WINTEKING. 



501 



ZINC. 



torpor we cut down the consumption of 

 stores. 



BEES FLYING OUT ON CHILLY OR COLD DAYS 



AND APPARENTLY DYING ON THE 



GROUND. 



In this connection there are a few other 

 interesting facts that are worth recording 

 here. In early winter or early spring, bees 

 will very often fly out on a bright day, 

 whether it is very warm or not. They alight 

 on the ground or some object, become chill- 

 ed, and apparently die. Cases are on record 

 Avliere bees have flown out, alighted on the 

 ground, become stiff and cold, and were ap- 

 parently dead. There was one instance in 

 particular of this kind where tlious;uids of 

 bees had flown out and lay on the ground 

 apparently never to return. A cold rain set 

 in and then it began to freeze, followed by 

 some snow. This freezing weather lasted 

 for a couple of days. This was followed by 

 warm sunshine, when, wonderful to relate, 

 those dead (V) bees c;mie to life, took wing, 

 and flew back to their hives. Other authen- 

 tic reports, showing something similar to 

 this have been sent in. It seems almost im- 



believable, but the facts are, that bees can 

 fly out, alight in the snow, chill through, and 

 seem to be dead. If the snow is not too 

 deep it melts away so that the bodies of the 

 bees can become warmed up, when they will 

 often revive; they always revive, if it is 

 M'arm enough, and they have not been chill- 

 ed too long. 



Bee keepers have written in at many dif- 

 ferent times, fearing that their bees had 

 flown out in late fall, and, becoming chilled 

 on the ground, were utterly lost; but, when 

 a warm day comes on a little later, these 

 bees, if it has not been too cold, will return 

 to their hives. 



Old Dame Nature seems to liave made 

 some wonderful provisions to preserve bee- 

 life. We are therefore constrained to be- 

 lieve that bees can stand, under some condi- 

 tions, chilling cold for some days without 

 killing them. 



WOMEN AS BEE-KEEPERS. See Bee- 

 keeping FOR Women. 



WIRING FRAMES. 



DATION. 



See Comb Foun- 



X Y Z. 



XITLOCOF A This is the scientific name 

 of the genus to which the carpenter bees be- 

 long. Of course they do not gather honey, 

 but we frequently receive large bees from 

 readers which they suppose are some giant 

 form of our own honey-bees. The largest 

 and finest- looking bees in the world belong 

 to the genus Xylocopa. There are possibly 

 10,000 species of bees in the world, of which 



only eight are regarded as Apis. The latter, 

 though small and humble-looking, occupies 

 the top of the class on account of its higher 

 development. 



YELLOW SWEET CLOVER. See Clo- 

 ver, sub-head Sweet Clover. 



ZIKTC, Perforated. 

 Extracted Honey. 



See Drones and 



