SAGACITY OF BEES. 
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CHAPTEE XXIII. 
SAGACITY OF BEES. 
ARE NOT BEES DIRECTED ALONE BY INSTINCT? 
On this subject I have but little to say, as I have 
failed to discover anything uncommonly remarkable, 
separate and distinct in one swarm, that another 
would not exhibit. I have found one swarm guided 
alone by instinct, doing just what another would un- 
der the same circumstances. 
Writers, not contented with the astonishing results 
of instinct, with their love of the marvellous, must add 
a good share of reason to their other faculties, — “ an 
adaptation of means to ends, that reason alone could 
produce.'” It is very true, without close inspection, 
and comparing the results of different swarms in sim- 
ilar cases, one might arrive at such conclusion. It is 
difficult, as all will admit, “ to tell where instinct ends, 
and reason begins.” Instances of sagacity, like the 
following, have been mentioned. “ When the weather 
is warm, and the heat inside is somewhat oppressive, a 
number of bees may be seen stationed around the en- 
trance, vibrating their wings. Those inside will turn 
their heads towards the passage, while those outside 
will turn theirs the other way. A constant agitation 
of air is thus created, thereby ventilating the hive more 
effectually.” A ll full stocks do this in hot weather. 
WIIAT THEY TO WITH PROPOLIS. 
“A snail had entered the hive and fixed itself 
against the glass side. The bees, unable to penetrate 
