. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. An Observation Hive. The photograph from which the picture herewith is a re- production, was sent us lately by Mr. Wm. F. Ware, of Cum- berland Co., N. J., who said this about it: "It is a photosraph of an observatory hive I have had in iny sittitig-rooin window. I kept it there until the hive be- came too full of bees, and the Queen commenced laying in the sections above. By the way. she was hatcht. fertilized, and laid her first eggs in this hive. If any one wishes to learn the habits of bees, let him or her have a hive like ; From th
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. An Observation Hive. The photograph from which the picture herewith is a re- production, was sent us lately by Mr. Wm. F. Ware, of Cum- berland Co., N. J., who said this about it: "It is a photosraph of an observatory hive I have had in iny sittitig-rooin window. I kept it there until the hive be- came too full of bees, and the Queen commenced laying in the sections above. By the way. she was hatcht. fertilized, and laid her first eggs in this hive. If any one wishes to learn the habits of bees, let him or her have a hive like ; From the illustration here given, any one with a few tools and the exercise of a little ingenuity, can make an observation. hive that will answer every purpose. Having it placed as Mr. Ware had it, it would afford an endless amount of bee infor- mation and amusement. Especially will it prove of much in- terest to visiting friends and neighbors, and children having access to such a miniature "show " would become greatly In- terested in studying the habits and work of the busy bee. The Honey-Flow of 1897—Queens Fighting. BY G. W. DEJIAREE. The past three years—1894, 1895 and 1896—were fail- ures in apiary work. 1894 gave us the disgusting flow of "honey-dew;" 1895, a small quantity of acldulizfd honey from the red clovers, and the little sickly white clover that had escaped the summer drouth. I can't be blamed for won- dering what those wonderful scientific " upper " and " nether " head-glands were doing that they neglected to "niaf,c" good honey out of this sour nectari 1896 was a year of abundance of rain, but the clovers had disappeared, and there was no honey excepting some fall honey. But 1896 re-instated the white clover in all its glory, and after the cold, wet spring (1897) had killed 75 per I cent, of all our bees in northern Kentucky, we had six weeks of the finest and most lavis-h honey-flow in my experience of 30 years.
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