LINING TIIE BEKS. 



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and rob the in4n$trioia$ fxMsects of the 8weit& of 

 their life."'* 



I remurkeil with some degree of pleasure, that 

 although most of tj^ are solely imder 



«hatg^ <^ «8aigh«d $grviait$» |^is«»tinet Is an 

 obsolete word ia the colony^) yet huts itta 



* Tile AmeriLuns employ several well-feflOWli roetbodv 

 to track bees to their hhrn*. One of taiost ommnmt 



though ingenious morles, is to place a piece of bee-bread on 

 a flat surface, u tile lor instance, surrounding it vvith a circle 

 i»f wet #htte )yftmt» The 1»e6, ^wkm halbk it is alwaiyi id 



nW^ht on the edge of any plane, has to travel through the 

 paint to reach the bee-bread. When, therefore, she flies off, 

 the observer esixi her tlte wMte m her hodf. 

 same operation is rej>eated at another plate, at some distance 

 from the first, and at right angles to the bee line just ascer- 

 Uunedi The t^ositiott a^th«r hive !s ^tm ^mly deti^Rtftteaj iS^ 

 it Ke« in tlie aiiL^Ic made hy the intersection of the hee lineSr 

 Another method is described in the Philosophical Tr^nsaC'^ 

 ikm iSw VhiU thB be^-hunter decoys, by a bait df httoey, 

 JSOBie of the bees into liis trap; and wlien he has secured as 

 many as lie judges will suit liis purpose, lie encloses one in a 

 tube, and, letting it fly, marks its course by a pocket compass* 

 0ep8ttilifj to some distance, he liberates another, observes its 

 course, and in this manner determines the position of the 

 hive, upon the prineiple already detailed. These methods of 

 hec-huntinj; depend upon the Insects habit • of Alwayg-fi^ng 



in a ritrht line to its home. Those who havf rvw\ Cooper's 

 tale of the I'rairie," must remember tlie character of the 



%e©4itttttfef»-;ai4d «IW «ifejif««iiistt <* h*!$ii^n-h<le to Its hive^ 



^Tttxecf AtthiMm, pp. 145, 



