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THE AMIilRICAN BEE-KEEPER 



June 



Phacelia nectar contains but 55 per 

 cent of water, which is a very con- 

 densed form of nectar. Of other 

 plants the nectar contains as high as 

 75 per cent of water. Phaceha honey 

 is said to be of exquisite taste and of 

 a brownish color. 



W. Gunther has observed that bees 

 do not forget their location during a 

 long winter's confinement and thinks 

 it not advisable to change colonies 

 about. The month of October he con- 

 siders the best time to make any 

 changes, if such seem desirable, as 

 bees are not active during this time 

 and are quite apt to mark their loca- 

 tion when leaving their hives. 

 (Deutsche Bienenfreund.) 



Editor Reidenbach makes light ot 

 the new American bee disease, "black 

 brood." He says, any brood comb left 

 in a warm room and unprotected for a 

 few hours will show black larvae, and 



says, substantially, 

 is an American 

 'Bienenzeitung.) 



the whole matter 

 humbug. (Phaelzer 



AUSTRALIA. 



The natives of Australia are very 

 fond of the products of the honeybee. 

 The manner in which they find bee- 

 trees is very simple. When they ob- 

 serve bees carrying water from any 

 pool, they carefully approach one as 

 she is sipping water and spray her. For 

 this purpose they have the mouth fill- 

 ed with water, which they administer 

 Chinese fashion. The bee is then easily 

 caught; a little flake of wool or cotton 

 is then attached to her and she is lib- 

 erated. The cotton hinders the bee 

 fi'om trying very fast and the native is 

 enabled to easily follow her to the tree 

 she inhabits. (Centralblatt.) 



F. Greiner. 



HONEY WAREHOUSE OF l!liID.\.T, MONT' ROS & CO., HAVANA, CUBA. 



