VOL. XXXIV 



FEBRUARY 1, 1906 



NUMBER 3 



GLEANINGS 



^ IN BE-E CULTURE | 



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Ventilation of the Hive. 



It has been proved by careful experiments 

 that pure air is necessary not only for the 

 respiration of the mature bees, but that with- 

 out it neither the eggs can be hatched nor 

 the larvae developed. A fine netting of air- 

 veFsels covers the eggs; and the cells of the 

 larvae are sealed over with a covering which 

 is full of air-holes. In winter, bees, if kept in 

 the dark, and neither too warm nor too cold, 

 are almost dormant, and seem to require but a 

 small allowance of air; but, even under such 

 circumstances, they can not live entirely with- 

 out air; and if ihey are excited by being ex- 

 posed lo atmospheric changes, or by being 

 disturbed, a very loud humming may be heard 

 in the interior of their hives, and they need 

 quite as much air as in warm weather. 



— Langstroth. 





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