OUR FRIENDS, THE BEES 
No one scolds or finds 
fault, and the children 
are never forced to 
work. Ji they are im- 
provident and starvation 
comes, they all suffer 
alike, and, we do believe, 
without a single bit of 
hard feeling or censure 
toward any one. They 
all work together, just 
as your right hand as- 
sists your left, and if we 
would understand the 
economy of the beehive, 
it were well to bear this 
point in mind. 
Shortly following the 
impulse for pollen - col- 
lecting comes that for 
honey-gathering, and the 
bee is probably in its 
prime as a worker when 
a month old. At this 
age it can, like a man of 
40. tucn its hand’ to 
almost any domestic du- 
ties; but if the hive is 
well supplied with work- 
ers of all ages, it now 
probably does most ef- 
fective service in the 
field. 
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CHARLES MONDENG AND HIS SON NORMAN DEMONSTRATING 
ADEL BEES AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR 
Norman Mondeng is only 11 years old, yet he handles bees 
BEFORE SWARMING, BEES 
SEND OUT SCOUTS 
Where a colony gets without fear. 
excessively strong, the 
inmates of the hive, by 
a sort of preconcerted 
mutual agreement, divide 
themselves off into two parties, one re- 
maining in the old hive and the other 
starting out to seek their fortunes else- 
where. 
We have carefully watched this pro- 
ceeding with a view of determining how 
the matter comes about ; that is, whether 
it is because a part of the bees become 
dissatisfied with their old home and seek 
to better their condition, or because the 
queen leaves, for some reason of her 
own (because she has not room to lay 
His entire clothing was a bathing suit. 
deng and his son were awarded the first prize for bee demonstra- 
tion—first prize on golden Italian bees and first prize on leather- 
colored Italian bees. 
Culture,” by A. IL and E. R. Root. 
Mr. Mon- 
Photo from “A B C and X YZ of Bee 
her eggs, for instance), and the bees 
simply follow from a sort of natural 
instinct, since she is the mother of the 
colony and an absolute necessity to their 
prosperity. After seeing a number of 
swarms issue, and finding that the queen 
was among the last to leave the hive, we 
concluded that the bees take the lead, 
and that the queen simply followed as 
a matter of course in the general melee. 
Suppose, however, that the queen 
should not take a notion to join the new 
