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Hokitika Guardian, 29 August 1925, Page 1

1;K!•; SWARMS IN TOWN. LONDON'. July 10. The K ol a swarm of hues in .London js heiominp; more common now that townsmen tiiv losini? their old i.if--1101:1 nt dread ol lln* insects' stints and to iakinu; to hee-koepint? a- tin interestiiux si ml |>ro!i t;i I>!<* hohhv. Yesterday, with a ilot‘l* humminp;, a swarm How over a garden near tin* Crvstal Palace. swerved round and made for some trees, where they clustered. Not loan ago a swarm buzzed out from under a train in Paddington Station, to In' dispersed hy poiteis with Lroonis. and on another occasion the mistress of a London house lound a swarm invading iter bathroom, and at tacking the intruders with a “ llyswatter.” killed the 4110011 hoe. when the leaderless inserts itew olf. I!ee-keepcrs are heart-hroken when they hear of stieli eases, for a strum? swarm of from ITi.OOO to -io.OOO is valuable. ami those who understand l«s will 00 to a lot of trouble to take it. Nervous people who who lind a swarm on their premises should damn a cloth in carbolic acid and water—half and hall—and spread it under the swarm. The hoes will know they are not wanted ami will tly off. The first s war in from a hive is usually led hy the old queen, who leaves a. qualified'princess to " carry on " in the hive. The princess should emerge from her cell three days alter the old queen’s departure, and if rain delays the programme, the workers wax up the door of the cell in order to prevent civil war in the hive.