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The Bee Dances--
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Dr. M. H. Pirenne, of Aberdeen
University, wanted to find out ex-
actly what the bee sees, so he took
a picture of a scene as i't ie actu-
ally Beell through the bee's eye.
The subject was a window about
five feet away from the eye. Though
the erosa aashes are quite visible,
the picture as a whole is inferior to
that seen through a normal human
eye, and shows that the bee is ex-
tremely short sighted. Experiments
have shown that objects which can
be seen by human beings at 50 feet
can only be distinguished by a bee
at a range of not more than three
feet.
The explanation is that the bee
has no proper lens or retina such
tie we have. Instead, it has thou-
sands of tiny lenses arranged in a
group, The pattern of light and
Shade conveyed to the bee's brain
is made up according to the light
intensity affecting each tiny lens.
Thus, there must be thousands of
separate points to give a picture.
This explains why the eyes of in-
sects are s0 large,
With its keen sense of smell,
however, the bee has no need of
(dear and far-reaching visition. The
odor of plants and flowers gives it
amazingly precise information
-which it communicates to other
bees in the hive by means of spe-
cial movements on the vertical sur -
dace of the honey -comb.
Recognizing the Pollen
These movements have been
minutely studied by the Austrian
scientist, Prof. Karl von Frisch.
He distinguished between two types
of "dance" (as he calls the' move-
ments) — the circling and the
wagging.
In the wagging dance, a bee rums
a, certain distance in a straight line,
wagging its abdomen swiftly from
side to aide, and then makes a turn.
This excites other bees. Some fol-
low the dancer, imitating the move-
ments, and go out in search of the
toed which the dance indicates.
TThey know exactly what kind of
food to seek from the odor of the
nectar, or pollen, some of Wibice
sticks to the body of the bee,
The vigor with which the dance
is performed is determined by the
ease with wlhich the nectar can be
obtained. When the supply of nec-
tar in a certain kind of Rower be-
gins to give out, the bees visiting it
Slow down or stop their dance.
Each Hive Has Its Own Odor
Von Frisch came to the conclu-
sion that the type of dance per-
darmed by bees indicated the dist-
ance from the feeding place, In
actual experiments, he found that
'fie frequency of turns gave a good
indication of the distance. When the
feeding place was 1,000 yards away
Ise bee made about 10 short turns
during its dance in 15 seconds, Tee
indicate a distance of some two
miles, it made only three long ones
In rhe sante time.
He also discovered that searching
bees are helped to find the right
place by the scent glands of the
bees who have been there before
them. At the feeding place, the first
beets sent out into the air a certain
odor peculiar to each hive.
This odor also serves as a kind
or passport for the bees returning
home. All bees having a foreign
odor are attacked by those on watch
at the entrance.
Another amazing conclusion of
the professor is that the bee travels
in a direction related to the position
of the sun. One 'caught far from
the hive and libeated after a few
minutes will fly straight back. But
if it is kept in a dark box for an
hour, it will go astray because it
continues to fly at the same angle
io the sun's direction as when it
was caught. In other words, a "bee-
line" is worked out by this busy lit-
tle insect in much the saline way as
a ship's navigator Write his course
by "fixft"
Bright Beginning—here's how
to race through entrance exams
in high fashion. Miss Coed, '49,
is attired in a rich rttsset tweed
coat dress that features stand' -
tip collar and huge flap pockets,
The remainder of her wardrobe
is carried in a "starter set" of
beige and alligator luggage.
k A SlYBITC't IC
boat what sport enjoys the most
widespread popularity throughout
the world, we are not prepared to
say offhand, and it is too much of
an effort to dive into the dope and
check up at the moment. Still, after
looking over an account of the
preparations being made for next
year's World Cup soccer tourna•
merle, we would say that "fitba"
must be right up there with the
contenders.
* * *
There are no less than 55 COM -
tries affiliated to the Federation
International de Football Associa-
tions, and of these—in spite of cold
wars, hot revolutions and other
upset conditions -32 are entering
the tourney, and preparing to send
send teams into the competition.
* * *
The Union of Soviets Socialists
Republics—Russia for short -swill
be the outstanding absentees, as
England, Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland are entered. Since
1946, the Russians have joined three
international governing bodies of
sport—aoocer being one of these.
But their failure to enter for the
World Cup affair caused little aur-
priae, as the finals will be staged in
South America, and it seems that
Mr. Stalin prefers to have his ath-
letes perform closer to home, where
they would be assured of all the
comforts of life.
* * *
This will be the first time Ise
World Cup has been competed for
by more than 30 countries since
it was first put up, back in 1930,
by Jules Rinfret, The British had
nothing to do with the first three
tourneys, having seceded over IQtd
vexed question of "broken time"--
that
ime'=that is, paying amateurs for the
time they must be away from work
and wages while taking part. Since
the war, however, the British have
agreed to "reasonable payments" to
amateurs and have entered the four
already -mentioned teams,
* * *
The groups in the four zones for
the 1950 eompetition work out like
this:
Zone A
(Croup 1—,Austrla, Turkey, Syria.
Group 2 --France, Yugoslavia,
Ia'nael.
Group 3—Belgium, Switzerland,
Luxembourg,
Group 4—Sweden, Finland, Eke.
