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Show I THROUGH A WOMAN'S I EYES 1 S By JEAN NEWTON & by the Ball Syndicate. Inc.) Fooling the Bees An aplnrist in Canada is trying the experiment of shipping his bees to Australia In the fall. The Idea is to eliminate their long winter rest and mako them produce all the year round. Alter they have worked all summer In the North, and Just as they would begin to think of going to hibernate Into winter quarters, they are to find themselves in a new field of activity, where summer has Just begun. So, l'.v chasing summer M-ound the globe, their owner expects to get double duty out of his bees. Then our modern rush Is to reach even the bees. That perfect model of Industry, that most efficient and Indefatigable Inde-fatigable producer known to man Is to be made to work overtime! One wonders won-ders whether the apiarist from Canada Can-ada can get away with It! In their display of intelligence and common sense, in organization and constructive ability, the bees present an example that might well be emulated emulat-ed by humans. They have a well-organized society system, each of their three classes having a distinct purpose pur-pose in life from which they never for a moment depart. The queen has her flight and then settles down to constant increase of the population. The males, or drones, play their part in the propagation of the species, after which they are systematically massacred by the workers. work-ers. These, with a deliberateness and a singleness of purpose which would do credit to any human, fulfill their purpose of preparing the comb, rearing rear-ing the young, and producing honey, always producing, not merely what Is needed for sustenance, but a plentiful supply for the long winter season when there are no flowers to yield their nectar. A "raiuy day" never finds the bees unprepared ! When a hive has become too large for efficient management, or when a second queen is maturing, the bees do not revolt or dispute or fight or contest con-test with each other for a place. They simply gather under their chosen leader lead-er and swarm colonizing a new hive, where business goes on "as usual." Bees never "rush," never try to overdo. They are calm, deliberate, sure of themselves. One cannot imagine im-agine a bee, for instance, having the clock set ahead In order to get him out of bed on time, and insisting that In this way he could cheat himself of 6leep and not be tired. That's a human hu-man stunt, not the bee's. And so one wonders whether the trick of moving the bees to follow summer will work, whether these very superior beings can be fooled into burning the candle at both ends ! I'm Just unpractical enough to hope they Mrike. What do you say? |