THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



December 



ago, etc., etc. It is further reported 

 that 30 colonies had perished in tran- 

 sit (from this latter fact it would seem 

 that the German bee-keepers might 

 learn from their American friends, in 

 particular of Mr. Coggshall, who has 

 been sending carloads of bees to dis- 

 tant points, such as Cuba, etc., without 

 loss worth mentioning.) 



The exhibition of bee hive^j was as 

 complete as that of bees, there being 



dwelt upon his theory, the Partheno- 

 genesis. He cannot forgive or forget 

 that a man of our age (Dickel) could 

 have the audacity to oppose it, and that 

 some bee periodicals continue to open 

 their pages to Mr. Dickel and allow 

 him to argue his case. 



Baron Bela Ambrozy spoke of the 

 advantages of the twin-hive of Dzier- 

 zon, Guhler about adulteration of hon- 

 ey, and what to do to prevent it, etc- 



shown 80 different hives, from the It would lead too far to give even a sy- 



straw skep, log-gum and Huelper to the 

 most improved hive of the present day. 

 However, I have failed to notice that 

 a single American hive has been spok- 

 en of. I know there are sonic cf our 

 hives in use over there, and I am sur- 

 prised, and I regret that none should 

 have been exhibited. I believe some 

 good and profitable work could be put 

 in here by our manufacturers. 



A conspicuous part of the exliibition, 

 next to the honey show, was the col- 

 lection of honey wine, honey beer and 

 other honfey-liquors, a branch of busi- 

 ness almost wholly neglected in Amer- 

 ica, and perhaps, justly so, as the desir- 

 able class of men, such as we wish to 

 associate with, abstrain from these 

 things and consequently do not pro- 

 duce them. This matter seems to stand 

 different in Germany, and it really 

 seems strange to the American, that 

 the Germans should consider it neces- 

 sary, in order to create a high degree 

 of enthusiasm for the occasion, to im- 

 bibe large quantities of wine and beer. 

 I have observed that these things are 

 more often a disturbing element in 

 America. Perhaps it is all right to use 

 them in Germany. It may be a matte.- 

 of locality. At any rate, the bee-keep- 

 ers' conventions are generally held in 

 places where wine and beer is being 

 manufactured and dealt out. 



The discussions of the great conven- 

 tion did not bring out anything new, so 

 far as I have been able to learn. Dr. 

 Dzierzon, as the first speaker, again 



nopsis of the many addresses. Suffice it 

 to say that the participants passed tome 

 very pleasant days and that no aiscord 

 marred the harmony. 



The Leipziger Bienen Zeibung makes 

 note of an interesting experiment made 

 by Forel-Morges, Germany, testing the 

 intelligence of the honey bee- Forel 

 had a quantity of Dahlias blooming in 

 his garden which were frequented by 

 his bees. Among these ilowers he placed 

 some artificial ones, made of different 

 colored papers, also putting a little 

 honey into each one. The bees entirely 

 ignored these artificial flowers. Not un- 

 til Forel caused one of the bees to 

 come in direct contact with the honey 

 contained in one of the red flowers did 

 the bee take notice of it. She contin- 

 ued to work on the artificial flowers, 

 but she brought no other bees with her 

 (the bee had been marked with red 

 paint). Quite a number of other bees 

 were shown the hidden treasures, and 

 after a little time all bees turned their 

 attention to the artificial flowers, whol- 

 ly neglecting the others. Forel now 

 removed all the artificial blossoms, 

 when the bees resumed their labor, 

 working as before, on the others; but 

 as soon as he returned them, they at 

 once again searched the paper flou'ers 

 for honey and left the natural bloom, 

 working on the former as long as hon- 

 ey could be found. 



"Where is the proper place to store 

 honey," has been discussed in Leipzi- 

 ger Bienen Zeitung. It seems to be 