Group 5—Spain, Portugal.
Group 6—England, Scotland,
Wales, Noathern Ireland,
Zone B
Group 7—Argentina, Chile', Bo-
livia.
Group 8—Uruguay, Peru, Ecua-
dor.
Zone C
Group 9—U.S.A., Ceba, Mexico.
Zone D
Group 10—Burma, India, Philip-
pines.
* * *
This prelihninary stage of the
tournament must be completed by
April 15, 1950. The victors, plus
Italy, then proceed to Rio de
Janeiro where the competition
proper is scheduled from June 28
to July 16. Four of the 16 teams
assembled at Rio will then be
"seeded" and placed one in each
section. The remaining 12 teams
are ballotted into the four sections
and each team plays against each
other to find a section champion.
* a *
Elaborate arrangements have
been made for the staging of the
tournament at Rio de Janeiro, The
Brazilians have, undertaken to sup-
ply free air transport for all com-
peting nations and to house and
entertain them. This will set the
Brazilians back something like
four hundred thousand dollars, but
it will be store than recovered
from the attendance proceeds of 18
days' fanatic soccer, bfost of the
higher -priced tickets have already
been sold, even long before it is
known which nations will arrive in
Brazil. . ^
*
The 1950 tournament is the sec-
ond time the World Cup, finals
hbvd'heen'playetl irl:South America,
where, incidentally, the Olympic
Games have yet to be' held, ' The
first time was for the inaugural
series in 1930 when Uruguay was
the host nation and also the win-
ner. In 1934, when the tournament
took place in. Italy, the host nation
was again successful. The third
series was promoted by France in
1938 and Italy retained the trophy,
Should the trophy again be won by
the Italians, they will keep it in
perpetuity, because it goes outright
to the country that wins three times
irrespective of whether they are in
succession or not,
* * *
Which should be enough about
soccer for the present—except this:
Just welly Canada's name should not
appear on the list we are not in a
position to say. But we are sure of
one thing, the reason cannot be fear
of making a poor showing, No mat-
ter how weak a soccer team we
sent, it couldn't do worse than our
representatives in international
tennis, track and field, and several
other sports we might mention.
Maybe it's just that the soccer
"badgers" aren't as fond of travel
—at somebody else's expense --a.
those who hang around sonic o'
the other pastimes,
05Yer Out!"—umpire John Stevens signals a vigorous out as
Yankee second baseman Jerry Coleman tries to make it two
by firing to first base. Vern Stephens of the Boston Red- Sox
is forced out at second base in the second inning of an import-
ant Red Sox -Yank game at Yankee Stadium. The runner was
forced on a grounder by Bobby Doerr, who beat the throw
to first.
"So you're thinking about re-
modelling your hen house. Well,
you're probably hoping to do one
of two things, either keep upwith
the Joneses in ,appearance, or com-
pete with them in earning power."
* * *
That's the rather striking first
paragraph of an article I ran across
an a farm paper published out in
Iowa, and having borrowed that
much from Howard Bayles, a col-
lege poultry specialist, I think I'll
pass along to you some of his ideas
on the subject. (The article, by
'the way, is headed "Cold Hens
Don't Lay — And Neither Do
Crowded Birds).
5 * *
Appearances — such as a paint
job or gene roof line — can wait.
But a better house to boost the
earning power of your flock cannot
wait — unless you like to give
money away.
* *
Many laying houses are as old
and outmoded as a Model T car,
They don't protect the flock from
heat in summer, or cold in winter,
• * *
Such houses are wet and un-
sanitary — perfect for diseases
and parasites. .Some are too
small to house flocks in comfort,
* *
They are responsible for more
low production than almost any
other one thing, But many of them
can be fixed up to do a better job.
* * tr
Suppose your house is too snhalf,
Enlarging it by making it wider
may be the cheapest and beat way
to get more room. Wide houses
are better, anyway.
* *0.. *
It's easy to widen a shed -roof
house. But gable -room (two way) ,
buildings can be widened, too—if j
they're tall enough. You can safely I
go as wide as 30 feet if the house
is to be insulated.
* * *
Another common fault with old
houses is the lack of temperature
control. The hest layers will siurnp
if house temperatures drop 'way
down in cold weather. Insulation's
the only answer.
5 * 5
Sorry to say, many jobs of in-
sulation are not well done, For in-
stance, it's a waste of time to build
a double wall with just a layer,of
paper between.
•
* 5 *
Three times a9 valuable is a
board wall on the outside of the
etude, another on the inside, Then
make use of the space between by
petting in a dry fill of ground nobs,
°hopped straw or other insulating
material. -
* * * •
But fill insulation cafe for tight
walla. And board walls seldom are
tight enough,
* * *
5o, tea absolutely essential 4
line the inside of the outer wan
with wind -proof paper --sed resin
or building paper is beat,
* * *
You can do it by tucking strips
of the paper between She studs and
tacking it temporarily to the (utter
wa11, The fill later will hold k in
place.
* * *
The inside wall must be vapor -
proof, too, Again, a board wall
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alone won't be tight enough to
keep-- vapor from dampening the
fill and causing it to decay.
* * *
So, before nailing on the inner
wails, tack a layer of vayor-proof
paper against the studs. This, when
covered with the board wall, will
protect your Insulation fill.
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