THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



505 



secret of uniting successfully is to do 

 it at a time or under circumstances 

 wlien that will not occur. 1 never 

 could unite 2 colonies safely at a time 

 when bees are flying. Each party 

 takes the other to be intruders, and 

 they will fight to the death. But on 

 a cool or cloudy day, or in early morn- 

 ing or late evening — any time when 

 bees remain quietly at home— I may 

 unite them in any way I may desire. 

 The fact that no bees are flying— that 

 it is no time to be out— seems to pre- 

 clude the idea that either party can 

 be intruders. If they recognize one 

 another as strangers at all in such 

 cases, they can at least do so as 

 readily by actions as by odor. But 

 the following examples indicate, if 

 they do not prove, tnat bees do not 

 recognize one another by scent : 



I can put a new swarm into a hive 

 with another colony generally with 

 perfect safety. They know no home, 

 and they go into the hive with the in- 

 tention to make it their home— not as 

 enemies. I have often known a 

 swarm that issued and then returned 

 to the same hive, in returning be 

 joined by another swarm, and no 

 fighting be done. Young bees out of 

 the hive for the first time, often by 

 mistake go into the wrong hive un- 

 molested. If I move a hive to some 

 other location, and leave the old 

 stand vacant, the flying bees, when 

 they return and find their old home 

 gone, after soaring around the place 

 awhile, will quietly and safely enter 

 some contiguous hive. They appar- 

 ently think either that this must be 

 their home, or they will, like the 

 homeless swarm, make it their home. 



In the above cases they at least do 

 not act like intruders. We have no 

 certain evidence that they are recog- 

 nized as foreigners. If they judge 

 by odor alone, strangers would be 

 certainly known as strangers, and 

 promptly met as trespassers. 



Mechanicsburg,0 Ills. 



Farmers' Budget. 



Feeciini Bees for Winter Stores. 



A. F. STAtTFFER. 



The surplus honey crop this season 

 will be very short, hardly one-third 

 of an average yield, taking the coun- 

 try over ; and in some localities not a 

 pound will be gathered. Those fortu- 

 nate enough to have a surplus should 

 be slow in selling, as by holding it 

 until cool weather a good price can 

 be obtained. It is already being 

 quoted in some places at 15 cents per 

 pound, and no doubt it will be worth 

 18 to 20 cents by fall. 



Our own bees have hardly made a 

 living since fruit bloom. White 

 clover and basswood were total fail- 

 ures, and on account of the drouth no 

 fall crop can be expected. This has 

 been the poorest season here that we 

 have had since I began bee keeping, 

 18 years ago. 



Bees must be fed, and to get them 

 in good condition for winter feeding 

 should be done early. Will it pay '? 

 Certainly— as after poor seasons is the 

 time when the bees are the most 



profitable. A great many careless 

 bee-keepers will neglect their bees and 

 lose them, and by spring will be 

 obliged to buy again, when good 

 prices can be obtained by those hav- 

 ing them to sell. 



Besides, the honey markets will be 

 entirely bare of honey by next season, 

 which will insure good prices for the 

 next crop. So be sure and have your 

 bees in good condition for winter. 



Sterling,^ Ills. 



ror tbe American Bee Jooxna) 



Labels for Honey, etc. 



G. W. DEMAKEE. 



For tae Amencaa Bee Journal. 



Mine Pees anil 1887. 



C. H. CHAPMAN. 



I am not favorably impressed with 

 " combless " as a distinctive commer- 

 cial name for honey out of the comb. 

 "Combless" would suggest to many 

 innocent people that some new process 

 had been resorted to, to make honey 



iHONEYj 



(In ilio Comb,) 'h. 



<■*■■ 



FROM THE APIARY OF /^ 



|G. W. DEMAREE, Chicago, Ills.| 



without comb. When we look at the 

 matter philosophically, honey is honey, 

 in or out of the waxen cells. What 

 we need most is a name that needs no 

 explanation, and I believe that we 



IHONEY,! 



(Taken from the Comb,) ^ 



FROM THE APIARY OP | 



|0. W. DEMAREE, Chicago, Ills.| 



will drift to such a name by-and-by. 

 Please study the drawings introduced 

 above, as lables for honey ? 



" Comb honey " is quite a modern 

 misnomer. " Iloney in the comb " is 

 more correct as a name for it in com- 

 mercial circles. 



Christiansburg,6 Ky., July 28, 1887. 



[As last, Bro. Demaree, we are 

 coming to the same conclusions. On 

 page 435 we remarked as follows : 



We much prefer to call honey out 

 of the comb, simply " Honey," and 

 that not taken out, " Honey in the 

 Comb.'" Now will some one else try 

 to suggest a new name V 



We confess that we think the name 

 there suggested is less objectionable 

 than any other so far brought out. 

 We see but little objection to the ad- 

 ditional words " taken from the 

 comb," as suggested by Mr. Demaree. 

 But, if " taken from the combs," it is 

 extracted ; and there we are, landed 

 back at the starting point. There is 

 but a shade of difference.- Ed.] 



Ob, my, my I dish veedlngall dose pees 



To keep um lite to ty, 

 lah pout der only cash I sees— 



Dis ahummer Ish so try. 



Von hundret schvarmB und vifty-doo, 



Mit empty combs ish all 

 I gets dish long, try shummer drue, 



Mlt notings in der fall. 



Von rainy veek might grow von veedB, 



To got some honey mit, 

 Und makes von some der winter feeds, 



Und save mine money yet. 



Mine shildren nor mine pees can't lif 



On glucose stuff— dots pad 

 A»h " Vilcy's lie." Vel, von can't gif 



Nor sell vot he don't had. 



Oh 1 Heben, git von copyous showers, 



Mit sunshine vedder doo, 

 Und vake do lite each vilted flowers 



Of effry kind und hue. 

 Coboctah, Mich., July 29, 1887. 



For the Amencan Bee Joumaia 



"Nectar" ys. Extracted Honey. 



J. B. POND. 



The need of a word in place of " ex- 

 tracted," has long been recognized, 

 but as yet I have seen nothing sug- 

 gested that would appropriately ml 

 its place. So far a prefix to the word 

 " honey " in the form of an adjective, 

 has seemed necessary to the fruitful 

 brains of those who are offering an 

 exchange. Now why not drop the 

 word honey, which really means comb 

 honey, and take a single noun that 

 will not only fill the gap, and be 

 euphonious, but that also is a true 

 synonym for honey out of the comb ? 

 The word I mean is " nectar," Why 

 not adopt it ? All that is required is 

 to put it into general use, and the 

 "job " is done. 



For myself I cannot see why " nec- 

 tar " is not more appropriate than 

 any that can be adopted. Any word 

 that we can select, will be subject, 

 of course, to the criticisms that may 

 be made in regard to purity ; but 

 " nectar " will apply to the liquid or 

 granulated form. At any rate I offer 

 it as my contribution to the fund of 

 nomenclatory terms, and really hope 

 it will be looked upon with favor by 

 the " crowd." 



"Combless honey" does not seem 

 to me to be just the thing; we might 

 say a headless hat, a footless boot, a 

 coatless man, or a headless hair; but 

 such use would seem (and does to me 

 seem) as inappropriate as can be ; and 

 " combless honey " seems so too. I 

 hope some word other than extracted 

 will be adopted. 



Foxboro,o* Mass. 



[The objection to the substitution 

 of the word " nectar " for honey, is 

 that it is the proper name for all " the 

 sweetish secretions of the glands of 

 plants "—including honey. It would 

 therefore be entirely inappropriate to 

 use it as a substitute for honey.— Ed.] 



