Gleanings in bee culture . Three swarms that united with the bees in one hive,making a colony too large for the hive. :SLkY 1, 1913 305. An August swarm that built comb in the open. next day they came out again; and, iindingthat their queen could not accompany them,instead of going back to their own homethey went into hive No. 2, and in a fewminutes came out again with the bees inthat hive, and relocated the process as be-fore stated, but went into hive No. 1 withthe bees from No. 2. iThe weather beingrather warm, the cover of the hive was lift-ed to ventilate. There were so many beeswhen the
Gleanings in bee culture . Three swarms that united with the bees in one hive,making a colony too large for the hive. :SLkY 1, 1913 305. An August swarm that built comb in the open. next day they came out again; and, iindingthat their queen could not accompany them,instead of going back to their own homethey went into hive No. 2, and in a fewminutes came out again with the bees inthat hive, and relocated the process as be-fore stated, but went into hive No. 1 withthe bees from No. 2. iThe weather beingrather warm, the cover of the hive was lift-ed to ventilate. There were so many beeswhen the three swarms united that theyfairly boiled over, as shown in the photo-grai^h. Powell, Wvo. AN AUGUST SWARM BY A. B. GILES, M. D. I am sending you a photo of a swarmwhich came out of a hive on the 27th oflast August. They clustered in an appletree, built comb, and liad some brood. Thispicture was taken Oct. 13 by one of myneighbors, Mr. R. J. Clemmitt. I took 48 sections of white honey from .the hive fromwhich they came. It is remarkable thatthey swarmed so late in the season that itwas a first swarm, and that they stayed solong i
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