1900 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



71 



It does seem just a trifle strange 

 that in six thousand years (or sixty 

 thousand, as the case may be) peo- 

 ple have not learned that honey will 

 granulate in cold weather, and that 

 .they are yet afraid- of this most 

 wholesome, pure and delicious food 

 after the change has taken place. - 



■ It behooves producers of extract- 

 ed honey to work earnestly to dis- 

 abuse the public mind of this popu- 

 lar error, and to disseminate a 

 knowledge of the ease with which 

 honey may be restored to its liquid 

 state when preferred in that condi- 

 tion. Granulated honey is very 

 much preferred by many to -that in 

 liquid form,' and some of our west- 

 ern producers have so educated 

 the trade that their goods are not 

 looked for in any other way — in- 

 deed their honey is not put upon 

 the market vm til after it has granu- 

 lated. Specific instructions for 

 liquifying the contents goes with 

 each retail package. In thiscondi- 

 tion there is no spilling and daub- 

 ing, and the crop is marketed and 

 retailed in the same cleanly and 

 neat manner as an invoice of 

 canned fruits. , . ■ ■ . 



■ The subject is one worthy of seri- 

 ous thought and the expenditure of 

 some effort on the part of those in- 

 terested in the development of a 

 permanent' and profitable market 

 for extracted honey. 



CYPRIAN BEES. 



Several inquiries i*eceived recent- 

 ly would indicate that interest in 

 the Cyprians is again beiag revived; 

 This is probably due to the' efforts 

 how being put forth ' in ■ certain 

 quarters to popularize this justly 

 "despised race," and the interest 

 must of necessity be pretty w^ell 

 confined to those without experience 

 or having read widely upon the 

 subject. 



We are aware that the Cyprian 

 is regarded with some favor by as 

 high an authority as Prof. F. den- 

 ton ; but even he assents to the 

 fact that they use theirstings with 

 great energy when thoroughly 

 aroused. It. is our experience that 

 they will do so at all times, and that 

 they appear ■ to be thoroughly 

 aroused whether molested or not. 

 The Cyprian will go farther out of 

 its way in search of some pOor, in- 

 offensive creature to sting, than 

 any bee we know of. 



To those who are fortunately free 

 from Cyprian venom iii their apia- 

 ries we would say : Have' a • care 

 how ' you experiment with a race 

 whose maliciousness and irritability 

 has called down upon' it- the ebn- 

 demnation of nearly 'every one with 

 whom it has come in- contact. ■ - 



In this' connection we are remind- 

 ed of an incident recently related 

 by one of the many victims of the 

 Cyprian on the' Pacific coast. The 

 young mail in question was fortun- 

 ately possessed of 'a disposition 

 which, though' slightly inclined to 

 humor, bordered on Mosaic meek- 

 ness. In a letter to the editor of 

 The American Bee-ki^eper he 're- 

 lates the experiences of an after^ 

 noon off thus : ' ' 



"Those who have had Cyps (Cy- 

 prian bees) -know what they are to 

 sting. For stinging they, are all 

 right. 1 had a number of; col- 

 onies of these, and one afternoon I 

 thought I would' have som'e 'spori 

 With them.^' So I' made a shab- 

 by old '"Paddy" and set him up in 

 the apiary, about twelve fedt from 

 one colony that was particularly 

 cross, r gave Mr. Paddy a slbuch 

 hat and a white handkerchief for a 

 necktie. I then lit my smoker and 

 puffed a little smoke at the entrance 

 of this hive, just as I do when'about 

 to look through a hive', carefuUj*^' 



