IN FIELD AND HIVE WITH THE BUSY HONEYBEE 



ALERT GUARDS POUNCE UPON A HAPLESS STRANGER 



Although the bumblebee is much larger and stronger than the attacking honeybees, the fero- 

 cious fighting workers make quicl<: work of the casual visitor with their stings. Each colony has a 

 distinctive odor, so that sentinels even recognize and pounce on invading honeybees from other hives. 



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THE AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS OF A BEEHIVE HUMS AT ITS DOOR 

 The idea of an air-cooled home is not new. A corps of firmly anchored fanners make their 

 wings vibrate on a sill, thus causing circulation and keeping the temperature even witfiin. Ihis process 

 also draws moisture from the newly gathered nectar, which is evaporated to the consistency ot honey. 



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