. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Jan. 15, 1920. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 25. Obituary Notice. We regret to. announce the death of Mr, J. Smallwood at the Cottage Hospital, Hendon. Mr. Smallwood had an opera- tion several weeks ago, and though it was successful and he appeared to be going on all right for a time, he was unable to gain strength, and passed peacefully away on Wednesday, January 7. We hope to give further particulars of Mr. Smallwood's career in our next issue. Larvae of Dragon Fly. One of our readers is anxious to secure some larvfe of the dragon fly, prefer
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Jan. 15, 1920. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 25. Obituary Notice. We regret to. announce the death of Mr, J. Smallwood at the Cottage Hospital, Hendon. Mr. Smallwood had an opera- tion several weeks ago, and though it was successful and he appeared to be going on all right for a time, he was unable to gain strength, and passed peacefully away on Wednesday, January 7. We hope to give further particulars of Mr. Smallwood's career in our next issue. Larvae of Dragon Fly. One of our readers is anxious to secure some larvfe of the dragon fly, preferably from Wales, where he is told they are very beautiful. No particular variety is men* tioned. We shall be pleased to hear from anyone Mio can supply some. A Dorset Yarn. The last flower in the old and the first in the new year on which bees were seen on our farm was the Christmas rose. Very pretty they look just now, and close to the hives, so whenever the weather is warm for an hour the bees have only to fly over the wall and revel in the wealth of pollen that is to be found in these white blossoms. These are like the large flowers in St. John's wort, producing an abund- ance of male organs. Nature seems to be very lavish of pollen organs in some units of the floral kingdom; this is one of them. Bees seem to know the flowers that have these polliniferous parts. I presume this is why they like all single flowers in pre- ference to double ones. All young scholars know that double flowers have the male, or pollen, parts of these perfect flowers converted into extra petals; most botanists consider the double flowers only monstrosi- ties, the single the only perfect ones. Bees are rarely seen in summer on double roses, but on the beautiful single varieties in great numbers. So with the Christ- mas rose (which does not belong to the rose family at all), a large single flower, with abundance of pollen, is one that bees visit in great numbers. These plants will always be dear, as t
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