. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 724 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Oct. 27, 1904. placed among the genuine flowers, the artificial flower will be visited at least often enough to show that the bees are guided by the looks, for scent there is none. Look at the bees working on a linden tree when there is a breeze from the south. The bees will approach the tree on the north side and scarcely be seen on the south side. It might be supposed that the wind blows the bees to the north side, but the same thing takes place when the breeze is too slight to produce such an efi^ect. In the fall, let
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 724 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Oct. 27, 1904. placed among the genuine flowers, the artificial flower will be visited at least often enough to show that the bees are guided by the looks, for scent there is none. Look at the bees working on a linden tree when there is a breeze from the south. The bees will approach the tree on the north side and scarcely be seen on the south side. It might be supposed that the wind blows the bees to the north side, but the same thing takes place when the breeze is too slight to produce such an efi^ect. In the fall, let honey be stored in a room having a screen door on the north and one on the south. When the wind is from the south the bees will gather at the north door, and when the wind is from the qorth they will gather at the south door, always gathering at the door whence the odor comes. The following conclusions of J. Perez, as given in the "Experimental Station Record" of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, are in point, and are worth considering ; Based upon extensive experiments and observations the author has reaffirmed his opinion expressed in 1894, that insects are not attracted to flowers by their color alone. After reviewing some recent literature regarding the attraction of insects by flowers, an account is given of observations on the attraction of various species of Bom- bus, Apis, Sphinx, etc., by plants growing under natural conditions, and of experiments carried on with flowers o-rown under conditions capable of control. As a result, it is concluded that insects are guided from a distance to masses of flowers by their perfume alone. Where flowers are grown singly, insects are attracted generally by color, and where the distance is small the odor also assists in attracting and directing the movements of the flying in- sects. In the case of apetalous flowers, the perfume alone is a directive agent. The Proper Place to Keep Honey. The time of year has come w
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