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A LUCKY MOVE. "Yes! It was a lucky move whenl employed the New Zealand Express Company to move my furniture. The greatest care was taken throughout, and ■ nothing was scratched or broken. Only skilled men and commodious vehicles could have accomplished the work so well and so quickly. New Zealand Express Company, Limited. Offices in all chief towns. —6 That bees which discover an exceptional source of honey tell the news to others of the same hive by performing a rapid dance lasting from 30 to CO seconds is revealed in a paper by Dr. Karl von Frisch, a German professor of zoology, quoted in a recent issue of ''Nature" (.London). By using a glassfronted observation hive ana marking the bees with combinations of coloured spots, Professor "Frisch, found that a bee just returned from an exceptional source of supply passed on the news in the manner described. The dance might be repeated in one-or more places in the "hive, and it was observed that the surrounding insects stroked the abdomen of the dancing bee with their antennae. Afterwards the bees emerge from - the • hive and search for the source of the honey;