. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 78. Fig. 82. Bees recognise each other by smell, therefore if placed amongst her new subjects straight away it is possible, nay, almost a certainty, that she will be killed by balling, , the workers cluster round her m a ball, either on the floor-board. Fig. 80, or on a comb, Fig. 81, in centre of white circle, until she is suffocated. Both are photographs from life. Fig. 80 was taken after the brood-chamber had been lifted off the floor-board. Not only will they suffocate her, but I find that the workers will maim the queen, as i
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 78. Fig. 82. Bees recognise each other by smell, therefore if placed amongst her new subjects straight away it is possible, nay, almost a certainty, that she will be killed by balling, , the workers cluster round her m a ball, either on the floor-board. Fig. 80, or on a comb, Fig. 81, in centre of white circle, until she is suffocated. Both are photographs from life. Fig. 80 was taken after the brood-chamber had been lifted off the floor-board. Not only will they suffocate her, but I find that the workers will maim the queen, as is seen in Fig. 82, which is the actual queen taken from the ball (Fig. 80). At the end of half an hour mutilation of the wings and legs had taken place, portions of these members having been 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 London
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