Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1908 — Bees Can Hear. [ARTICLE]

Bees Can Hear.

Bees can hear. In sparsely settled countries, where farmers have very few hives of bees and are not in it for the money, they have very primitive methods of catching bees when they swarm, or, in other words, when the young bees start to find a home ofthelr own. Sometimes these bees get away and go for miles and are not caught. But neighbors are on the watch during this season and most are caught. How? By throwing leaves, small sticks, etc., to arrest their flight, because they will Immediately fly around anything in their way and these bring them to the ground. Now,, sometime? these swarms are so high In the air that they cannot be reached by throwing, so farmers get old pans, kettles, etc., and make as large a racket as possible, and the bees are attracted by the sounds and immediately light neur them. Now. what better proof is needed that bees can hear?—Letter In Cleveland Plain Dealer.