1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



427 



Questiojp'Box. 



In tlie multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety. — Prov. 11-14. 



DiKlancc Bees Go for Forage, 

 from Clioiee. 



ftnery 55.— Suppose pasturage is unlim- 

 ited in all dlreciions. about what distance will 

 bees KG for loraRe ? In other words, how far 

 will bees go from choice?— Wis. 



H. D. Cutting— I don't know. 



A. V. Brown — From 1 to 2 miles. 



G. M. Doolittle— From 1 to 6 miles. 



J. M. Hambauph— I really don't know. 



Rev. M. Mahio— From 1 to 2 miles, I 

 think. 



Mr.-i. L. Harrison— I should think 

 about 2 miles. 



Eugene Secor — Not more than half a 

 mile. (This is theory.) 



Dr. C. C. Miller— I don't know. May 

 be half a mile to a mile. 



Prof. A. J. Cook— I think they will go 

 very liitle distance, unless required to 

 do so. 



E. France— Very few go over I mile ; 

 if pasturage is scarce they will go 6 

 miles. 



Dr. .1. P. H. Brown— They will go 3 

 and 4 miles, but 2 miles are as far as 

 they usually go. 



W. (}. Larrabee — I never saw such a 

 state of affairs, but it I had I don't think 

 I would be able to answer the question. 



J. A. Green — At a guess, I should say 

 that not many would go over a mile if 

 they could find an abundance nearer 

 home. 



G. W. Demaree — Not further than one 

 mile by natural inclination, but they will 

 follow up bee-pasture for several miles, 

 sometimes. 



Chas. Dadant & Son— Not to exceed 

 IJ^ miles. They prefer a level trip, and 

 will go farther where the land Is un- 

 broken and even. 



Jas. A. Stone Bees will go no 



farther than they are compelled to. 1 

 think they only go to a distance because 

 they tind the nearer territory overworkt. 



Dr. A. H. Mason — I don't know " how 

 far bees will go from choice," but I know 

 they will go 3 miles, profitably ; but 

 where '"pasturage is unlimited" their 

 " choice" might be to stay near home. 



Emerson T. Abbott — I do not know. 

 They generally go " from choice " let the 

 distance be long or short. If you do not 

 believe it, you just try once to make 

 them go where they do not choose to go. 



P. H. Elwood— I don't know, but I 

 do not believe they fly a distance simply 

 for the sake of exercise. With abundant 

 nectar of suitable consistency I believe 

 they would mostly alight within }A mile 

 from the hive. 



R L. Taylor — It depends upon the 

 lay of the land, and whether the bloom 

 opens successively so as to lead the bees 

 on. Ordinarily they go only far enough 

 to And good pasturage — i. e , flowers not 

 much visited by other bees. 



J. E. Pond — This is a somewhat diffi- 

 cult question to answer, but from my 

 own observation and reading, I should 

 judge, under the circumstances stated, 

 that bees will go less than one mile. I 



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