Jan. 5, 1905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Bees as a Nature Study. 



The issue of Dec. 1 has a call for an 

 " experience meeting " on the subject 

 of bees as a Nature study. The call 

 comes from Dr. E. F. Bigelow. Per- 

 sonally, this has been a very interest- 

 ing subject. While honey has always 

 had a special attraction for me, as I 

 know it has had for other " kids ", my 

 experiments and observations on the 

 life-history of the honey-bee have been 

 interesting, fascinating and instructive 

 in the highest degree. The Good Book 

 says: " Go to the ant and be wise ". 

 I think if the people then had known 

 as much about the honey-bee as we do, 

 it would have said : " Go to the bee 

 and learn many wonderful things ". 

 (Possibly it might also have added, 

 and " sweeten up ".) Perhaps ants also 

 include bees, as they are related. If 

 so, the above suggestion does not hold 

 good. 



The life-history of the bee will fur- 

 nish a most interesting study for scien- 

 tific students just as an observatory 



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