consequently return in the sameway. One more point I wish to mention. Thedrawing proves my claim which I have al-ways defended, thatbees are guided moreby location than bylooks or matter how con-spicuous a hive maybe made by color,shajoe, or size to thehuman eye, it has littleto do with bees enter-ing their
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