GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Swarm returning to the hive because the queen was clipped. Prom A. G. Luciee, Powers, Wye. 



are all beautiful examples of Nature's 

 handiwork. Who can comprehend it? 



The changes in the larvae may be seen, 

 but it is impossible to record them ade- 

 quately with the camera; and by the time 

 the engravings are reproduced on these 

 pages only a faint suggestion is given of 

 what any beekeeper may see with his own 

 eyes without the least difficulty. 



The first small illustration shows a work- 

 er larva somewhat enlarged, about two days 

 after hatching from the egg. When first 

 hatched the larva is almost as small as the 

 egg itself; but by eating constantly its 

 growth is phenomenal. 



The next two small illustrations show 

 worker larvae about four and seven daj^ 

 respectively after hatching. 



The next shows the result of the differen- 

 tiation of the various parts. It is when 

 observing this stage that one feels almost 

 like a spy on the work of creation. 



The last illustration shows a drone seven- 

 teen or eighteen days after hatching from 

 the egg — that is, twenty or twenty-one days 

 from the time the egg was laid, and there- 

 fore at least three days before the time of 

 emerging from the cell. The head has be- 

 gun to turn purple, and the color is ex- 

 tending down over the thorax and abdomen. 

 The bony frame (chitin) is beginning to 

 grow tough and strong, and the bee is rap- 

 idly approaching the time when it will 

 waken — for the first time — and finally 

 emerge from the cell weak and trembling, 

 but perfectly developed — a finished speci- 

 men. 



THE PREVENTION OF SWARMING IN HOME AND OUT-APIARIES 



A Resume of Some Plans that have been Found Successful ; Separating the 



Queen from the Brood 



BY R. F. HOLTERMANN 



With the exception of the wintering 

 problem there is, perliaps, no subject which 

 creates more general interest among bee- 

 keepers than the question of swarm preven- 

 tion. I propose to give the substance of a 

 number of plans that have been given to 

 me, altho I realize that they may have been 

 made public in one form or another before. 



I myself have had a very fair measure 

 of success in preventing swarming since 

 having plenty of drawn combs for the sur- 

 plus-honey crop ; but I have never consid- 

 ered it wise to abandon the practice of look- 

 ing thru the brood-chamber for queen-cells, 

 usually once a week, and at least every ten 

 days. Many times, it is true, I find such 



