. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June 20, 1907 American Hee Journal fragrance, and wliero tlic boes do not come. On the morrow, sometimes the day after, the bees have discovered the sugar and have recognized it as a use- ful material. Nibbling at tlio morsels with their fcehlc little mamlibles, they realize that this process is not prac- tical for gathering the sugar. Thcv go for water to dissolve the sugar and then ])unip out the sugared water. The preceding suffices, I think, to raise doubts as to whether we owe the colors of tlowcrs to the bees, as Sir .Tohn Lubbock said. Then whv
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June 20, 1907 American Hee Journal fragrance, and wliero tlic boes do not come. On the morrow, sometimes the day after, the bees have discovered the sugar and have recognized it as a use- ful material. Nibbling at tlio morsels with their fcehlc little mamlibles, they realize that this process is not prac- tical for gathering the sugar. Thcv go for water to dissolve the sugar and then ])unip out the sugared water. The preceding suffices, I think, to raise doubts as to whether we owe the colors of tlowcrs to the bees, as Sir .Tohn Lubbock said. Then whv are dowers colored? Whv X'5 not inquire to what mysterious adapta- tion we owe the color of th(' rocks, of precious stones, or of sunbeams? This, evidently, is neither a reply nor an ob- jection. Hut tlie partisans of the Sprengel theory have this to answer: Why are mushrooms rich of hue? Many who are convinced of the iloral ailapta- tion to inse<'ts say that the edible mushrooms are colored like the poison- ous varieties so as to prevent being gathered. As well might we say that the poisonous varieties assume the col- ors of the edible kinds so that they may be sought!-—Times-Democrat. i^ ,. ^»^^.» jj^V ^ ... Report of the Chicago-Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Association, held in Chicago, Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 5 and 6, 1906 (Contitiued from pa^e 521 ) Introducing Queens. "How do you introduce queens?" Mr. Taylor—I seldom introduce a queen except in the spring. If I want to change a queen, or the colony is queenless, I open the hive and observe the conduct of the bees, and you can tell, if they have a peculiar way of act- ing, running together, perhaps running towards your hand a little, with their wings lifted and a slight shaking mo- tion, you can turn your queen right in. They are all right. Sometimes, if I am in doubt, I will put a queen-ex- cluder on the top, let a few bees come up, let the queen loose and decide then. I hardly ev
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