. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1917 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 299 her absence, if she is removed, within a very short time. As a corollary to the study of odor among bees, Dr. Mclndoo describes the numerous odors produced by oth- er insects in hundreds of different ways. This shows that the bee is not an exception in the matter of odors, whether personal, sexual, or family odors. As to the odor-producing glands, he shows that they vary in different insects. In the honeybee he sug- gests that it may be produced in a pouch located between the fifth and sixth abdominal terga, or dorsal pla
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1917 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 299 her absence, if she is removed, within a very short time. As a corollary to the study of odor among bees, Dr. Mclndoo describes the numerous odors produced by oth- er insects in hundreds of different ways. This shows that the bee is not an exception in the matter of odors, whether personal, sexual, or family odors. As to the odor-producing glands, he shows that they vary in different insects. In the honeybee he sug- gests that it may be produced in a pouch located between the fifth and sixth abdominal terga, or dorsal plates of the abdomen. This organ was described by several writers and notably by a scientific Russian api- arist, Zoubareflf, in the November (1883) number of the Bulletin D'Api- culture, then published by our re- gretted Swiss friend, Bertrand. But Mr. Zoubareflf, who quoted NassonofT, a member of the Imperial Society of Acclimatation of Moscow, suggested an entirely different function for these glands. He thought they might have some relation with the well- known ability of the bees to throw off a portion of the excess water from the nectar which they gather. There is evidently still a great deal to learn on the anatomy of the bee. But such studies as are here men- tioned lead us towards the light. Al- though we may occasionally take a step in the wrong direction, sooner or later we are called back into the true path of nature study. Reducing the Cost of Marketing In its last issue the new magazine, "System On the Farm," had a very in- teresting article on the above subject by A. L. Brown, a very successful farmer of Washington, who explains his plans in detail. Three points emphasized by Mr. Brown may well be brought to the attention of the beekeeping public; the elimination of all waste, a careful record of costs, and direct to con- sumer marketing, aided by judicious and novel advertising. How many millions of pounds of beeswax have gone to waste through the carele
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