. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1918 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 93 Cereals to Sugar (cane) Maple Sugar to Honey to The Mineral Salts In order to obtain the mineral ele- ments necessary for normal life pro- cesses, the animal must receive a varied diet, for many foods are actually deficient in mineral matter. The mineral content of some com- mon foods is given in Table IV. Table IV—Mineral Content of Foods and Feeds Per cent Corn Starch Sugar None Wheat Wheat Flour Rice Hulls (96% is silica) Oil Meals to Alfalfa
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1918 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 93 Cereals to Sugar (cane) Maple Sugar to Honey to The Mineral Salts In order to obtain the mineral ele- ments necessary for normal life pro- cesses, the animal must receive a varied diet, for many foods are actually deficient in mineral matter. The mineral content of some com- mon foods is given in Table IV. Table IV—Mineral Content of Foods and Feeds Per cent Corn Starch Sugar None Wheat Wheat Flour Rice Hulls (96% is silica) Oil Meals to Alfalfa Hay Honey Vitamines or Accessory Food Sub- stances In the last few years it has been found that certain food mixtures which contain sufficient quantities of protein, fat, carbohydrate and mineral matter, will not permit an animal to grow well unless certain chemical compounds are present. The nature of these substances is still unknown, but it has been found that such foods as butter fat. egg fat, milk, vegetables, fruits and certain grains contain these mysterious sub- stances in relatively large amounts. The Food of the Honeybee In general, there are two types of food utilized by the honeybee, honey and pollen. Honey is manu- factured by the bee from floral nec- tar and honeydew, the former being the more important from the com- mercial standpoint. The amount of nectar produced by the single flow- ers is very small and has led to much speculation regarding the num- ber of flowers necessary to produce one pound of honey. The evidence would indicate that to flowers are required for this purpose. Some of the older scientists studied the amount of honey carried by a single bee and concluded that a bee would have to make ,000 trips to produce a pound of honey. Mr. Dadant has called my attention to the fact that this figure is much too high. He is of the opinion that a bee does not require more than 25,000 trips to accomplish this result, and this
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