. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 627. THOMAS 0. NEWMAN, Editor. —^ (munCEmrr Mnill. Oct. 5,1881. No. 40. October comes across the hill- Like some liKht ghost she is so still, TtiouKh her sweet cheeks are rosy ; And throuffh the floating thistle down Her trailing, brier-tangled gown Gleams like a crimson posy. The goldenrod fades in the sun ; The spider's gauzy veil is spun Athwart the drooping sedges : The nuts drop softly Irom their burrs. No bird song the sdence stirs, A blight IS on the hedges. Rtr. Tbonias \V. Co\raa departed for borne last Saturday, aft
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 627. THOMAS 0. NEWMAN, Editor. —^ (munCEmrr Mnill. Oct. 5,1881. No. 40. October comes across the hill- Like some liKht ghost she is so still, TtiouKh her sweet cheeks are rosy ; And throuffh the floating thistle down Her trailing, brier-tangled gown Gleams like a crimson posy. The goldenrod fades in the sun ; The spider's gauzy veil is spun Athwart the drooping sedges : The nuts drop softly Irom their burrs. No bird song the sdence stirs, A blight IS on the hedges. Rtr. Tbonias \V. Co\raa departed for borne last Saturday, after visiting Washing- ton, D. C. Mr. Ivar S. Young gave the Bee Jocr- NAL a call last week. He is now with Prof. Cook. From there he goes to visit Mr. A. I. Root at Medina, O. He is a thoroughly practical apiarist, and is sent here by the Government (we understand) to gather in- foriuatiou that may be made ot practical use in Norway. He is genial, and speaks the English language fluently. He is a gentleman and a scholar. '' Id it the Old or Youug Bees," asks a correspondent, "which leave the hive at fiwarming time ?" Age has nothing to do with It. Those whose wings are' ragged with age, mingle with those which are young and downy. The drones, too, go with ihe crowd to the new home selected before hand by the scouts. Extracted Honey Is Darker during a drouth, and a correspondent asks us to ex- plain why this is so. We hardly thi|)k that the linden or white clover honey is darkened In color by a drouth, but being short, the bees may gather honey from some other bloom, and thus mix it. The red clover heads may be retarded In growth, and the bees may gather from that source, and thus darken the color. Alsiko clover honey is of an amber color, and when compared to basswood is very much daiker. In many places during the past season the basswood yield was exceedingly short. "Mella" is the name ot anew beverage just " invented " in England. Th
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