Show DAILY D AIL Y HASKIN LETTER S BEE PR PRODUCTS DUCTS I Last Lat year a J. J bc in Phoenix Ariz Ari shipped snipped three full carloads of hone honey from an in apiary piary including g about hives Another man who ho only makes b beekeeping a side sido issue in con con- with other farm work has for several oral years ears been shipping two carloads of ot honey none from about OO hives Between Between Be Be- tween thirty and fort forty carloads of hone honey are arc shipped annually from the the- vicinity vicinity vi vi- 1 of oC Phoenix ranging in value from 1000 1609 to per car The yield from California is even larger and other states arc also producing honey in carload car load lots Such quantities as these make it easy cas for the reader to see Ice bow bo the aggregate honey production pro pro- yo- yo of ot the tho country is IB secured The value of the beeswax amounts to nearly more In addition to these two products tho bee produces a substance substance sub flUb stance known as a material material ma ma- with which they seal up the tho cracks and nd crevices of ot the hi hive vo before beginning to build cells is in great demand for applying gold leaf to picture frames and other arti articles butas but butas as yet et ct no means has been found for securing se sc curing g it in large Jarge commercial tics ties The patient industry which enables th the thc bee to amass such J large rge stores has made her the subject of scientific study stud for centuries cent Yet the tho full fun measure of ot her ber activities are not understood even evon now now- tells us that Ariste Ariste- machus machue an ancient Greek studied the thc bee for fifty eight years cars and considered the time timo well spent Sinco Since then the bee has been the subject of f study in age but the principles of tho the hive organization rand and its feminine government gay gov were only discovered by tho the Dutch savant Sw in the tho soy sov- nth c century The rhe beehive i is is the tho finest example of feminine dominion inthe iu in I the world arId Are Useful for tor Reproduction The males arc dr drones an and are only useful for reproduction They Thoy perform nono none of tho the work of the tho hive and have hae no privileges or rights in its govern govern- moot ment From them the young oung queen selects selects se se- se her male for nuptial flight and the remainder aro are of no value to tho the tribe The nuptial flight t of at tho the queen is is the most important ent in tho tile life of a abeo abee beG bee colon colony When When ti young queen is first hatched sh eh i is not fully accepted as sovereign although h she sho ho is is treated with respect t. t To qualify h herself for her hor royal mission miSSIon of reproduction she he must choose a mate for her flight out into the tho open air She flies flics as high as berWill her ber Will wings s will T bear her and then returns to tho the hiv whore nhe ho is kept a royal roval priE prisoner onor until the time comes comes for herto herto her herto to lead her tribe in swarm Tho male selected as aa 8 the tho mate in her here flight dies ns os the tho result of the tho honor bestowed cd upon him bim His brothers brother arc speedily banished from the tho hive if ir not actually killed by the worker w bec bees bec These worker bees bec are arc imperfectly developed de do- eloped females They ms may lay eggs but their C eggs will produce only drones I and therefore are arc valueless to the tribe trib-e Consequently their energies arc are expended in other channels The versatility versatility versa versa- Wit is the marvel of oC all who bo realize it The They act as trained nurses in lookin looking look look- in lag ing after arter the young larvae and in ear car lug for the queen herself clr They Ther are skilled chefs preparing several different kinds linds of or food The Thc queen is fed ferl er entirely entirely en en- tirel upon ro royal al jelly The food of or the larvae lar differs n according ordin to their kind The princess s 's larvae have havo some sonio royal jolly lolly and some other food in addition Tho The workers aro are fed llone honey pollen and anda a special kind kinc of Jl food call called d bee boo bread brea which only thc they know how to make The builder bees Does construct the cells taking the tho wax ax from tho pockets in their own abdomens The Tho chemical composition com coin position of beeswax is still a puzzle nuzzle r Its ts effect upon upon the tho human di digestion estion is isan is isan an unsettled question Its supposed indigestibility indigestibility in in- digestibility is ono one ono of the tho ar arguments ments used in favor of or the tho extracted bonny Tile The comb L honey is more moro attractive in I appearance and has man many adherents who behave that the wax ax helps rath rather r than digestion Cells Built After Attar Set Pattern The rhe bees build their cells cella after a set patt pattern ru an and yet et are arc able to adapt th shape of t their combs to the tho space at it their command ao au is pro c proved ty ly their use o of tho wooden h b ncy sections furnished furnished fur fur- them 1 hy by 3 men A few fort years 1 ago O Dr Wiley gave out the idea of artificial artificial arti arti- tidal hono honey comb as a The pub pub- lie Hc being well accustomed to to food frauds promptly pave gave it jt credence and anti I oven even within the tho last Jast three threet months r reputable writers upon domestic t e economy econ on- on omy amy have ha Wai their readers against such uch adulteration As ts a n matter 0 of fact no such fraud frau ever has bas been perpetrated 1 because e tho the ingenuity of man has not yet r been een able alle to rival riva tho skill of the bee bce For years ears the American Beekeepers