Show protection for bees necessary exercising to generate heat does not improve wings of workers every time a bee bea flaps its wings it Is just one more flap nearer bee heaven tor for bees cannot replace or repair workout tissues like oth other r animals B A slocum of the new york state college of 0 agriculture explained recently winter protection Is necessary tor for bees because the only way they can keep warm la Is to form a cluster in the hive and the bees on the inside of the cluster flap their wings just as people would wave their arms to generate heat when the temperature falls below 57 degrees heat must be generated lie he says heat wears weara out bees the bees in the cluster ot fit so tightly that those on the outside act as an insulator the hairs on their bodies intertwine ter twine and incorporate tiny air particles which increase their insulating value the generator gene gen raton craton ot of heat wears I 1 out the be bees es so that they soon become old and if an excessive amount of heat beat la Is needed the colony may die before spring at least the bees will be ba old and die more rapidly than they are replaced with young bees making a condition which beekeepers bee keepers have called spring dwindling it Is difficult to get such colonies in shape strong enough tor for the honey flow packing boxes useful the remedy mr slocum suggests la is to protect the hives with packing cases and to provide windbreaks many types of packing cases and various insulating mater materials lils are satisfactory detailed instructions how to pack bees to 1 given in the tree free farmers bulletin a I 1 1012 0 1 2 a available vai i abi e at t the h e office of p publications 1 c a tion s n at t t the he N new e v york state college of agriculture |