. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 296 THE BEE-lCEEt'ERS* REVIEW. water a bee will fly straighter, and with less circling, than with a load of honey. In the fall our hunters peel a piece of bark from a birch tree, and set fire to one corner of the bark. As soon as it begins to burn it will begin to curl up, and, as it curls itself up into a roll, they sprinkle pieces of wax upon it. After it is all curled up around the wax it will smol- der a long time, giving off an odor of burning wax that will float away on the wind and attract any bee that comes near. This does away with the plan of h
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 296 THE BEE-lCEEt'ERS* REVIEW. water a bee will fly straighter, and with less circling, than with a load of honey. In the fall our hunters peel a piece of bark from a birch tree, and set fire to one corner of the bark. As soon as it begins to burn it will begin to curl up, and, as it curls itself up into a roll, they sprinkle pieces of wax upon it. After it is all curled up around the wax it will smol- der a long time, giving off an odor of burning wax that will float away on the wind and attract any bee that comes near. This does away with the plan of heating stones, which is somewhat diffi- cult if the timber is all wet. The birch bark will burn even on a wet drizzly day. Such days as this are the best for hunting bees, as they do not go far from home on such days. The first few times that a bee returns from the tree to the bait, it will come to the bait from the side opposite to the tree. I think that the bee flies past its landmarks, and then drops down on the back-track for the bait. .Some of our bee-hunters use bee-hunt- ing glasses which seem to so change the color of the timber and sky as to giye a better background for watching the bees. They are not expensive, and can be bought of J. Lynn, 48 Bond St. New York City. Greknwood, Wis., Oct. 5, ood things From Other Journals, SElvECTED BY DR. A. B. M.\SON. APIS DORSATA A X^ONGKR TONOrE THAN HAS .\PIS \. Many, if not all, of the readers of the Review are interested in the importation or non-importation of . Dorsata; and this interest comes largely from the sup^ position that it has a longer tongue than other varieties of bees, and will be able to gather the honey from red clover and other honey producing flowers, that can not be reached by the bees we now have; but if further investigation shall prove that Dorsata's tongue is but little if any longer than Mellifica's, interest in her do- mestication and importation will be at an end. In an arti
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