Bees as Weather Prophets.
As forecasters of the weather bees never make a mistake. They know what the weather for the day will be without consulting the direction of the wind or markings of the barometer. If there is going to be rain they will not go to work, no matter how much the sun may shine in the morning, and if the weather is going to be fair, the thickest clouds in the morning do not keep them at home. Visit the bees in the morning, and if they are going out and coming in as
usual, it is saHP^^^^H^^^HHroo the picnic. If thc^^^^H^^HHlnoiit at their hives as if taking a day's holidayj^^^^d upon it they know there is go^T to be rain soon. Sometimes they will be seen rushing homewards as if in a hurry, but none will be noticed flying away to the fields. When this happens a hard storm is threatening, one of those snd- , den electrical storms that form and break almost without warning.
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Manawatu Herald, 22 July 1899, Page 2
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