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depths of the first blossom, brushes 

 inadvertently some of the pollen over 

 its hairy coat, and searches eagerly for 

 sweets in another flower, bearing on 

 its dusty coat germs which ultimately 

 brushed upon the stigma of the sec- 

 ond flower perform the all important 

 office in fertilization. 



The locust is an excellent illustra- 

 tion of this method. The style for 

 some distance below the stigma is 

 bearded. The anthers, which are en- 

 closed with it in the keel, discharge 

 their contents, which are caught by 

 the beards of the style. The oblique 

 motion of the bee as it alights upon 

 each flower is to bring its body first 

 into contact with the stigma and then 

 with the pollen clinging to the style 

 below. Some of this naturally ad- 

 heres to its coat, to be brushed off up- 

 on the stigma of the flower next vis- 

 ited. Thus the process is repeated 

 many, many times a day, each visit 

 ading in the exchange of pollen. 



The stamens of the mountain laurel 

 present their anthers neatly fitted in- 

 to pocket-like depressions in the co- 

 rolla. There they remain until past 

 their prime if unmolested. But if a 

 bee comes along and jostles the flower 

 they spring up with such force as to 

 throw part of their pollen from the 

 terminal chink in the anther over the 

 bee if not upon the stigma. Then as 

 before, the winged messenger bears it 

 to another flower. 



Clubbing List. 



We will send the American Bee-Kkkpkr with 



the— PUB. PRCE. BOTH. 



American Bee Journal, (81 00) 81 35 



Bee-Keeper's Review, (1 00) 1 35 



•Canadian Bee Journal, (1 00) 1 35 



•Gleaninps in Bee Culture. (1 00) 1 35 



He " Took First." 



INTRIGUE OF A CANADIAN BEE-KEEP- 

 ER WHO MET A DIFFICULT 

 EMERGENCY. "ONE ON 

 THE JUDGES." 



BY A. K. NUCK. 



The proverbial ingenuity of the 

 "Yankee" has become too thoroughly 

 established, perhaps, to suffer mater- 

 ially through open competition with 

 any other people on earth; yet a little 

 incident which occurred a few years 

 ago on the other side of our northern 

 boundary, opens the question as to 

 whether the American or the Cana- 

 diaa - is ahead^ in the "trickaof our 

 own trade." The reader must judge 

 for himself. 



The management of the Canadian 

 Industrial exposition, in its prize list, 

 had offered a nice cash premium for 

 the greatest variety of extracted honey 

 in glass packages; same to be the pro- 

 duct of exhibitor. 



A Western Ontario bee-keeper, 

 when filling out his "blank" with 

 other entries, took inventory of his 

 stock which might compete also for 

 this prize. There was a very com- 

 plete line of the native varieties of 

 honey. Some, of course, of previous 

 seasons' gathering, but what of that, 

 they were all of his own production. 

 The only kind that seemed necessary 

 to complete the full list, was a sample 

 of buckwheat. Under the provisions, 

 however, this wa^ very essential, as it 

 would count for just as much as the 

 finest jar of raspberry or clover. 



Here was the "poser." also the 

 evidence of determination and inge- 

 nuity to cope with any adverse con- 

 ditions. With the addition of a jar 

 of buckwheat, he left sure he could 



