. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Jan. 31, 1907 American Bee Journal in? on grapes. I'm ready to give mine as far as it goes. Some years bees work thickly on my grapes; other years scarcely at all. even when they have nothing else to do. Ihe grapes, when first punctured, appear just as Mr. Kennedy says, " just as if one had stuck the point of a knife-blade in the side of each grape,'" only there is an enlargement of the cut at each end. Further than this, deponent sayethnot. Is not Mr. Kennedy in error in deciding that bumble-bees were of different kinds because of different
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Jan. 31, 1907 American Bee Journal in? on grapes. I'm ready to give mine as far as it goes. Some years bees work thickly on my grapes; other years scarcely at all. even when they have nothing else to do. Ihe grapes, when first punctured, appear just as Mr. Kennedy says, " just as if one had stuck the point of a knife-blade in the side of each grape,'" only there is an enlargement of the cut at each end. Further than this, deponent sayethnot. Is not Mr. Kennedy in error in deciding that bumble-bees were of different kinds because of different sizes? If I am not mistaken I have seen in the same nest bumble-bees of different sizes. *^- C Miller. Dr. Miller is over-cautious about drawing conclusions from his meager facts. One fact is that there are times when bees suck the juice of the grapes, and another that there are times when they do not do so, although a dearth may be in existence at the time. That inclines to the belief that some other agency must open the way for the bees. The incision made in the grape was like that made by the point of a knife thrust in, with an enlargement at each end. Is it likely a bee would make a cut of that kind? It could not make it at a single blow, but a bird could. With an open mouth a bird striking the grape would make a hole with its pointed upper bill and another with its lower bill, and then closing its bill it would make the knife-cut between the two enlarged openings. But why not see the bird actually at work! Some one has said it is done very early in the morning. But why not watch early in the morning? Certainly here is a chance for further investigation. go forward in its work for the good of all its members, and for the benefit of bee-keeping in general, and not waste any time on those who would sow discord among the member- ship. If any member thinks he has a grievance, let him submit it to the Board of Directors for adjustment. If any member knows that any officer, edi-
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