DISLODGED BY RADIO

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21855, 18 July 1934, Page 9

DISLODGED BY RADIO

BEES IN A HOUSE ... ■ SETTLING IN LOUD-SPEAKER It has long been known that bees "Were sensitive to sound, lience tlie .old 9 custom, perhaps more popular than scientific, of beating a- tray to induce v„ a swarm to settle. It has remained for a resident of Liverpool, New South T; Wales, to try the effect of wireless.on .-i bees. • • - i.; The experiment was an involuntary one. A swarm, probably dislodged bv heavy rain, entered the residence of Mr. George McNaught, where _ they t;. settled in the loud-speaker of a wireless set. After many efforts to dislodge the bees; Mr, McNaught, \s a last resort, turned the wirelesfc on very loud. This . :; - disturbed the swarm, and • Mr:- McNaught' and his family were compelled to abandon the house temporarily and seek refuge with a neighbour. Later, the bees were captured by an- _ other neighbour, who beat a keroseno tin to charm therp.' ;