. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE HIVK, EMP PACKING CASE. AND PACKING MAIKRIAL KkuM 1 HE HOSHAL WINTER CASE hives themselves. Full colonies seem to be able to defend themselves, by the very superiority of numbers. One beekeeper in observing the relative strength of the opposing forces esti- mates that six bees are required to vanquish one yellowjacket. That ratio is probably due to the armor-like quality of the enemy's yel- lovr jacket which apparently is in- vulnerable to the sting of the bee. On the other hand, the yellow jacket finds it a simple matter to seize a bee, sever it
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE HIVK, EMP PACKING CASE. AND PACKING MAIKRIAL KkuM 1 HE HOSHAL WINTER CASE hives themselves. Full colonies seem to be able to defend themselves, by the very superiority of numbers. One beekeeper in observing the relative strength of the opposing forces esti- mates that six bees are required to vanquish one yellowjacket. That ratio is probably due to the armor-like quality of the enemy's yel- lovr jacket which apparently is in- vulnerable to the sting of the bee. On the other hand, the yellow jacket finds it a simple matter to seize a bee, sever it vfith a sawing motion, and fly away with the meaty portion which also contains the honey-sac, leaving the head and front legs of his victim wandering aimlessly over the frames. But in a full hive the bees often ball the invaders as they do a queen; then other yellow jackets hurl themselves upon the "ball" until the front of the hive presents a veiitable battlefield. It is the weaker colonies and the nuclei for mating queens that suffer most. It is a rare occurrence to open one of these and not find the inmates battling for their very lives. And. there is no doubt that this condition has been the prime cause of the small percentage of matings of virgii. queens. Out of twenty-four virgin 23 were lost in a single week. A resourceful member of the Bee Club suggested the use of an ordin- ary fly trap baited with raw meat, and already one member has six in operation, another three and another 2, which are filled with yellow jackets and emptied once and sometimes twice each day. We have just been obliged to add two more to the number already in our apiary adequately to cope with the situation. Mr. McCuUough's $ fly trap— for years the family joke because it had never been known to catch a single fly—is being emptied of yellow- jackets twice in a single day. The. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced
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