PACIFIC T R K !•: AND \' I N F, 



Among the Apiarists 



How Honey Bees Fool the Bumble Bee 



The men who study insect life 

 have found the big black and yel- 

 low bumble bee is often swindled 

 of the results of his hard day 's work 

 at honey gathering, says the New 

 York Sun. The dapper little hive 

 bee knows ho"/ to play uoon his 

 weaknesses. 



The hive bee is a thorough city 

 dweller, living in a bee metropolis 

 which has its bee mechanics, 

 builders and nurses, bee boards of 

 • health that look after the ventila- 

 tion of the city, and the removal of 

 tbe garbage— bee policemen who 

 guard the hives against moths and 

 other honey thieves, with bee queen 

 to rule over all. 



The clumsy loud-buzzing bum- 

 ble bee, however, is a veritable 

 farmer and lives with a compara- 

 tively small family in his mud farm- 

 hou.se in the clover fields. He is 

 such a simple soul that the hive 

 bees look upon him as a hay.seed. 

 Several of them will meet him 

 when he is on his way home with 

 a load of honey and induce him to 

 stop and have a chat in the bee 

 latiguage. Then they pat him and 

 rub him and the bumblebee loves 

 to be tickled. Thus they work 

 upon his good nature until he act- 

 ually lets them take part of his bag 

 of sweets— all of it .sometimes. 



When he has been robbed in this 

 fashion the smart hive bees bid him 

 an affectionate goodby, acting just 

 as if they were slapping him on the 

 back and probably telling him that 

 he must come up to town and take 

 dinner with them .some day when 

 he is not busy. Whoever knew a 

 bumble bee to have a dav to him- 

 elf? 



Then the robbers go home and 

 lay their plunder away, while the 

 bumble bee sets out for his farm- 

 hou.se, congratulating himself upon 

 having such good friends, likely 

 enough, and quite convinced that 

 he is, indeed, 'a highly popular 

 fellow. 



As a valuable adjunct to the 

 apiary, the honey extractor has 

 .scarcely a peer. Every beekeeper, 

 large or small should have one. 



Be in readine.ss to take care of 

 the honey crop by having your 

 hives and fixtures ready. There is 

 but one time to apply the necessary 

 attachments to secure the best re- 

 sults, writes A. H. Duff in Farmers' 

 Advocate. 



Do not be backward about inve-;t- 

 ing in the best stock of bees and the 

 best hives, and post yourself first so 

 you will make no mistake which are 

 best. Fresh bred Italian bees and 

 the latest standard hives are what 

 you want. 



Those who are very timid about 

 stings should wear a veil when go- 

 ing about the bees. Any veiling 

 stuff will answer to make it from, 

 and common mosquito netting will 

 answer. Tuck it around the hat 

 crown with a rubber string, and let 

 it come down over the hat rim. 

 Another rubber band around the 

 waist, with holes for the arms, will 

 insure you perfect safety. 



George W. Forbis, a well known 

 farmer living near Hilldale, How- 

 ard courty. Mo., has just discovered 

 that he has been living in a house of 

 honey. Six years ago bees found 

 lodgment between the weather- 

 boards and plastering of his resi- 

 deti'-e. The other day he con- ■ 

 eluded to investigate, and on tear- 

 ing away the weatherboarding 

 found that the bees had made a solid 

 wall of honey. More than loo 

 pounds of the finest quality of honey 

 was taken out. 



If you have two colonies of bees 

 and no money to buy a bee smoker, 

 sell one colony and procure the 



smoker. It will be of more value to 

 you than the second colony, for you 

 will then get into your I ive of bees 

 and learn something. 



Honey is a valuable medicine and 

 its uses are manifold. It is excel- 

 lent in diseases of the throat and 

 lungs and has the same curative 

 properties as cod-liver oil. It is 

 often used externally for croup and 

 colds. 



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