. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. ;e |)ee-j\eepeps' |Ae\?ie6). A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tl^e Interests of Hoiqey Producers. $L00 A YFAR. W. Z, HDTCHiNSON, Editor and Praprletor, VOL. Xil. FLINT. MICHIGAN, MAY 10, 1899, NO 5 HONEY DEW. \ Scieniilic Explanation of its Source. R. M' HN article on honey dew appeared in the American Bee Jonrnal, of the I 2th of January, from the pen of Prof. Cook, in which he quotes an extract from the British Bee Journal wherein it is said: "Honey dew isa saccharine sub- stance or sweet juice, which, at times, and under certain atmospheric c
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. ;e |)ee-j\eepeps' |Ae\?ie6). A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tl^e Interests of Hoiqey Producers. $L00 A YFAR. W. Z, HDTCHiNSON, Editor and Praprletor, VOL. Xil. FLINT. MICHIGAN, MAY 10, 1899, NO 5 HONEY DEW. \ Scieniilic Explanation of its Source. R. M' HN article on honey dew appeared in the American Bee Jonrnal, of the I 2th of January, from the pen of Prof. Cook, in which he quotes an extract from the British Bee Journal wherein it is said: "Honey dew isa saccharine sub- stance or sweet juice, which, at times, and under certain atmospheric conditions, exudes from the leaves of trees and ; The Prof, is not a believer in this theory of the source of honey dew. He admits, however, that, "the cultured editor is a recognized authority on all such subjects," and expresses the belief that Mr. Cowan never saw this article, else he would not allow such an erron- eous statement to appear in his Journal. I was interested in the Professor's ar- ticle; because I always believed honey dew to be what it is allej^ed to oe in the paragraph quoted—a sweet exudation from the leaves of trees and plants; and, because, if honey dew be what Prof. Cook says it is, "a secretion of plant-lice, scab- insects ; (I omit the techanical terms ) then the nectar ( ? ) thus produced has something revolting in its associations. If the Prof, had given us a convincing reason of the faith that is in him, or, better still, a scientific explanation of how this ambrosial secretion is produced, I might still retain the respect I have had for a good article of honey dew; but he has done neither done one nor the other. The Professor has given what may appear to him to be satisfactory reasons (two of them) for the conclusion he has arrived at. After careful examination, for years, he .says he has always found "plant-lice, scab-insects, or else larva; of insects, often working in scores where honey dew was present;&q
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