. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. VOL. XX. CHICAGO, ILL., FEBRUAEY 20, 1884. No. 8. rubliahed every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor and Proprietor, The Honey Bird of Africa. In the Kaleidoscope of February, we notice the following concerning birds and honey in Africa : In the flower grown forests of Af- rica, there lives a curious little bird called by the natives, the honey bird— not because it gathers honey, but be- cause it is so fond of eating it. This bird is gifted with a peculiar instinct that enables it to find the nes
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. VOL. XX. CHICAGO, ILL., FEBRUAEY 20, 1884. No. 8. rubliahed every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor and Proprietor, The Honey Bird of Africa. In the Kaleidoscope of February, we notice the following concerning birds and honey in Africa : In the flower grown forests of Af- rica, there lives a curious little bird called by the natives, the honey bird— not because it gathers honey, but be- cause it is so fond of eating it. This bird is gifted with a peculiar instinct that enables it to find the nests of wild bees that are hidden in hollow trees and little caves in the rock, and many a battle it has with the enraged bees before it can enjoy the banquet of honey. When it sceiits a nest of honey it utters a peculiar cry, which the natives have learned to know; and the honey hunters (men who make a profession of hunting wild honey) find in the birds an invaluable guide to the well hidden hives. All the man has to do is to follow the cry of the honey bird, and he is sure to find a nest of clear, sweet honey. A pretty little poem written about these honey birds contains this beautiful moral: "We cannot aU make honey. But some can find it out And show the hive to others— A gracious thing, no doubt, And in the world of thieliets And brambles, if you please. One likes to know the birds Who are neighbors to the ; (^ Mr. II. Scovell, editor of the Kansas Bee-Keeper, Columbus, Kans., was married on Jan. 20 to Mrs. S. E. Murphy, of Galena, Kans. The Bee Journal extends congratulations. May the union be happy and pro- longed. ^° We can supply all new subscrib ers and renewals with the numbers from the beginning of the year, and shall do so unless otherwise ordered— presuming that it is so desired. Old & New Methods of Bee-Keeping. At the Farmers' Institute of Brown County, Kansas, held last January, }ilr. J. W. Margrave, of Hiawatha, Kans., made the following
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