206 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. [September. 



Southern New England has been duced annually. The honey-dew hon- 

 treated to one of the queerest seasons ey is quite different chemically from 

 in many years. Flowers seemed to the floral honey and, during the agi- 

 quite miss their reckoning and open- tation brought about by the National 

 ed at all sorts of times. Fields white Pure Food Law, some chemists de- 

 with daisies were seen July 23rd and clared this honey to be adulterated, 

 goldenrod (of a late fall type) was This is not the case but was brought 

 open August 3rd. Bees have behaved about because of the fact that the 

 to match and erratic doings are re- chemists in question did not know the 

 ported from many places. The honey analysis of this other type of honey, 

 crop has been very irregular, some Owing to this difference in chemical 

 places giving a heavy yield while composition, it has been decided that 

 others have scarcely supported the such honey must be put on the 

 bees. Fortunately New England has United States market as "honey-dew 

 many sources of honey and when one honey." 



crop fails the bees manage to at 



least get a living from some other ^rr-p ^.^„.„„„(, -rtFT r> 

 and occasionally surprise their keep- ^ ^^^ MAbbACHUSETi b i^lELD 

 er by producing a surplus when he MEET, 

 scarce expects it. At the recent Field Meet of the 

 Miassachusetts B. K. S.. the attend- 



BEES TN A GREENHOUSE. ^"^" ^^' ^u'^\T. ""'^t* ^^""^ J^'", 

 _, J , . expected when held on the grounds of 



Ihere are under the writer's care, that most genial host, Mr. Geo. W. 

 the bees used m several large green- Adam.s, of Byfield. 

 houses devoted to the raising of cu- The "Pit" consisted of a large 

 cumbers. In one house, which is 350 table fenced off from the eager 

 feet by 30 feet wide, there are two throng by a rope and on this table 

 colonies, one at each end. From the were performed sundry stunts by 

 flowers on the vines the bees not diflferent visitors. Amio»g some of 

 only got more than a living but one the interesting features were the fol- 

 colony threw ofif a good swarm. The lowing: By Mr. Fogg, the dequeen- 

 young queen in the parent stock is jng of a swarm of wild blacks; the 

 now laying, but whether or not she introduction of an Italian queen by 

 was fertilized in the greenhouse can- Mr. Alley; general overhauling of a 

 not be positively stated, though the colony of Mr. Adams' choice Italians 

 chances against her getting outside by Mr. Farmer, the gentleness of the 

 and back again were slight. There tees being of sufficient note to war- 

 were an abundance of drones inside rant some promoter calling them 

 and, as is_ apparent, the conditions of "Yellow Caucasians" or "Yellow 

 the colonies were normal. (M.) Banats," stranger things have hap- 



pened; Mr. Adams showed a colony 



HONEY PRODUCTION IN with laying workers and explained 



HAWAII. their nature, origin and pointed out 



Regarding the qualities of the hon- the evidence of their presence; also 



ey of Hawaii to which a clipping in M^r. Adams showed a swarm hived 



these columns recently alluded, we 1""^ 18 which never had a queen 



have obtained the following from the with them after leaving the parent 



U. S. Department of Agriculture: stock but were still at work on that 



"In the Hawaiian Islands there are date, July 27; an old hive in use pre- 



two distinct types of honey produced; vious to 1776 attracted some atten- 



first the pure floral honey gathered tion. The meeting was pronounced 



from algeroba, Prosopis juliflora, of a success and most enjoyable. (M.) 



which there is annually produced 



about two hundred tons, and second MISFIT APICULTURAL AD- 

 a mixture of floral honey with honey VICE, 



dew of a blend made by the bees in The amount of labor involved in 

 all gradations which constitute their most of the apicultural systems as de- 

 honey-dew honey type. Of the latter scribed from time to time is stupen- 

 there is about four hundred tons pro- dous when applied to many colonies. 



