Friday, Dec 01, 2006 at 22:12
Here is the report (from ABC News Online):
Busy bees make keeper confident of rain
An
Alice Springs apiarist says he is predicting big rains for central Australia within the next two months because of some unusual behaviour by his bees.
Keith Brooke says the bees have put breeding on hold and have started storing food.
He says the bees are also using wax to seal their hives as they did before previous floods in
Alice Springs.
"They actually get the little wax flakes and mix it up with the propolis and use it as corking or sealing compound around the cracks in the hive and up in the ventilators," he said.
"They are supposed to have four ventilators in them but they block them up with propolis.
"It's very reminisce of late '99 to '88-'87, quite heavy, substantial rain.
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