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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



In short glucose doesn't exist in the nectar 

 and it is found in large proportion in honey. 

 I have fed some bees with a thin syrup made 

 of 25 parts of crushed sugar and 75 parts of 

 water, and after it was evaporated and cap- 

 ped by the bees, extracted it, and though it 

 was perfectly neutral when fed, it had then 

 a slight acid reaction, and contained a large 

 proportion of uncrystalizable sugar and 

 could obtain but a very small proportion of 

 crystalized cane sugar. I fed them also with 

 a syrup made of equal parts of sugar and 

 water colored with cochineal, and after it 

 was capped, extracted it and it was very 

 much lighter in color. 



After the experiments and the chemical 

 analysis given above, I have no doubt that 

 it will be easily seen that the bees effect a 

 real chemical change to produce honey from 

 nectar ; and this process is one which ap- 

 pertains to animal chemistry, a species of 

 assimilation, elaboration and execretion of 

 which we have so many other instances in 

 the cell functions of glands in the animal 

 economy. 



This is, indeed, the old views, for Lord 

 Bacon says of the bee : " Haee i}uli(jesfi e 

 Jlorilnis iiK'/ld colliijif, di'iiuU' i)i risccrutii 

 cellvlis (•(nicocta luatKrat, ii.sdciii taiiidrn 

 insudiit, (lonrc ad udf(jr<i.)ti perfcctianon 

 ■pcrduxerit.''^ 



As a translation of the foregoing quota- 

 tion from Lord Bacon, Mr. Viallon, by re- 

 quest, furnishes the following : — 



" She collects this honey 'undigested (in a 

 crude state) from the llowers, then she ma- 

 tures it, concocted (cooked), over in the 

 cells of lier entrails, (viscera) at length she 

 sweats them in tlie same until she produces 

 it (or brings it forth ) in its entire perfection." 



Mr. Viallon writes that he has given as 

 much as possible, a literal translation. The 

 words in the parentheses could be used in 

 place of the original and probably give a 

 better meaning. 



( )ne of the practical points in this subject 

 is this: Some (Prof. Cook among the number) 

 favor extracting the honey when first 

 gathered, before it is thoroughly ripened, 

 and completing the process by evaporating 

 the honey to the proper consistency. Now we 

 would like to ask Prof, (look if the digestion 

 is really comi)lete when the honey is only 

 partially ripened ? Are terms ripened and 

 digested synonymous in this connection Y 

 We, of course, know that evaporation is not 

 the only change produced by the bees in 

 nectar ere it becomes honey, and the question 

 is this : Is there a point in the rii)ening 

 process where " digestion " is dropped, and 

 evaporation only is needed ? We called 

 Prof. Cook's attention to this point a year 

 ago last March, but he may have overlooked 

 the matter. We should be glad to hear from 

 him on this point. 



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