THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



149 



Bees were not carried to Tahiti, south Pa- 

 citic, till 1870. Thousands of colonies there 

 now. 



And now the idea is pushed that we don't 

 need any bee escape at all, beyond a simple 

 orifice or tube. 



" The cause that iuduced them to leave pre- 

 vents them from going back." William Halley, 

 Gleanings, 173. 



Glad to see once more J. H. Nellis, the old 

 *'bo8s" after whom thou and I, friend Hutch- 

 inson, used to ride years ago. He brings 

 out the singular fact that although now bees 

 snowed under deep all winter are spoiled by 

 over breeding and loss of vigor, it didn't 

 use to be so previous to 1870. Gleanings, 

 172. 



That accidental bee candy of Miss Wil- 

 son's that kept in perfect condition for more 

 than a year, may possibly prove a very val- 

 uable discovery — if they can find out why the 

 process that contemplated cake-frosting 

 turned out soft candy that would not dry. 

 Quite possibly the syrup underneath kept it 

 moist at first, until the egg, without spoil- 

 ing, took a changed character, seasoned and 

 impervious, which prevented loss of moist- 

 ure at last. I hear that eggs do not beat up 

 well the same day they are laid — so their vir- 

 tues are a varying quality. See Gleanings, 

 page 167. 



Vogel in Germany says the workers and 

 not the queen are the reigning element in the 

 hive. Gleanings, page 1G9. I should say 

 jniblic sentiment reigns in a bee hive : and 

 so))tetimes the feelings of the queen count 

 more in forming public sentiment than the 

 votes of many hundred workers could do. 



The Germans are also digging earnestly 

 into the facts in regard to the queen's sper- 

 matheca. Metzger finds, as might be ex- 

 pected, that the immense number of sperm 

 cells required are not all developed in the 

 beginning and kept on hand : but the devel- 

 opment of them goes on steadily during the 

 season of laying. 



That scale record on page 103 of last Re- 

 view surprises me, and knocks one-half of 

 the appetite for cellar wintering out of me. 

 There must be something weak and rotten 

 in the system if bees are going to eat two 

 pounds a month in November and Decem- 

 ber. That is double the normal consump- 

 tion — weather being moderate. Kind o' 

 smell that they are in a strange place, and 

 prisoners, and worry a trifle about it, 'pears 

 like. 

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