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bring in only what nectar they can turn into 

 good honey, but in that case they don't store 

 ranch, while in the next hive the bees do not 

 believe in working under difficulties, so they 

 loaf all summer. It does not seem to me that 

 I ever saw bees loafing that had a broad, open 

 entrance to the hive, if there was anything 

 for them to work on. I knew the entrance to 

 some of my hives was too small, but they 

 were big, old-time Langstroth hives, with the 

 bottom nailed on. I did not see what I could 

 do about it; besides, I did not know how im- 

 portant it was that I should do something. 



Now, if the honey-llow is extended and not 

 too much at one time, this trouble will not be 

 noticed so much, and while we are losing 

 honey all the time, if we don't know it, it 

 doesn't hurt. But when one colony of bees is 

 carrying in honey at the rate of SI .00 per day, 

 and the bees in the ne-xt hive are sitting in 

 the shade fanning themselves, it is enough to 

 make the ordinary bee-keeper "wild." 1 

 don't want you to think I have this all cut 

 and dried, and never expect to have any more 

 loafers. My rule for bee-keepers is, " Expect 

 just anything, and prepare for it the best you 

 can." Now if that isn't an India-rubber rule, 

 what is^ 



To digress a little: Those old-time double- 

 top Langstroth hives, I notice the bees in 

 them don't swarm much; in fact, the past 

 season, when everything else was " crazy " on 

 swarming, they did not send out a swarm. 

 Maybe Dr. Miller would just as soon have an 

 "Ideal" hive as some "Ideal bees," if it 

 all came to the same thing in the end. 



Now, I am not writing this for ithe bee- 

 keepers that know more than I do (which is 

 the majority), but for the fellow that is grop- 

 ing around in the dark, as I am. But lest I 

 should lead some one too far, let me say that a 

 large entrance is of no use to the bees when 

 they don't need it, but is rather a detriment, 

 and at times can be a very bad thing. A good 

 honey-tlow and hot weather call for a large 

 entrance; but nothing calls for a draft of air 

 through the hive, in any locality I know 

 anything about. J. T. Reno, .!r. 



Cedar Co., Mo., Dec. 6. 



Swarming Bees Locating a Home. 



Bees sometimes locate a home before leav- 

 ing the parent hive, and after resting for a 

 few minutes or hours leave for parts unknown, 

 and tiy until tired out, then settle down on a 

 bush or fence-post, or on the ground; then 

 the hunt is for a home. Hundreds of scouts 

 leave the cluster in search of a home, and 

 clean out half a dozen places for the same 

 swarm, and the most favorable place will be 

 accepted by the swarm, and when the swarm 

 is gone to their new home hundreds of bees 

 that have been hunting another home will re- 

 turn to the former location, not knowing 



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