. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^^ in the early Carboniferous. No insects ap- peared till the Devonian age, and no Hyme- noptera—bees, wasps, etc.—till after the Carboniferous. So the old-time Favosites, reared its limestone columns and helped to build islands and continents untold ages- millions upon millions of years—before any flower bloomed, or any bee sipped the pre- cious nectar. In some specimens of this hon^-stone coral, there are to be seen banks of cells, much resembling the paper cells of some of our wasps. This might be called wasp-stone coral, except that both styles we
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^^ in the early Carboniferous. No insects ap- peared till the Devonian age, and no Hyme- noptera—bees, wasps, etc.—till after the Carboniferous. So the old-time Favosites, reared its limestone columns and helped to build islands and continents untold ages- millions upon millions of years—before any flower bloomed, or any bee sipped the pre- cious nectar. In some specimens of this hon^-stone coral, there are to be seen banks of cells, much resembling the paper cells of some of our wasps. This might be called wasp-stone coral, except that both styles were wrought by the self-same *, I enclose drawings illustrating two speci- mens to be seen in our museum, one show- ing the banks or rows of cells. A. J. Cook. The engravings will give our readers. a very accurate idea of how these speci mens appear. 1^ The Rev. L. L. Langstroth writes concerning the National Convention lately held in Kew York : " That was a grand Convention. Those of the old style were of very little woi'th. Too much scheming for mere personal interests. Our National re-unions should be the grand arena for the best thoughts and words of our ablest ; We hope the next National Conven- tion, in this city, will be even more of a grand success than any that have pre- ceded it. The West has long desired to have such a Convention, and now^ it has been located in Chicago, let the attend- ance be the largest, as well as the pro- ceedings more interesting than ever. Our New York apiarists will be on hand in strong numbers, and those from the Middle and Western States will be fully represented. The Rev. L. L. Langstroth is expected, as well as the ablest living apiarists on the Continent. i^°Mr. John M. Putnam, of New Orleans, La., has sent us a flower stem and leaves of the Japan Pear, which was in profuse bloom there all through October, furnishing excellent pasturage for Please note that these images are extracted from scanned pag
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