Sept. 29, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



669 



Many Species of Bees. 



Some people think that there are only 

 two or three kinds of bees — the honey- 

 bee, the bumble-bee. and possibly one 

 kind of smaller wild bee. So far is 

 this from being true that no less than 

 1,8/8 different species of wild bees have 

 been described from North America, that 

 is, including all of the country north nf 

 Panama up to the present day. 



When we come to study the habits and 

 structure of all these bees, it is possible 

 to understand why they are so nuiuer- 

 ous in kinds. The pollen of flowers has 

 to be carried principally by insects ; that 

 of one flower to other flowers of the 

 same sort, in order to brins: about the 

 fertilization and production of seed. 



Of all the insect carriers the bees are 

 the most important. They visit the flow- 

 ers for nectar and pollen, to store up 

 in nests for their young, and when so 

 doing they carry the dust-like pollen 

 from flower to flower, leaving a little of 

 that previously gathered each time they 

 alight on a blossom. Now suppose that 

 all bees visited indiscriminately every 

 sort of flower, it would continually hap- 

 pen that the pollen of one species of 

 plant would be left on the flower of 

 quite a different species, where it would 

 be altogether useless. It is desirable, 

 therefore, that each kind of bee should 

 visit one particular kind of plant, or at 

 any rate should prefer certain kinds. 

 This we find to be more or less the 

 case, and there are many bees that never 

 visit more than one sort of flower. 



The number of different kinds of flow- 

 ers are very great, and consequently it 

 is not surprising to find that there are 

 many sorts of bees. 



Described North American bees are 

 so numerous, it is practically certain 

 that we do not know half of those ex- 

 isting. An apiarist writing on this sub- 

 ject, says: 



"Indeed, it is not impossible that the 

 North American continent, with the 

 West Indies, possesses as many as .S.ooo 

 species. Thus the opportunity for the 

 student of these insects is very great. 

 He is absolutely certain to find in al- 

 most any part of the country species 

 wholly new to science during his first 

 ■season's collecting. In Colorado I am 

 sure that almost any spring and sum- 

 mer day devoted to the search would 

 yield new kinds. In New Mexico, up to 

 •date. 508 species have been found, and 

 of these I have been able to describe 

 31s as entirely new."— Rural Califor- 

 nian. 



Feeding Bacl< Extracted Honey. 



There is a sort of fascination about 

 feeding back extracted honey to have it 

 turned into comb honey. I doubt if 

 there have been very many pounds of 

 •comb honey profitably produced "right 

 from the stump," as Mr. Heddon used 

 to say, by the feeding of extracted 

 lioney. but with hot weather, black 

 ■bees, or those with a dash of black 



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 back is distinctly a separate branch of 

 apiculture, as much so as commercial 

 queen-rearing. There are many things 

 about it that can be learned only by 

 experience, but much can be learned by 

 reading the experience of others. Some 



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