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which makes bone, muscle etc.Sec'y.) 

 Therefore, honey and meat cannot be 

 compared as an article of diet. * * * 

 Honey can supply heat and support en- 

 erjiy, l)Ut it cannot nourish tissues (bone, 

 muscle etc.), containing,' nitroi^en, with- 

 out the help of some other kintls of nour- 

 ishment, as, for instance, eggs, beans, 

 lean meat, milk and bread. 



It is very properly said that honey is 

 one of the most easily digested foods of 

 any class. * * * a soldier must have 

 something to eat on the march, some- 

 thing concentrated and quickly assimil- 

 able, while he is not nourished by sugar 

 alone, yet sugar or honey furnishes a con- 

 densed emergency ration of the greatest 

 value." 



Much that Prof. Wiley said on this 

 subject would be of value in an address 

 to the teachers and larger scholars in our 

 schools, both public and private, and I 

 feel sure would not be profitless if given 

 to the students and professors of our 

 higher schools, colleges, etc. 



In referring to Root's A B C of Bee- 

 Culture, the last edition, which is just 

 published, I find much of interest in this 

 line under the title of "Honey as Food," 

 and to consult it would be a help in pre- 

 paring the right things to say in an ad- 

 dress. 



BEES MOVING EGGS. 



By the Southland Queen for November 

 I see that the South Texas Bee-Keepers' 

 .\ssociation was "convinced" by E. J. 

 .•Vtchley "that bees do not move and re- 

 deposit eggs," for he has proven by his 

 "experiments for two years that bees do 

 not redejxjsit eggs, nor can they do so;" 

 but farther along in the report he says, 

 "I have tried moving eggs into queen 

 cells * * and in only a :rry few instan- 

 ces did the eggs hatch;" so after all it is 

 not a .settled fact that eggs will not hatch 

 after Vjeing moved andredeposited. 



Several years ago one colony of our 

 bees c/td move and redeposit several eggs 

 and they hatched, and from one of the 

 redeposited eggs they raised a good 

 queen. Perhaps it would have been dif- 

 ferent if the colony had been in Texas, 

 or under the care of some careless scien- 

 tist, but it is a settled fact that in this "lo- 



cality" L-ees (fo move and redeposit eggs 

 that hatch and produce bees, and the eggs 

 don't have to stand squarely, or true, on 

 end either, as Mr. Atchley says they do, 

 to do this. 



GOOD PAPERS AT THE PHILADELPHIA 

 CONVENTION. 

 Editor Root in Gleanings for Dec. ist 

 says: — 



The American Bee Journal is getting 

 out a good report of the Philadelphia 

 convention. The paper of Prof. Wiley, 

 Ignited States chemist, is especially valu- 

 able. 



It seems to me that all the papers read 

 at that convention were unusually excel- 

 lent. I have noticed that several of them 

 have been copied by agricultural papers; 

 Rev. Abbott's being more often used than 

 any of the others. I was very much, and 

 very agreeably, surprised at the unusual 

 excellence of, and good sound sense in, 

 the papers of the "amateur" bee-keepers 

 of Philadelphia. If I dared "let the cat 

 out of the bag" I would say that in mak- 

 ing up the program I put Messrs. Selser, 

 Flower, and Hahman of Philadelphia 

 down for papers more for the sake of 

 courtesy to the Philadelphia bee-keepers 

 than because I expected they would "fill 

 the bill;" and now to be obliged to feel 

 and say that their productions were 

 among the most interesting and instruc- 

 tive makes me feel ashamed of myself 

 for doubting their ability to do cu/v thing 

 well, and in first class style, that they 

 attempt. Now, this isn't "taffy;" and I 

 believe that those present at the conven- 

 tion will agree with me in what I have 

 said about the Philadelphia bee-keepers 

 and their contributions to the interest of 

 the convention; and I believe that hun- 

 dreds of bee-keepers who do not take 

 the .American Bee Journal would feel 

 well repaid if they would send to editor 

 York for the numbers containing the re- 

 port of the convention. • I presume, al- 

 though I don't know, that the small sum 

 of twenty five or thirty cents would pay 

 for them. Try it and see. 



FREEZING DESTROYS MOTH'S EGGS. 



Gleanings says: — 



.\11 empty combs not in the hives 

 should be put in moth-proof boxes, hives, 

 or rooms, where the temperature is liable 

 to go down to freezing or lower. Combs 

 after a good freeze, and kept away from 

 further visitations of moths, will be safe 

 until wanted again. 



