TRANSFERRING. 



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TUPELO. 



shortly after the honey season tlie combs 

 are apt to be filled with honey. How shall 

 we get it out ? When the bees liave all been 

 driven out for the last time, we may cut the 

 combs in pieces and extract tlie honey from 

 them. But a better way is to stand the box 

 hive 100 yards or so from the apiary, on a 

 board, and contract the entrance so that 

 only one bee can get through at a time, as 

 explained at the close of the subject of 

 Robbing, which see. A little furore of bees 

 may start up at first ; but it soon quiets 

 down, and in a few days the bees will have 

 quietly removed all the honey from the 

 combs. No unpleasant disturbance follows 

 in the apiary, because the bees have taken 

 the honey slowly, about as they do from nat- 

 ural sources. When the liive is emptied of 

 honey the bees stop visiting it, of course, and 

 then you may cut out the combs, put them 

 in a solar wax-extractor, and consign the old 

 hive to the kindling-pile. 



TRAVEL-STAIN.— See COMU HuNey. 



TULIP-TREE.— See Whitew^ood. 



TUFIiliO, a common southern tree, and 

 a liberal producer of honey of fine quality. 

 There are four s]iecies of tupelo or gum 

 trees. The first and most common is the 



sourgum {Nyssa multiflora) , or the common 

 tupelo. This tree is very common in some 

 sections of the South, but is rapidly being 

 destroyed by the sawmills, as it is popular 

 for making orange-boxes and for similar 

 uses. Nyssa aquatica is common in Southern 

 Georgia and Western Florida, where it is 

 the standby for professional bee-keepers. 

 The honey obtained is of high quality, but 

 the copious flow is of short duration. 



Further north there is the large tupelo 

 Nyssa uni flora) growing largely in swampy 

 places from Virginia and Kentucky south- 

 ward. There is also another tupelo often 

 termed the Ogeechee lime {Nyssa capitnta) 

 confined to swamps in the extreme south. 

 Ordinary observers usually confuse all these 

 trees under the common name of " gum '' 

 tree, or tupelo, so it is with diflSculty we can 

 sift our information in regard to them. It 

 is clear, however, that all four are extra 

 honey- yielders, probably producing as much 

 as basswood. Tupelo honey has been sold 

 in the North for orange honey, but there is 

 quite a difference between the two. It is 

 somewhat unfortunate that the tupelos are 

 being ruthlessly cut down for lumber pur- 

 poses all over the South. Tupelo should not 

 be confused with Sour wood, which see. 



