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AMERICAN BEE JOURMAju. 



Distance Bees May Profitably 

 Fly in Search of Honey. 



Query 844.— 1. In your opinion, what dis- 

 tance from the hive do bees usually fly in 

 search of honey ? 2. How far may they go in 

 order to produce the most and best honey ?— 

 Lucy. 



2. From % to 1 



1. One to 2 miles, 

 mile. — G. L. Tinker. 



1. From 3 to 6 miles. 2. About 3 to 

 4 miles. — James Heddon. 



1. From 2 to 3 miles. 2. From 1 to 

 2 miles. — J. P. H. Brown. 



1. From 1 to 3 miles. 2. From 1 to 

 2 miles. — W. M. Barnum. 



1. From 2 rods to 6 miles. 2. From 

 1 to 4 miles. — G. M. Doolittle. 



1. One to 2 miles. 2. Not farther 

 than I have indicated in No. 1. — Eugene 

 Secor. 



Bees usually fly until they find nectar 

 — 2% miles is a good range. — Mrs. J. N. 

 Heater. 



1. From a few rods to several miles. 

 2. It depends upon the flora, and not 

 upon the distance. — H. D. Cutting. 



1. Two or 3 miles, if they don't find it 

 nearer. 2. The further they are obliged 

 to go, the less they will get. — R. L. 

 Taylor. 



1. Perhaps half a mile, perhaps 2 

 miles, depending upon the pasturage. 

 2. Possibly not more than 2 miles. — C. 

 C. Miller. 



1. Should they not be able to find 

 honey nearer, they will go 4 miles, and 

 probably farther. 2. From % to % of a 

 mile. — J. M. Hamhaugh. 



1. Till they find it, if not too far. One 

 season my colonies gathered a large sur- 

 plus at a distance of about 2% miles. 2. 

 I don't know. — A. B. Mason. 



One and one-half miles is a fair range, 

 and perhaps as good as any for best re- 



sults ; but when honey is scarce, bees 

 will fly 3 miles in search of honey, and 

 where there is something to lead them 

 on, they have been known to go 33^ 

 miles. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



That depends upon the season, the 

 weather, and the abundance of bloom 

 near the apiary. Probably within a 

 radius of 2 mile& or less. — C. H. Dib- 



RERN. 



1. I have known them to fly 5 miles 

 or more. 2. A radius of ljfs miles or 

 so, would, I think, give the best results ; 

 but that, even, would depend upon the 

 field itself.— J. E. Pond. 



1. From a few rods to 5 miles. I 

 should prefer to have honey-plants 

 within a mile. 2. I guess a mile, more 

 or less. All answers to this will be 

 speculative. — A. J. Cook. 



1. If there is* plenty of honey to be 

 had near home, they will scarcely go 

 over 2 miles, and but few that far. 2. 

 But I have known them to go 5 miles 

 and do good work. — E. France. 



I. Their usual range does not exceed 

 1% miles. 2. The distance has nothing 

 to do with the quality of the honey, but 

 they will produce the most if the field is 

 not over % mile distant. — Dadant & 

 Son. 



Although bees may, and no doubt 

 often do, go greater distances, I think 

 that under most circumstances the 

 greater part of the honey that bees 

 store has been gathered within 1>£ 

 miles from the hive. — James A. Green. 



1. Much depends upon the pasturage. 

 Usually they do not go more than 2 

 miles, and not often that far, if there is 

 good pasturage nearer. 2. I think they 

 cannot work to advantage on pasturage 

 much more than 2 miles away. The 

 distance can make no difference in the 

 quality or the honey. — M. Mahin. 



1. This depends entirely upon loca- 

 tion. We might keep our bees in a place 

 where they would have to go 3 or 4 

 miles, but if flowers and nectar are 

 plenty, possibly a mile is as far as they 

 would go. 2. To produce the most 

 honey I think from % to % mile, as I 

 have watched my bees right over a good 

 patch of flowers within 200 yards of 

 the apiary, and go a half mile and 

 Rather honey from the same thing. As 

 to the best honey, I don't think it mat- 

 ters about distance, as honey gathered 

 ten miles away would be no better than 

 that gathered within ten steps of the 



