Milford News | 1939-02-09 | Page 2 | Bees will Overeat

Bees Will Overeat There's a good reason why bees do not sting while swarming. Before Be-fore leaving the hive they gorge themselves with honey. Like a human hu-man who has overeaten, they're too stuffed and sleepy to mind disturbances. disturb-ances. Bees swarm, or leave the old hive, when crowded out by bees hatched that spring. In each swarming, swarm-ing, worker bees cluster around the queen bee to protect her each time she lights. Thus, by cornering the queen, the whole hive can be captured.