. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April, 1913. 11' American Hee Journal ^^'^mm^rnm ^-•. An Orchard of Almond Trees- rather the unchanging quality of honey, that makes it so popular with the best confectioners.—Exchanf/e. The Bij-Vanger or Bee-Pirate of Africa. —In our September and November numbers for 11112, we made mention of the bee-eating philanthus of Europe, and of the experiments carried on by the celebrated entomologist Fabre. The South African Poultry Magazine, published in Johannesburg, in its De- cember number, contains an article by G. B. Oettel on these insects : This sea
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April, 1913. 11' American Hee Journal ^^'^mm^rnm ^-•. An Orchard of Almond Trees- rather the unchanging quality of honey, that makes it so popular with the best confectioners.—Exchanf/e. The Bij-Vanger or Bee-Pirate of Africa. —In our September and November numbers for 11112, we made mention of the bee-eating philanthus of Europe, and of the experiments carried on by the celebrated entomologist Fabre. The South African Poultry Magazine, published in Johannesburg, in its De- cember number, contains an article by G. B. Oettel on these insects : This season the dry weather has brought along the familiar yellow- bodied *<y-;'««4't/-, now more commonly known as the "; This insect haunts the watering places of bees and entrances of hives, especially those which are not provided with a fairly wide porch for shade, and seizes the bees which are unwary enough to be about at the time. Her depredations— for it is only the female of the species that commits these raids and onslaughts on the inmates of the hive—are serious, and often demoralize the whole apiary. I have seen whole colonies listless and "at home," fearful of the attacks of these horrid insects which hover, sometimes a dozen at a time, in front of the entrances, awaiting, the incom- ing heavily-laden-with-stores-bee, as she drops over-burdened upon the alighting-board, preparatory to crawl- ing inside to disgorge her supplies of nectar, or to get rid of the huge loads of pollen collected for the steadily in- creasing patches of brood which should now be filling every available space within the hive. For the town bee-keeper the only really effective way to get rid of these insects is to catch them by means of a butterfly-net. This is readily accom- plished by choosing a sunny day for the time of our operations. Half an hour spent in this way several morn- ings or afternoons will soon effect a clearance. My experience has been that t
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