1901 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



35 



every line of humaia activity. 



The gates of tfee exposition will oi>eii on 

 May I, 1981. continuing siv months. Buf- 

 falo, a city of nearly 400,000 jKcinilation, 

 one of the most charming cities of the 

 world, void having a climate ten degrees 

 cooler than any other city of the northern 

 states in summer, is j^i-eparing to welcome 

 millions of strangers to its gates next 

 year. 



pected later in the day; the weather in- 

 stincts of the little cr-eatures apparently 

 leading them to make up time in advance. 

 Wasps an 1 hornets ara said to have the 

 weather instinct over a still longer range. 



INSECTS AS WEATHER PROPHETS, 



A great deal of our most {wpular weather 

 lore is wholly superstitious, ascril>ing pro- 

 phetic virtues to the weather of particular 

 days of the week. Saints' days, and even 

 to the mova')le feast days, says the Lo?idfm 

 Ntws. Although it is interesting enough 

 in its way, that kind of weather lore can 

 hardly be taken as a relial)le guide. It is 

 from the habits and instincts of animals, 

 properlj' observed, that we can learn more 

 weather wisdom of the scientific sort than 

 from almost any other source, and, of all 

 animals, insects are among the most inter- 

 esting to study in this connection. 



Bees are excellent weather prophets. 

 There is a common country saying that 

 "a bee was never caught in a shower," 

 When rain is impending, bees do not go 

 far afield, but ply their labor in the im- 

 mediate neighborhood of their hives. This 

 well-authenticated fact is set forth in the 

 rhyme which t«lls that 



When bees to distance wing their flight, 



Days are warm and skies are bright; 



But when their flight ends near their 



home, 

 Stormy weather is sure to cohie. 



Virgil was evidently aware of this bee 

 instinct for coming rain, and describes {in 

 Georgics IV.) the insects as "searching 

 the skias to find out breeding storms." 

 Just before rain the homing bees may be 

 observed entering the hive in large num- 

 bers, while none corns out again. When 

 that is observed, the observer may confi- 

 dently follow the good example and seek 

 shelter. And, again, when bees are seen 

 vigorously at work very early in the 

 morning, unsettled weather may be ex- 



LITERARY NOTES. 



Theodosia Burr's remarkable life story is capi- 

 tally toJd by an iKlruiring wntc^r in the February 

 Ladies Home Journal. Such extremes o£ joy aad 

 sorrow as were the lot of "The Beautiful Uaughter 

 of Aarou Burr " come to few women The story of 

 the famous hymn, "Neardr. My tioJ to Thee." and 

 a close view of its brilliant author, are united in 

 "A Woman to u'hoiu Fame Came After Death." 

 How we Ret and keep the correct time is explained 

 in ' The Clock by wnich we Set Our Watches;" 

 and "The Buffaloes of (ioodnight Kanch" is a 

 record of the only Herd of North American bison 

 owned by a wom.in. I.ovirs of "'Oranford ' — and 

 they are legion —will be delighted with the dra- 

 matic version in the Febru.iry -Journal. Tiirouah 

 El ward Bok representative wen and women 

 journalists emphatically settle the oft-disputed 

 question. 'Is the Newspaper Office the Place for 

 a Uirl.'" There sjems to be but one opinion among 

 those who should know most on the subject. "The 

 Problem of the Boy," "\Vhy One Alan Succeeds 

 and His Brother Fails," and ' The Trying Time 

 Between Mother and Daughter" are all thoughtful 

 articles. Architecture, the fashions, culinary 

 matters, and all themes interesting women are 

 amply treated. By the Curtis Publishing Com- 

 pany, Phiadelphia. One dollar a year; ten cents a 

 copy. 



Outing for February rangas in home sports from 

 "American Figure Skating" to 'A Blue Fishing 

 Partn,3rship" in Florida; and geographically from 

 "Fuegians on a CJuanaco Hunt," to 'Tnclimbed 

 Peaks in the Canadian Rookies " Abroad it em- 

 braces".South African .Antelope Hunting 'and ''Sail 

 and Paddle in the Soutli Seas." Its leading 

 article, '"Wild .Motherhood," by Charles (1. D. 

 Koberts, wjll d'jserves its place as a master study 

 of primal instincts, and for its illustrations by 

 Arthur Heming Somj of the other interesting 

 articles arj: "Theory of Teaching Golf," "An 

 Angling Dsmoaracy," "Fox Hunting in Virginia," 

 "Coon Hunting in Michigan," "Automobile De- 

 ve'opm3nt," "Am3ric»n Gama Preserves," 'Good 

 and Bad Bits," ' The Winter Woods," "The Story 

 of the Sporting Gun," "Upland Shooting in Ore- 

 gon." "vVild Black Ducks for Decoys," and a 

 study of ! 'John Burroughs." the naturalist. The 

 Outing Publishing Company, 239 Fifth Avenue, 

 New York City. 



Modern Culture Magazine has suffered a griev- 

 ous loss in the djath of its business manager, Mr. 

 Alvah D, Hudson, but the February magazine 

 following his daath suffers neither in timeliness 

 n^r in fullness of interest. "A Koman St. Valen- 

 tine's Day," by William Warner Bishop, and 

 "Love's Little Diary," a beautiful poem by Edgar 

 Fawcett head the list of contents. Sculpture at 

 the Pan-American E.vposition by N. Hudson Moore 

 is beautifully illustrated. "Glimpses of Life in 

 the Philippines" and the second of Marion Har- 

 land's Virginian Tales are delightful and interest- 

 ing. "The House Bahind the Cedars " reaches a 

 tragic ending in this numbar and a new serial, 

 "Beyond tha Pale," by Leo Warren, begins. ' The 

 American Architect's Annual is a very attractive 

 article and "The Circus in Winter tiuarters" will 

 please even "boys grown tall." The Lanier lee- 



