1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURR 



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[Mosquito hawks are a well-known enemy 

 to bees in some parts of the South; but I 

 never knew a case before where they ap- 

 peared to be as destructive as in the case 

 above mentioned. Perhaps some of our 

 correspondents in the South can tell what 

 friend S. had better do. 



It is not an unusual circumstance for bees 

 to ball their own queen, especially just after 



the hive has been opened. WV/jy they at- 

 tack her it is impossible to state. All we 

 know is that a sudden fury or frenzy of 

 some sort after the disturbance seizes the 

 bees, when they will make for the queen, 

 killing her. If the hive is closed up, and 

 lefi^ alone, the queen will sometimes be found 

 afterward all right, doing full service; at 

 other times she will be killed. — Ed.] 



G. B. LEWIS, THE VETERAN BEE-SUPPLY MANtTFACTURRR, WHOSE DEATH OCCURRED 

 JUNE 11th, 1903. — SEE EDITORIAL. 



