Gleanings in bee culture . A GLIMPSE OF OUR FLORIDA DASHEEXS. As the above picture was taken, as nearly as Ican make out, some time about the tirst of Juh,the dasheens are very much larger just now, The picture gives you a little glimpse of some ofthe Florida pine trees and other vegetation thatgrow on our five acres.—A. I. Root. 614 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Sprig of pine covered with vegetable honey-dew. The leaves that glisten are fairly varnished over withthe sweet secretion. bees to work on, and black is consequentlyforeign to them, while, on the other hand,there are plenty of yell
Gleanings in bee culture . A GLIMPSE OF OUR FLORIDA DASHEEXS. As the above picture was taken, as nearly as Ican make out, some time about the tirst of Juh,the dasheens are very much larger just now, The picture gives you a little glimpse of some ofthe Florida pine trees and other vegetation thatgrow on our five acres.—A. I. Root. 614 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Sprig of pine covered with vegetable honey-dew. The leaves that glisten are fairly varnished over withthe sweet secretion. bees to work on, and black is consequentlyforeign to them, while, on the other hand,there are plenty of yellow and white flowersthat they are constantly working on, hencetheir frenzy to sting the former color. 1 no-tice you mention the interior of the hive isblack; but I think you will alter your opin-ion when I tell you I was locked in a darkroom for 18 months with an eye trouble, afew years ago, and the only light in theroom was admitted through an aperture notmore than Vs of an inch in diameter, andI can assure you that, after a week, I coulddiscern every article in the room, and findmy way about; therefore I say the hive isnot totally dark or , S. Africa. HONEY-DEW ON PINE BY J. C. BALL [The above letter was sent to Prof. H. , Economic Zoologist of the Depart-ment of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pa., whosereply follows.—Ed.] I have rec
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