. American homes and gardens. said to bedue to the fact that the bees extract it onlyfrom certain grasses. The hives are usuallyin hollow trees; sometimes in ant-bearholes or ant-hills. Gathering wild honey appears to be afavorite pursuit of the Transvaal native,and one that has some peculiar bee-hunter wear no protective cloth-ing, but appear to be so thoroughly inocu-lated with formic acid as to be immune toits effects. The favorite honey is produced by astingless bee, called the moka, of whichthere are two species. The larger of thesebuilds only in the ground and in very hardso
. American homes and gardens. said to bedue to the fact that the bees extract it onlyfrom certain grasses. The hives are usuallyin hollow trees; sometimes in ant-bearholes or ant-hills. Gathering wild honey appears to be afavorite pursuit of the Transvaal native,and one that has some peculiar bee-hunter wear no protective cloth-ing, but appear to be so thoroughly inocu-lated with formic acid as to be immune toits effects. The favorite honey is produced by astingless bee, called the moka, of whichthere are two species. The larger of thesebuilds only in the ground and in very hardsoil. The hive is found at the bottom ofa shaft having the diameter of a leadpencil, and from two to five feet honey is not stored in the comb, butin wax bags, each about as large as agood-sized thimble: these are cemented to-gether with wax, forming a cluster aboutthe size of an orange. B= 0 The Schilling Press PRINTERS Fine ArtPressWork A Specialty 137-139 E. 25th St., New York Printers of AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS. 0= E STANDING SEAMROOFIRONS
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