HIVING BEES BY ELECTRICITY.
Among the many unexpected dWelopv meats of electrical science i 3 an application in the hiriag of bees When !'tHey swarm, successfully tried by German experiA menters. It was thought that by utilising the electric force the bees might be stupefied for the necessary period of time with* out being injured, and the result proved the correctness of ' the idea.' The ;jfirit attempt was made upon bees thatMiad gathered upon trees, the insects falling upon the ground in a kind of trance, which admitted of their, being ."safely handled. The next stage' in the experiment was to capture the bees when they were about to swarm.' By introducing the ends of two connecting wires into awfullyoccupied honeycomb and turning on the current, the bees were rendered inactive or about thirty minutes, while Mo bad results appeared to follow their awaken, ing. ' - - .r.
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4473, 7 May 1883, Page 2
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146HIVING BEES BY ELECTRICITY. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4473, 7 May 1883, Page 2
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