The Handy Book of Bees: Being a Practical Treatise on Their Profitable ManagementW. Blackwood and Sons, 1870 - 193 sider |
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... cold and showery at the time , and was invariably found sometimes trying to find an entrance into the hive , or nestled up in a small cluster of bees near the door of the hive . Once I saw her come home and light on the flight - board ...
... cold and showery at the time , and was invariably found sometimes trying to find an entrance into the hive , or nestled up in a small cluster of bees near the door of the hive . Once I saw her come home and light on the flight - board ...
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... cold or wet , drones do not leave their hives ; and even when the weather is fair and favourable , they do not all leave their hives at the same time . As the reader is already aware that copulation takes place outdoors — it may be at ...
... cold or wet , drones do not leave their hives ; and even when the weather is fair and favourable , they do not all leave their hives at the same time . As the reader is already aware that copulation takes place outdoors — it may be at ...
Side 32
... cold from going in ; or , as our more accurate scientific friends would say , keep the heat in . The wisdom of closing their doors in cold weather during the breeding season , and the manner in which the bees do it , ever command the ...
... cold from going in ; or , as our more accurate scientific friends would say , keep the heat in . The wisdom of closing their doors in cold weather during the breeding season , and the manner in which the bees do it , ever command the ...
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... cold weather ; and when this takes place , swarming is postponed for a week or two . The weather may become more favourable , and a second time preparations be made for swarming . As the time draws near , the bees send out scouts to ...
... cold weather ; and when this takes place , swarming is postponed for a week or two . The weather may become more favourable , and a second time preparations be made for swarming . As the time draws near , the bees send out scouts to ...
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... more congruous term than one of " mutton and honey . " Clover is more uncertain in its yield of honey than most other plants , inasmuch as it is more easily affected by cold nights than they . Three years ago , 72 HANDY BOOK OF BEES .
... more congruous term than one of " mutton and honey . " Clover is more uncertain in its yield of honey than most other plants , inasmuch as it is more easily affected by cold nights than they . Three years ago , 72 HANDY BOOK OF BEES .
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