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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



[October. 



days old, or those which do the work 

 inside of the hive when a colony is 

 in normal condition, and the load of 

 nectar is given to this inside worker 

 and the sac of this worker holds that 

 nectar until it is sufficiently evapo- 

 rated for depositing in the cells, un- 

 less more comes in from the fields 

 than the sacs of the workers can con- 

 tain. When this happens then this thin 

 nectar is deposited in the cells, gen- 

 erally in those scattered about 

 amongst the brood, so far as they 

 will hold it, as the nurse bees use 

 this thin nectar or honey in prepar- 

 ing the chyle for the larvae. If the 

 vacant cells in the brood nest will 



curred by trying to follow him. I 

 do not mean to infer that Mr. Doo- 

 little is not sincere in his beliefs, but 

 I do assert that he is absolutely wrong 

 in many of the things he says about 

 bees; and I expect^ to show it here 

 as I have shown it to scores of per- 

 sons studying the bees in hives. In 

 behalf of Mir. D. it may be said that 

 he has never had an observation hive 

 that would make visible more than 

 a fraction of what transpires within 

 a colony of bees; and, furthermore, 

 he says he has lain 'long beside ob- 

 servation hives, a position which, I 

 would remind him, is more produc- 

 tive of increased bodily than of men- 



Characteristic California Bee Camp. 



not hold the surplus nectar, above 

 what the sacs of the inside workers 

 can contain, then these inside work- 

 ers deposit it anywhere that vacant 

 cells not containing evaporated nec- 

 tar (or what has now become honey) 

 can be found." 



I quote him literally that I may 

 the more perfectly show the errors he 

 makes. I wish to show_ these so that 

 beginners will realize just how un- 

 reliable a guide he is, and thereby 

 avoid the losses so many have in- 



tal weight. A certain good old pro- 

 fessor always used to tell his stu- 

 dents to sit in the hardest chair they 

 could find, when studying, and it was 

 said that he could judge of a student 

 'by the wear of his clothes. _ 



Let us analyze the quotation given 

 above and at the same time compare 

 it with some of Mr. D.'s statements 

 made at other times and with facts 

 as any interested person may see 

 them in the hive. First he says the 

 loaded field 'bee seeks out a young 