Beekeepers' a association has had n a standing offer of 1000 1006 for fur a single lc artificial honey booey comb and no now attempt has over ever been made to claim it it Consequently Con CalF the housewife who vho ho buys her houey honey in the comb is absolutely certain of securing a u pure food product The ex extracted honey when bought from a u reputable dealer ia it almost 39 as dependable dependable depend depend- I able for the commercial ia I beekeeper beekeepers or organizations have bavo taken over every overy 1 I I lion tion to guard guar against adulteration I In to for the young youn preparing the food cleaning the hive and building the cells the tho ho indoor du tics tIes of oC the workers include the ventilation tion hon of the hive If lC it becomes too warm arm the young bees ees will the die So Eo a force or orce c of hees IM kent kont constantly at I work forming fan nine with thC their r wines in s. s S Sd vigorously lo do these small wind ind raisers work that thc tt sometimes produce a current of air sufficient to puff out a n alighted alighted lighted match The inside duties are arc apt to be bo performed b by tho the younger bee bce beer The Tho outdoor tasks of gathering the tho bone honey and pollen come como to the older euler workers I I Queens Queen's Duty Is to Lay Eggs rhe The solo of the queen i is to lay Jay C eggs s. s She Sho fulfills this mission with a n royal roal will often depositing from to 1000 e eggs s a 1 tiny ny thereby taxing the resources of the tho building work workers n who have ha to t the e cells reUs in which they are arc to be placed The c cells arc built in ln three distinct forms onus a adapted to the storage e of bone honey and pollen and ond the shelter of ot the young Joun bce bees Tho The cells for the royal bees or princesses arc Jar larger er than for the workers o or drones Irones and the Qu queen cm i is IB usually able to d deposit a 1 royal roal egg in the tho cell ceJ prepared for it If It for an any rea reason on there should bo bl a shortage of royal 1031 eggs a worker is transferred into a royal cell and the larva i is fed upon royal roval jelly This substance Cannot Lannot yet be be annl analyzed ed by any auy scientist It has Lai the marvelous clous I prop property of transforming a plebeian into a royal personage who will be bo accepted acCept d by her hive i The swarming of oC the tho bees becs is a subject sub sub- upon which all aU beekeepers are coo con their interest Chiefly because be be- cause of the lack of ability to control I thorn millions of dollars dollars' worth of bee beo swarms are lost to their owners each each year All AU of ot the tho wild bees of the coun country coun coui- try are lost swarms which have havo mi ml grated rated from some farmers' farmers b hives bee ee Bees I are not native o to this country They were brought horo hare by the early earh- set set- tiers The wild bees which occasionally occasional occasional- J ly yield such euch rich stores stoos of sweets to their lucky captors are all aU wanderers from from a former domesticity as ar are the wild horses of or tho the plains When Whon the larvae of th the hive bc begin in to mature the population becomes too numerous and the queen prepares to lead her followers to a new abode She is not likely to do this this' until she has bas laid the eggs to produce new queens A few fer days before these mature she he summons her hor forces forus and they go o forth leaving behind them all their stores etore of honey with a sufficient number of workers to care for lor the young YOun queen and tho the brood and also the drones rones from which h the new queen will select her mate Different means are being taken by modern to prevent pro pre vent ent distant sT swarming and consequent loss lose of bees One of these is by clipping clip clip- ping the win wings s of the queen bees beef and another b by securing artificial swarm swarm- ing lug So many experiments are bein being carried earned on by different apiarists that the best mode is as yet unsettled Lo Lo- cv caly climate and various other con cons have bae to be taken into consid consid- cration on Excitement Cau Causes ea Bees to Eat Before Defore leavin the hivo hive to swarm the bees gorge c themselves with hone honey sufficient to provide pro their n nutriment for lor several se days Boel Beek Beekeepers have learned that bees arc are not apt to etin sting soon after eating caring which is ill ono reason why they seldom stinK sting while swarming Any excitement or disturbance e in the hive makes the bees eat as they evidently evi evi- dently fear they tho ar to be driven from r m their h hive hc c This knowledge en en- shIes ables an experienced person to handle them in a manner mannor quito quite startling to the average man who is afraid of bein being be be- in ing stung John Jay of ot ind lad was recently photo photographed with a swarm of at m bees attached to his chin Ho Hois Heia s smilingly con confident dent that his bis bee whiskers will not hurt him bun A puff of smoke will usually excite the bees beM and drive them to eating Cause Conse a smoking implement is ie de deemed an essential by all beekeepers who Ule- Ule it when hen it is necessary to move the bees or make some change in their I. I hi hives cs Bees Bee also supply c ct tain remedial re 1 sources Tho The daily daify use uso of or hon honey hony in the di diet t has been claimed as AI a A. cure for obstinate ca cases cs of indigestion and sick headache A less Jess agreeable measure is is the application 0 of bee beo stings for rheumatism This heroic treatment is believed belie to have cured a number of f severe erA cases although it is not gener gener- generally ener- ener ally indorsed by tho the medical l frater rater rater- I nl ty I |