. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 338 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. Oct. 25, 1917. Fruit trees, Melaleuca and Leptosper- mum. 3. Bees do not visit flowers of blue or blue shades any more than they visit other colours. 4. If plants carry greenish flowers and they also carry abundant pollen or secrete nectar (Hedera (Ivy), Melianthus, Aralia Sieboldti), the bees visit them in great profusion. 5. If plants carry yellow flowers with similar attributes, the bees will congre- gate in great numbers (Acacia (pollen only), Capeweed, and Dandelion). 6. If plants have blue or bluish flowe
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 338 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. Oct. 25, 1917. Fruit trees, Melaleuca and Leptosper- mum. 3. Bees do not visit flowers of blue or blue shades any more than they visit other colours. 4. If plants carry greenish flowers and they also carry abundant pollen or secrete nectar (Hedera (Ivy), Melianthus, Aralia Sieboldti), the bees visit them in great profusion. 5. If plants carry yellow flowers with similar attributes, the bees will congre- gate in great numbers (Acacia (pollen only), Capeweed, and Dandelion). 6. If plants have blue or bluish flowers with pollen or nectar attributes, the bees will visit them freely (Scotch Thistle, Lucerne). 7. No matter how bright-hued the flowers are, nor how large and numerous they are, if they neither carry pollen nor secrete nectar the visits of bees are exceedingly rare (Camellia). 8. If nectar or pollen flowers are plen- tiful, and the flowers are variously coloured, and at the same time grouped together, the bees visit colours evenly, and do not discriminate (to the extent of numbers) on one colour more than another (Sweet Pea, Iceland Poppy, Zinnia, Aster (blues here), and Phlox). 9. While the colour of flowers may be of some indicatory use to the bees, they totally ignore the indicators, if both pollen and nectar be absent; conse- quently, colour in flowers is only a secondary guide, the fragrance comes first, and for this year I will say that bees do not visit blue flowers any more than they do other colours; and that colours of flowers are not of primary importance to bees; but, where the nectar or the pollen are, there are the bees.—From Home and Garden Beautiful (Australia).. STANDARDISATION OF BEE HIVES. [9558] I have read much of the corre- spondence which has been appearing in the British Bee Journal recently, and find it very interesting. There is not the slightest doubt about the necessity for a standard hive, but which hive? What is the matter with the hive i
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