Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1898 — How Bees Ventilate Their Homes. [ARTICLE]

How Bees Ventilate Their Homes.

The buzzing sound that bees make in their hives, and which can be often heard by those standing outside, is not produced for the sake of the music. It is to expel the bad air; and a row or tile of them may often be found near the entrance, engaged in that healthgiving operation. Meanwhile, there is another company standing just outside, “fluttering” the fresh air in. All this time, the little messengers between hive ami flower go, come and go, nnd brush past the ventilating corps, with their little loads of honey. As high as twenty bees may be engaged nt once In this praiseworthy process of giving fresh air to their homes. When they get tired, their place is taken by others, and the good work of aeration still goes on.