Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1892 — Bees. [ARTICLE]

Bees.

There is a question in the minds of most beekeepers whether or not the acts of the bee are governed by instinct or reason. On this subject some take the position that the acts of the bees are governed by intelligent thought. To prove this they cite the fact that bees gather honey only in climates subject to winter weather. If our bees are taken to Australia,' where the summ’ers are perennial, they learn in a few years to store up no honey, gathering it only as they need it for sustaining life. The only way the Australian can get honey is to import queens from cold countries every few years, they not having learned that the storing up of honey is unnecessary.