. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mr. Mont-Jovet. mon bees, mixed. The owner, an old gentleman over 71 years old, insisted on treating us to a honey preparation of his own make, a sort of metheglin. .But it was fermenting so strongly that when the cork was liberated it went like a gun shot, and the bottle emptied itself before anything could be done with the contents. Foaming cham- pagne was nothing in comparison. .^ second bottle gave the same result, and much to his regret he finally had to treat us on clear water, for we would not accept of wine. I saw there how easily people de- c
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mr. Mont-Jovet. mon bees, mixed. The owner, an old gentleman over 71 years old, insisted on treating us to a honey preparation of his own make, a sort of metheglin. .But it was fermenting so strongly that when the cork was liberated it went like a gun shot, and the bottle emptied itself before anything could be done with the contents. Foaming cham- pagne was nothing in comparison. .^ second bottle gave the same result, and much to his regret he finally had to treat us on clear water, for we would not accept of wine. I saw there how easily people de- ceive themselves when trying to make rules of accidental experiences. He had a good crop of honey, but not a single colony with more than one su- per. Upon enquiry, I found that he had only once tried to put a second super under the first. The bees had carried the honey down, probably be- cause the crop was at an end. But he had concluded from his one experi- ence that it would never do to use more than one super on a hive at a time. How many of us, who laugh at this queer idea, will make the same mistake of establishing a rule on a single exception ? Another peculiar thing I noticed here. His honey-house had no win- dow in it. So he has to leave the door open when extracting honey or manip- ulating his implements. But though we laugh at these extraordinary condi- tions, we remember that this is a coun- try of long established stone buildings, that they do not build anything tem- porarily, and that they, for that reason, hesitate a great deal before making any changes to existing conditions. The wonder should be that they prog- ress as much as they do. This old gentleman was cured of rheumatism by bee stings in 1871, or 42 years ago. He was not then ac- quainted with bee-culture, and was in- duced to practice it because of this trouble. He asserted to me that he was now better able to work than he was at 30. However, he is not entirely free of the disease, and perhaps the active
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