. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 58 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL February may be irritated by the sudden cur- rent of air or by the cold which ex- poses her brood to danger. Here is a fact which proves that bees are not directed by the tint so much as by the glare of colored ob- jectSJ lor the glare may be similar when, to our eye, the colors are dis- similar. I had an apiary in Tunis, where, from May till November, under a blazing sun, the sky remains relent- lessly blue, and where the houses are exceedingly white, being every year bleached with lime. Several of my hives were separated from
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 58 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL February may be irritated by the sudden cur- rent of air or by the cold which ex- poses her brood to danger. Here is a fact which proves that bees are not directed by the tint so much as by the glare of colored ob- jectSJ lor the glare may be similar when, to our eye, the colors are dis- similar. I had an apiary in Tunis, where, from May till November, under a blazing sun, the sky remains relent- lessly blue, and where the houses are exceedingly white, being every year bleached with lime. Several of my hives were separated from the watering spot by a long building, a shed whitewashed with lime. Two vears successively I no- ticed, especially at the time of active brood-rearing, March and April, that the workers, in their numerous trips to the water, often failed to go around or fly over the shed; at the exit of their hives they would fly to- wards the water, at ordinary height, and would strike violently against the white wall; many not being able to rise again, but dying on the spot. Others perished in a similar way upon their return home from the water. Evidently they were deceived by the similar glare, and made no dis- tinction between the white wall and the blue sky, a distinction which is easy to the human eye. The number of bees which died in this way was so great that I finally removed the apiary from this spot, although in other respects the spot was satisfactory. (This is very interesting. Many people have noticed what this writer mentions—as to the indifference of the bees to the uncovering of their brood-combs, if it is done without jar. They will even fly to the field, from this opening, as if it were the usual way of exit. But let a quick motion be made over this opening by the apiarist, and perhaps dozens of bees will fly at him to punish him for his daring.—Editor.) Shipment of Pound Package Bees to the Kootenays in 1918 B W. J. Sheppard THE importation of bees in pound packages fro
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