. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Queries reaching this office not later than FIRST POST on MONDAY MORNING will, if possible, be answered in the " Journal " the fol- lowing Thursday. Those arriving later will be held over until the following week. Only SPECIALLY URGENT queries will be replied to by post if a STAMPED addressed envelope is enclosed. All queries must be accompanied by the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publica- tion, but as a guarantee of good faith. Corre- spondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only. WHY, WHE
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Queries reaching this office not later than FIRST POST on MONDAY MORNING will, if possible, be answered in the " Journal " the fol- lowing Thursday. Those arriving later will be held over until the following week. Only SPECIALLY URGENT queries will be replied to by post if a STAMPED addressed envelope is enclosed. All queries must be accompanied by the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publica- tion, but as a guarantee of good faith. Corre- spondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only. WHY, WHEN â â¢â¢ FANNING," DOES A BEE NOT FLY? [9056] Could you give me an explana- tion why the action of the bee's wings when fanning does not cause the bee to fly? Why should it remain stationary? When watching "fanning" bees, it makes me almost giddy with expectancy to see them rise in the air, yet there they remain, as if glued to the floor-board, with the wings apparently in full '" ; One would imagine the action of the wings in fanning would "lift " the bee into the air. There is an explanation, of course. Can you favour me?âA. Steven. Reply.âThe explanation will be found in the "Honey Bee," page 40 (control of wings) ; pages 42 and 43 (displacing centre of gravity): page 44 (filling tracheae when preparing for flight). Young bees do not fly for some days, although they can, and do, move their wings, page 45 (alter- ing specific gravity); page 54 (use of air sacs); page 86 (closing tracheae and spira- cles). From these you can gather that a bee can prevent flight at will by pre- venting air passing through the spiracles to the air sacs, can change specific gravity, and so prevent her flight. LIQUEFYING HONEY GRANULATED TN COMBS. [9057] Would you kindly tell me the best way to liquefy the honey in brood combs that has become granulated, so that it can be extracted in order to use the combs again?âC. H. Dyck. Reply.âThe
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