HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 
1912 
T he noise of flushing has 
been reduced to a mini¬ 
mum in Mott’s "Silentis" 
and "Silento" Closets. 
Running water cannot be 
further silenced and still pro¬ 
duce a sanitary flush. 
In the "Silentis" and "Silento" 
Closets, the bowls and seats are 
extra large. They represent the 
highest type of quiet action 
closets. 
QJIET- 
ACTION 
CLOSETS 
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upon request. 
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The J. L. Mott Iron Works 
1828 EIGHTY-FOUR TEARS SUPREMACY 1912 
Fifth Avenue and Seventeenth St., New York 
WORKS AT TRENTON. N. J. 
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swarm is sure to abscond, as their scouts 
have gone in every direction to locate a 
new home which is often found in the 
heart of some great oak or gum tree, or 
even under the weatherboards of a house 
the entrance to which is convenient 
through a knot hole in the boards. On 
more than one occasion I have removed 
swarms from just such places. 
A swarm of bees will seldom show any 
resentment even under rough handling, 
and can be hived even by the amateur, as 
a newly emerged swarm for some reason 
or other seldom shows a disposition to 
sting. 
Swarming has frequently been called 
nature’s method of increase, but in view 
of all the known facts, this can be hardly 
the case, as the natural swarms about 
equal the winter losses; the real reason is 
found in the crowded condition of the hive 
and swarming is the natural and only 
method the bees have for relief. 
When hived the new swarm seems per¬ 
fectly satisfied with its new home whether 
it be a modern hive or only an old nail 
keg with a couple of cross bars nailed in 
it, and at once the building of combs com¬ 
mences and honey is stored for the com¬ 
ing winter, a season the bees seem to keep 
constantly in view and which after all is 
the impetus to their labors. 
As the season draws to its close, prepa¬ 
rations are made with unerring accuracy 
for their long winter’s sleep. Lids are 
glued down, the cluster becomes more 
and more compact, the queen ceases to lay, 
until there is little or no brood in the hive, 
just one compact mass of bees, the tem¬ 
perature of the center being about 98 de¬ 
grees, even with an outside temperature 
of some degrees below zero. 
As the winter advances, the colony hi¬ 
bernates or goes into a state of semi¬ 
sleep, the bees on the outside of the clus¬ 
ter slowly but surely working their way 
into the center of the cluster, the ones 
forced out gradually working their way 
back again, and thus through the long 
winter this constant movement goes on in 
equalizing the heat of the hive. 
Occasionally on mild days, even in the 
dead of winter, bees will fly a short dis¬ 
tance from the hive for a cleansing flight 
only to return for several weeks’ more 
sleep, and should the snow fall and even 
completely cover their homes it is a wel¬ 
come visitor, as its fleecy mantle acts as a 
blanket to conserve the heat of the hive. 
With the coming of early spring and 
the blooming of the crimson maples, the 
colony seems to awaken into new life and 
large quantities of pollen are gathered 
from this prolific source, as well as from 
the pussy willows. 
The first real nectar the bees gather in 
any quantity is from the early fruit bloom, 
and as most of this is consumed by the 
colony in rearing bees for the clovers that 
constitute the first real harvest, the bee¬ 
keeper seldom if ever secures any sur¬ 
plus from this source. 
Now the colony is a teeming mass of 
activity, storing honey and pollen, rearing 
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