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 great Alfalfa regions of the Central West. It is a splendid 

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We have a quantity of finest basswood honey in barrels, weighing 350 pounds 

 and upward, which we will ship f. o. b. Chicago, at 7i.i cents a pound. Sample 

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Our honey is ABSOLUTELY PURE BEES' HONEY, the finest of the kinds 

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Advertisers. 



bees and honey. Cane-mills are, I think, 

 responsible for the loss of bees. When the 

 mills were through work, I found my best 

 colonies contained only enough bees to 

 cover 3 or 4 combs. Langstroth size, and 

 mostly young bees; so I went to work 

 earnestly and got them strong enough for 

 winter, by uniting. I got some partly-filled 

 sections, and a few old combs well filled 

 with honey. I got a nice lot of young bees, 

 and all the brood they can care for these 

 frosty nights. H. B. Lambert. 



Sampson Co., Ky., Nov. 15. 



The Bee's Length of Vision. 



On page Cl.^. the inquiry concerning a 

 bee's length of vision interests me from a 

 scientific point of view. While I am not 

 able to answer the question with authority, 

 the suggestion occurs that this point can be 

 determined somewhat accurately (if it has 

 not already been the subject of investiga- 

 tion by entomologists or other scholars) by 

 micrometric studies of the focal length of a 

 bee's eye. 



The eye is a natural len&e and subject to 

 certain mathematical laws so far as pene- 

 tration and absorption of light may be con- 

 cerned. 1 infer that bees have the power of 

 vision at considerable distances. Bee-keep- 

 ers testify that a bee can attack a man more 

 successfully at a distance of 10 feet from 

 the hive than if he stand in immediate jux- 

 taposition. Indubitably every animal i& 

 fitted with senses co-ordinate with its needs 

 for existence. Experiments have demon- 

 strated the approximate length of vision in 

 many animals. The cat family is known to 

 see better at some distance than close at 

 hand. Deprived of the sense of smell, a 

 cat will be unable to find a mouse placed 

 immediately under her nose, hut she is well 

 prepared to spring upon her prey from a. 

 distance and to see it in the dark by means 

 of extraordinary powers of light absorptioa 

 through dilation of the pupil. 



Eagles are said to be very far-sighted, 

 and, in confirmation, instances are cited 

 where they have dropt upon theirprey from 

 elevations absolutely beyond the range of 

 human vision. It is reported that tests of 

 the sight of the Andes condor prove that he 

 can see at the distance of 100 miles. 



It may be, therefore, quite possible that 

 an all-wise creator has furnisbt the bee 

 with power to discern objects within the 

 range of its flight. We are all acquainted 

 with her rapidity of flight, compared with 

 her physical size, and we know how she 

 will describe an upward curve to avoid ob- 

 stacles. To bring into play the necessary 

 muscular movements in doing this, must 

 require con-iderable (fore)sight, or long- 

 sight. 



I would be glad to have some patient 

 searcher after scientific truth tell us what 

 he can find in nature or in the books con- 

 cerning the sight of bees. Geo. H. Stipp. 



San Francisco Co., Calif. 



The Willowherb or Fireweed. 



On page 074, the question is askt by Dr. 

 Mason, ■■ Does the willowherb grow more 

 than one year on the same ground ?'' To 

 which Dr. Miller answers, " I think it does, 

 but after a time that ground will not pro- 

 duce the willowherb. It does not grow 

 continuously. It grows only for a time on 

 the burnt districts." 



The willowherb or fireweed grows from 

 seed scattered by the wind in August. In 

 September the young seedlings make their 

 appearance, which freeze down to the 

 ground in winter. In early spring they 

 start before the fern comes out and keep 

 ahead of that so that in l)IoomiDg time the 

 fireweed overtops everything else. If the 

 seedling stands in rich ground it blossoms 

 and bears seed that year. If it grows in 

 poor ground it will not bloom. I know of a 

 steep mountain-side where the willowherb 

 grew for three years witliout a flower, but 

 last summer (the fourth year) it bloomed 

 full, and was rich in nectar. 



The plant dies every fall down to the 

 roots. The roots send out in the spring 

 several young shoots. The main root grows 



