. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 43 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER March A few day's later, however, the chip was doubled in size, and there were two or three bees busy about it The bees were in reality building a wall across that entrance, building of wax and pro- an act is extremely common, and that polls, mostly of propolis (bee-glue). I have been carelessly ignorant of it, In the course of a week the wall was reason ? For it is well nigh beyond had not bored a good clean hole. our belief that an instinct can lie latent over a score or more of generations. In offering the incident wh
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 43 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER March A few day's later, however, the chip was doubled in size, and there were two or three bees busy about it The bees were in reality building a wall across that entrance, building of wax and pro- an act is extremely common, and that polls, mostly of propolis (bee-glue). I have been carelessly ignorant of it, In the course of a week the wall was reason ? For it is well nigh beyond had not bored a good clean hole. our belief that an instinct can lie latent over a score or more of generations. In offering the incident which I am about to describe, I am inclined to pre- fix an apology. It may be that such. No. 1- THE WALL BEGUN. since I kept bees twenty years before I saw the first instance. A year later I saw the act repeated, and I can get bees to repeat it by bringing about the right conditions. A few bees wei'e placed in a box five by five by nine inches, with a hole a little over one inch in diameter at one end. The weather was somewhat cool and the conditions unfavorable for the No. 4.—THE WALL TORN DOWN. completed, and all the opening except a space large enongh for two bees to pass in was closed. The wall was not smooth and flat but more like paper which has been wet and dried rough. It was of uneven thickness, as could be seen by holding it to the light. The wall persisted till well along into sum- mer, though at times it was partly re- moved only to be rebuilt soon. When. 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 Falconer, N. Y. : W. T. Falconer Manfg. Co.
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