Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1913 — NERVES KILL IDLE BEES [ARTICLE]

NERVES KILL IDLE BEES

Their Death During the Long Winter Months Caused by Repression of Their Energy. Baltimore, Md. —It Is acute nervous prostration that kills off the busy little bee. The discovery has just been made by bee scientists, who have long puzzled over the problem as to why the little workers die in such numbers during the winter. How the disease works on the honey gatherers was described recently by Prof. E ,T. Phillips in a talk before the Maryland State Beekeeper’s association. After a hard summer, working ten hours a day gathering honey, the bee goes intc winter quarters for a vacation. All that time he has to suppress his temperament and smother his energy. Then is when the troubles come, according to Professor Phillips.