AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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A Very Remarkable Insect. 



Our cut ivpreseuts a Uirge specimen of 

 the "walking leaf" insect of India. The 

 coloz- of the insect is like a fresh green leaf, 

 which favors the 

 deception so that 

 it is almost impos- 

 sible to see it 

 among the jungle 

 foliage unless it 

 moves. It has six 

 legs, each resem- 

 'l)ling two small 

 leaves, and the 

 veins throughout 

 appear of a paler 

 tint, in exact imi- 

 tation of a lime 

 leaf. The insect 

 is a rare and con- 

 spicuous species 

 of the Phasmidae 

 family, and its 

 remarkable for- 

 mation is sure to 

 interest the general reader as well as the 

 naturalist. 



WALKING LEAF INSECT. 



Hicks, the Missouri storm prophet, 

 in Word and Works, says: "Tell our 

 passengers in plain English just what 

 you know on the subject. The very 

 minute we begin to write what we do 

 not know, the world itself would not 

 contain the books we might write." This 

 will apply to bee-literature as well as 

 other matters. So says an exchange. 



Mr. C. A. Hatcli, President of 

 the Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 writes thus to the Secretary, Dr. J. W. 

 Vance, concerning the honey exhibit of 

 that State at the World's Fair : 



I think 300 feet ample room. Ten by 

 30 feet will hold quite a lot of honey 

 and beeswax. According to present in- 

 dications this is all that will be allowed 

 State exhibits. Hives, fixtures and bees 

 will be shown by the department as a 

 whole, which, I think, is a wise arrange- 

 ment, as there is so little difference in 

 bees that individual exhibits would be 

 out of the place. 



Whether we are to make our show as 

 a society in connection with Wisconsin's 

 State show, or as a part of the regular 

 bee and honey department show has not 

 yet been determined. All arrangements 

 for the separate department for bees and 



honey are, as yet, only provisional. We 

 lioi)e that all will soon be arranged on a 

 satisfactory and p(>rmaiient basis. Dr. 

 Mason is pushing things along as fa«t as 

 he can, I am sure, and probably before 

 the honey harvest begins, things will be 

 brought into proper sliape. 



Yes ; everything is done that can be 

 to hasten arrangements — but large bodies 

 move slow. 



Chemical Bulletin No. 13, 



Part 6, just issued from the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, is one 

 of the series of bulletins reporting upon 

 investigations relative to the adultera- 

 tion of foods, drugs and liquors. For 

 these investigations Congress provides a 

 special appropriation to be expended 

 under the direction of the Secretary of 

 Agricultirre. The part which has just 

 appeared treats of the adulteration of 

 sugar, molasses and syrup, confections, 

 and honey and beeswax. It departs 

 somewhat from the plan followed in the 

 parts previously issued in devoting less 

 space to the methods of detecting adul- 

 terants, and in giving greater attention 

 to the extent to which adulteration is 

 practiced. We will give it further com- 

 ment next week. 



R.. C. Aiken, in the Review, says 

 that not one-tenth of the alfalfa fields 

 are given a chance to yield honey. It is 

 cut for hay before full bloom, and it is 

 only fields left for seed, or scattering 

 plants, that yield the honey. 



L,ouis "Werner's apiary was de- 

 stroyed by a bursting-cloud in Madison 

 County, Ills., last Winter. He lost 100 

 colonies of bees, and now has 1,000 

 combs to melt up. With buildings, etc., 

 destroyed, his loss is not less than $700. 

 As might be reasonably expected, he is 

 now suffering with sciatic rheumatism, 

 after having waded in the water all 

 night to try to save his property. We 

 sympathize with our brother in his sad 

 affliction. 



