. The animals and man; an elementary textbook of zoology and human physiology. Zoology; Physiology. 430 THE ANIMALS AND MAN it is desired to observe the bees at work within, the wooden sides are swung open; the glass still encloses the busy community, but affords an opportunity to see the actual performance of such interesting duties as wax- making, comb-building, food-storing, egg-laying, nursing, etc. An obser- vation hive may be ob- tained from a dealer in beehives or be made out of an ordinary hive by any carpenter or ingeni- ous boy. It should be set up in the spring. It can be kept in th
. The animals and man; an elementary textbook of zoology and human physiology. Zoology; Physiology. 430 THE ANIMALS AND MAN it is desired to observe the bees at work within, the wooden sides are swung open; the glass still encloses the busy community, but affords an opportunity to see the actual performance of such interesting duties as wax- making, comb-building, food-storing, egg-laying, nursing, etc. An obser- vation hive may be ob- tained from a dealer in beehives or be made out of an ordinary hive by any carpenter or ingeni- ous boy. It should be set up in the spring. It can be kept in the schoolyard, or even better, in the schoolroom itself. Substitute for a pane of glass in a window a thin wooden pane in which is cut a narrow horizontal opening, the size of the regular hive opening. If the latter is too broad it may be covered over ^^^8 at the ends. Set the ob- â ,ââ u-,,â â <.âuiâ Fig. 218. Nest of bumble-bee, Bom- servation hive on a table , , . â ^ _r bus sp., showing opening at surface or box against the window of the ground and brood-cells in SO that its opening COrre- cavity underneath. (Adapted from sponds with that in the ^cCook.) window. Or better, place it about six or eight inches from the window and build an enclosed broad shallow tunnel, covered above with glass, connecting the two openings. Over the glass top of the tunnel lay a sheet of dark card-. 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 Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937; McCracken, Mary Isabel. New York, H. Holt and Company
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