. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 12, 19L'l] THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. 235 HOW HUMBLE BEES COLLECT POLLEN. [8737] I enclose a sketch of a small black hnnihle bee Avhicli rather in- terested me in my garden. It was working on some cabbage blossom, gather- ing nectar and pollen; it hovered con- siderably, and whilst doing so, repeatedly brushed the pollen from its long tongue and transferred it to its corbicul?e. Then. it flew to a neighbouring gooseberry bush and clung by its mandibles to the stem, Avith its body standing out at right angles and its legs free, cleansed
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 12, 19L'l] THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. 235 HOW HUMBLE BEES COLLECT POLLEN. [8737] I enclose a sketch of a small black hnnihle bee Avhicli rather in- terested me in my garden. It was working on some cabbage blossom, gather- ing nectar and pollen; it hovered con- siderably, and whilst doing so, repeatedly brushed the pollen from its long tongue and transferred it to its corbicul?e. Then. it flew to a neighbouring gooseberry bush and clung by its mandibles to the stem, Avith its body standing out at right angles and its legs free, cleansed its body of pollen and packed it away in its baskets. It then flew straight away, probably home- wards. This, I think, must be worthy of note. Mav not our bees do the same?â r. W. , Watford. PREVENTING DISEASE. [8738] I have been a reader of your valuable paper for several years, and a successful bee-keeper, too, as you can judge by the amount of honey I have taken from my fifteen stocks in frame hives for the last two years. In 1911, I secured over half a. ton, and in 1912 about nine cwts. of honey. This year, through " Isle of Wight" disease, I have lost the whole of my stocks, and visiting the many bee-keepers in my own village I soon found that I was not alone in misfortune. I could not find a single stock alive, and in the next village a bee-keeper, who had about thirty stocks, has lost all through the same pest. The date of my visit was the last week in April. I made several other calls as I went along, and I found all in the same boat, until I came to the ajjiary of Mr. James Lee, of Fulbourne, who kindly allowed me to accompany him over his large apiary. There was no trace of disease, and all stocks looked in fine con- dition. On asking him how he, though only a few miles away from an affected district, should have escaped from the disease, he informed me what he had done and what he is still doing to keep away the pest. Mr. Lee and one assistant had j
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