. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 682 October, 1907. American l^ee Journal glory vines and watch the bees for a lit- tle while, and see for ; So Nellie ran out of the house. "Oh, mother!" she cried, "the bee did fol- low the line right up from the outside to the middle of the flower, and she got some funny yellow stuff on her, ; "That was pollen," said mother; "the bee will take that home to feed the ba- ; "Well, isn't that queer?" said Nellie, and she ran back to learn some more about the bees. ? Great Big &quot


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 682 October, 1907. American l^ee Journal glory vines and watch the bees for a lit- tle while, and see for ; So Nellie ran out of the house. "Oh, mother!" she cried, "the bee did fol- low the line right up from the outside to the middle of the flower, and she got some funny yellow stuff on her, ; "That was pollen," said mother; "the bee will take that home to feed the ba- ; "Well, isn't that queer?" said Nellie, and she ran back to learn some more about the bees. ? Great Big "Bee-Cave" In the Australian Bee-Bulletin ap- pears the following item: "The biggest bee-hive in the world is in Kentucky, and is known as the"Mam- moth ; It is in reality a huge cave, the main compartment being 150 feet high, while the floor covers 10 acres in ; Wonder where our Australian con- temporary came across that item. Ev- ery school-boy knows about the Mam- moth Cave in Kentucky, but has any one ever heard of bees in it? Bee-Keeping in Bermuda The following relating to bee-keeping in Bermuda is copied from a letter sent to a friend of ours in New York State: Bee-Keeping has been tried several times here in Bermuda during the last 20 years, the last time by a Mr. Morri- son, who afterward became bee-inspec- to Sir Daniel Morris' Department in the West Indies; but all failed to make it pay, for in our damp climate the bees became sluggish and would not work. In Jamaica they have two crops called "logwood" and "mango," each of which is equivalent to our heather at home. Here in Bermuda we have a few scat- tered flowers all the year around. T. J. Harris. Public Gardens, Bermuda, Aug. 30. British Bee-Keepers' Guide-Book We have just received a copy of the new edition of "The British Bee-Keep- ers' Guide-Book," by Mr. Thos. Wm. Cowan, of London, England. It is al- most entirely re-written, and has many n


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