. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 318 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL August which I fastened into small frames, brushed the box full of bees and then looked for the queen. Wahah put in his hand, drew out a handful of bees and shook them into my box: "Th-j Su'tana is in," he said, "you may shui your box," "No," I said, "I must see her ; When I finally found her, I took her by the wings and said' ' Here is the Sultana," and dropped her in the box. My work was accom- plished, and I went to the train with my trophy. Eight days later I was bacK in N
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 318 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL August which I fastened into small frames, brushed the box full of bees and then looked for the queen. Wahah put in his hand, drew out a handful of bees and shook them into my box: "Th-j Su'tana is in," he said, "you may shui your box," "No," I said, "I must see her ; When I finally found her, I took her by the wings and said' ' Here is the Sultana," and dropped her in the box. My work was accom- plished, and I went to the train with my trophy. Eight days later I was bacK in Nice. Now let me tell of the experience which I had of their well-developed scent organ: I was taking honey from a small apiary, in Nice, about a mile distant from the place where I keep the Sa- harian and Tellian bees which I brought home. I was telling a friend about the new yellow bee which I brought over the Mediterranean and explained that she was the first one, in our day, which crossed that sea, though her far-away ancestors may have crossed the same sea, 2,000 or more years ago. While I was talking, a Saharian bee came and settled upon my finger smeared with honey. "There she is," said I. "A beauty," said my friend. Presently a dozen or more were about us, while not a sin- gle one of the Tellians appeared—a proof that the Saharian is endowed with more powerful olfactory organs and that she has long been accus- tomed to fly great distances for honey. Nice, of course, has nothing in common with the Sahara oases, yet, in spite of numerous gardens, and wide-spread flower cultivation, the bee readily smells the stronger odor of the honey fresh from the hive. I almost forgot to tell you that the Tellian or Algerian bees which I brought also, are due to the kindness of the amiable Mr. Bernard, of Al- giers. Since you are fond of "local color," let me tell you of a little incident on my way from Morocco, on the train, before reaching TIemcen. I me
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