The Bee-Keeper's Manual; Or, Practical Hints On the Management And Complete Preservation of the Honey-Bee
The book The Bee-Keeper's Manual; Or, Practical Hints On the Management And Complete Preservation of the Honey-Bee was written by author Taylor, Henry, 1787-1869 Here you can read free online of The Bee-Keeper's Manual; Or, Practical Hints On the Management And Complete Preservation of the Honey-Bee book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Bee-Keeper's Manual; Or, Practical Hints On the Management And Complete Preservation of the Honey-Bee a good or bad book?
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For want of a more distinctive term, these sounds have obtained the name of piping. To Huber we are largely in- debted for the knowledge vre possess as regards this peculiarity in the natural history of the bee ; and his observations have since received abundant confirmation, — perhaps from no apiarian more satisfactorily than from Mr. Golding. '' The first note of piping heard,^^ says the latter, " is loAv and plaintive, and is uttered by the princess already at liberty, and I have frequently ...seen her emit it. She traverses the hive, stopping upon or near the royal cells which still contain brood_, and emits her Jong plaintive note. This, when the other young Queens are sufficiently forward (generally in about two days), is answered by them from within their cells, in a quick, short, hoarse note. After these last have been heard for about two days, the swarm may be expected to come off.'' " These sounds, therefore,^' in the words of Keys, " convey to the apiarian one cer- tain warning, that when heard, he may be assured the first or prime swarm has escaped." But uni- versal as this rule has been considered, it has not been entirely without exception ; for in a stock- hive of Dr.
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