132 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER June, 



counts made for twenty minutes of and that the hi--^ oi .^ei r,; possibly 



every hour from 5 a. m. to 11 a. m. represent consic . ibly k - than the 



On the second hive: Counts made average degree "^ t, :. iit'.':i' figur- 



for twenty minutes of every ing indicates tha*^ the'' wivk were 



hour for five days in July, ex- equally distribute the in.'ivi I lal bee 



cepting that on two of these days would have to do very liti'e ;;i order 



the counts did not begin until 8 a. m. to make a very busy 1'. ikin^r Live. 



The next table gives the results. Cook estimates that a hiv:- iias from 



5-6 6-7 7-8 8.9 9-10 10-11 11-12 12-1 x-Z 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 



May 13 253 177 114 114 84 83 67 60 47 22 



May 20 80 32 35 28 33 41 56 81 



May 21 3 13 167 142 38 19 



Av. July 10 12 28 49 64 37 26 3G 29 30 34 14 3 



Gen. Av 7 13 98 148 93 63 57 50 .'6 42 42 34 27 28 



These figures are upon a twenty 1,500 to 40.000 workers. Assuming a 

 minute basis, the averages being hive of 20,oor, and having each work- 

 average number of bees coming in er making hve trips a day for pollen 

 with pollen per twenty minutes, gives a stea^ - stream of bees with 

 They illustrate well enough the dif- pollen entering :h- hive at the rate 

 ferences in the amount of pollen of 2.3 bees per second, for twelve 

 gathering from day to day, and from hours of the day. This would make a 

 month to month. They also show quite active looking hive, 

 that the changes in activity during Clark University, Worcester, Mass. 



the day may be different one day 



from that of another. The average 'BIOGRAPHICAL, 



shows a maximum activity near the 



middle of the forenoon, and then a t^ t^ 



gradual decline during the rest of the Four Veteran Bee-Keepers of Mass- 

 day. But on May 20th their activity achusetts. 

 reaches a second maximum in the 



evening. May 20th and 21st were ex- Arthur c. miller. 



ceptionally hot days, and this may 



account for both the early decline ^^^ EORGE W. ADAM S — What 



in activity in the morning and the f y pleasant memories are awak- 

 second increase in activity in the ened by that name. I see be- 



evening. More observations will have fore my mind's eye a fine old New 



to decide the relation between the England homestead, under great 



amount of their activity and the trees, and on all sides wide-spreading 



temperature. The average gives fields. But about all is an atmos- 



some idea of the amount of work the phere giving a subtle charm which 



individual bee does in the line of words will scarce describe. It is the 



pollen gathering, assuming that they spirit of a "home," of warm-hearted 



all do an equal amount. Upon the cordiality. The house was built 



basis of this average the probable about 1705, has been "in the family" 



total number of trips made by the ever since, and is filled with choice 



hive in a day for pollen is 2,274. heirlooms which are carefully treas- 



With 1,800 workers in the hive this ured. The history of every piece is 



gives a little over 1.3 (one and three- known, and to the interested listener, 



tenths) trin per day for each worker. Mr. Adams will relate both the his- 



If the few observations on individual tory of the piece and of the people 



bees were any indication at all of the and occurrences of the time of its 



truth this suggests that not nearly all origin. Intense patriotism in its 



of the workers assist in gathering broadest and finest sense is a charac- 



pollen. For according to their teristic of all the farhily. I recall the 



records the total activity of the hive thrill with which I listened while Mr. 



should be higher. It must be re- Adams, pointing to a quaint _ old 



membered, of course, that the degree plank door with heavy wrought-iron 



of activity varies over a wide range, hinges and latch, said, "From that 



