. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. FEEDING. So3 the hollow prepared for it. The bees will soon become aware of the fact that food is within their reach, and poking their tongues through the zinc and muslin, they will draw what supplies they need. As no air can get through the syrup, the liquid will run only as fast as it is imbibed by the bees, unless, through sun-heat, the bottle, should become so warmed as to cause the air inside to expand, and thrust out the food faster than it can be Fig. 67,—Cheshire's Feeding Stage. It is easy to avoid this danger by properly
. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. FEEDING. So3 the hollow prepared for it. The bees will soon become aware of the fact that food is within their reach, and poking their tongues through the zinc and muslin, they will draw what supplies they need. As no air can get through the syrup, the liquid will run only as fast as it is imbibed by the bees, unless, through sun-heat, the bottle, should become so warmed as to cause the air inside to expand, and thrust out the food faster than it can be Fig. 67,—Cheshire's Feeding Stage. It is easy to avoid this danger by properly covering the bottle. Another, and still more important, reason for protecting it is to prevent any bees from another hive getting at it; for should they do so, robbing is very likely to ensue, stolen sweets having a most demoralising effect on bees, as well as on human beings; and this trouble once started, it is difficult to stop it before all the weak stocks have been plun- dered and destroyed by their stronger neighbours. In order to regulate precisely the quantity of food it may be desirable to give to a stock, Mr. Cheshire. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harris, William Hetherington, 1835-. London, The Religious tract society
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