GLEANlJMGiS IN \iEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 



width, with a very little change in the hon- 

 ey-board, and yet not increase the cost of 

 either. As Dr. Miller has freely expressed 

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 the advantaojes such as to warrant the 

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THE QUEEN AS HULER. 



DOES SHE GIVE THE SIGNAL FOK SWARMING? 



'HILE reading R. B. Robbins' letter in Glean- 

 ings tor July 15th, regarding- the piping of 

 queens previous to swarming, I was re- 

 minded of mj' own experience in this line. 

 A year or two ago I was standing by a chaff 

 hive containing quite a strong colony of Italian 

 bees, preparing to look through the colony. I had 

 taken the cover off; and before I lifted the oil-cloth 

 mat off the frames I heard the clear, distinct piping, 

 or call, of the (jueen. She gave three or four loud 

 calls— different from the teeting of young queens. 

 Almost instantly the bees on the outside of the 

 hive, and on the alighting-board, started with a rush 

 for the inside of the hive, and in a very short time 

 every bee was in the hive. I suspected what was 

 coming, so I put the cover on the hive and waited 

 for the next move. I soon heard another call from 

 the queen, but not just like the other, or first call. 

 Before I could count ten, out poured the bees in a 

 torrent. The swarm was large, and I soon had it in 

 a new hive. ] then looked through the hive whence 

 this swarm came, and found several queen-cells but 

 no queen. Two days after, the young queen hatch- 

 ed out. 



This is the second time J have heard the piping of 

 the queen just before the swarm issued. The first 

 time, the bees were in a hive where I could not ex- 

 amine the condition of the bees; but as soon as I 

 heard the call of the queen, and saw the bees rush 

 into the hive, I went to the house for help, and a 

 hive for the coming swarm. When I got back the 

 bees were out, and beginning to cluster. Whether 

 the queen always calls this way before a swarm 

 comes out, I do not know; but I have noticed many 

 times that the bees lying out always go into the hive 

 before the swarm comes out, and go in as though in 

 response to some call or signal, to fill themselves 

 with honey, I suppose. E.xcepting the times noted 

 ] have not been near enough to hear the queen, so I 

 do not know about her i)iping; but I do know that I 

 heard her call in both cases above stated. 



Bees here are in an almost starving condition. 

 Some colonies have Jess than a pound of honey. All 

 of my queens are laying, ns in springtime. I fear 1 

 shall have to feed or let them starve. I will kill 

 them, before the latter shall happen. 

 Moweaqua, 111., July 20, 1887. D. C. Avars. 



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