THE JEWELL PATTERN 
©OBE ? S BUBAL NEW-YORKER 
^jiiarian. 
DO BEES PREVENT FRUCTIFICATION ? 
Ik Rural New-Yorker of Oct. 5, I 
notice an article by “ Anti-Bee Keeper,” in 
which he asks, “ Do bees prevent the fructi¬ 
fication of seed? " He thinks they do, and 
says he is confident that his neighbor’s bees 
destroyed his buckwheat orop last season. 
On u hill side facing Sout heast, in full view, 
is a field of buckwheat which has, within a 
mile’s (light, at least seventy hives of bees, 
and I heard the owner remark that it was 
Covered with bees when in blossom. 1 saw 
him a few days since and asked him how 
his crop turned out. He replied, “About 
half a crop.” I then asked him why he did 
not get a full crop. He attributed it to 
very dry weather when filling. I then told 
him about the article in question (he does 
not keep any bees); his reply was that ho 
was raised on a farm, and that years ago, 
when there was a great many more bees in 
this section than now, buckwheat wus a 
better and surer crop than now. 
I deny that honey is necessary to the 
fructification of seed in itself. If t he honey 
is not taken from the flower, it is lost 
either by evaporation or washed out by 
rains. Pollen is the fructifying element of 
flowers, and bees gather it on their legs as 
they pass from flower to flower in search of 
honey, thereby increasing or promoting the 
impregnation of flowers. I think there 
av ill be more perfectly developed fruit and 
more of it where bees visit blossoms than 
where they do not, and think it is to the 
fruit grower’s interest to keep bees. 
But some Bay they injure vineyards. 
The jaws of the honey bee are delicately 
formed for the working of wax, and are 
unable to puncture the skiu of the most 
delicate grape; but when fruits are bruised 
or punctured by hornets or wasps, then the 
honey bee comes in for its share. 
Our vines hang full of grapes now, and 
sound grapes are not troubled by our bees. 
If vineyardists would pick the poor grapes, 
put them iu baskets and remove them from 
the vineyard altogether, instead of throw¬ 
ing them on the ground and stopping on 
them, I do not think they would bo troubled 
with bees. From reports of Bee Keepers’ 
Conventions,! judge that Mr. H ism king- 
ton of Cherry Valley, N. Yis not only 
one of the most extensive bee keepers in 
this country, but keeps his bees where a 
great deal of buckwheat is grown, and 1 
should like to have his report, as well us 
other prominent bee keepers and fruit 
growers, in the columns of the Rural, on 
this subject. J. E. Moore. 
Rochester, Pa. 
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BEES AND FRUCTIFICATION. 
In the Rural New-Yorker of Oct. 5 1 
find an article headed “ Do Bees Prevent 
the Fructification of Seed? ”signed “ Anti- 
Bee Keeper.” There is an assertion made, 
but not ouc particle of evidence is adduced 
to prove the allirinativc. 1 wifi bring proofs 
to show that the contrary is correct, but 
will try and bo brief in quoting authorities. 
Dr. Packard says, on the value of bees in 
agriculture, that by conveying the pollen 
from one plant to another they thus insure 
the complete fertilization of the seed and 
improve the fruit. This has been proved 
by the fertilization of plants by hand. All 
botanists agree that insects of various kinds, 
as well as bees, are necessary to increase 
the quantity and quality of seed and fruit- 
bearing crops, and to prevent sterility iu 
the flower. What in nature is the use of 
honey? The observations of our best nat¬ 
uralists go to prove that it is secreted by 
the plant for the very purpose of attracting 
bees and other insects, otherwise it is of no 
use to the flower. 
Prof. Lucas, one of the directors of the 
Hohenheim Institute (German) states that 
bees are of the utmost importance in the 
fructification of both fruit and seed-bear¬ 
ing plants. I am tempted to give oue more 
instance. Humble bees visiting Dutch 
clover, lit)heads yielded 2,290 seeds; but 20 
other heads, protected from hers, pro¬ 
duced not one. Again, 100 heads of Red 
clover produced 2,700 seeds; hut. the same 
number protected from bees produced none. 
The humble bee alone visits Red clover, 
especially first blossoms. 
Perhaps Mr. “Anti-Bee Keeper” would 
like some authorities on this subject, and 
will give the names of TI. Newman, C. C. 
Sprengle, Gartner, Dr. Hooker, Dr. Asa j 
Grey, and others if wanted. Perhaps if j 
Mr. “ Anti-Bee Keeper ” was a little more | 
conversant with Natural History he would 
not display so openly his supreme selfish¬ 
ness. A. M. Cook. 
Jamestown, N. Y r . 
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HONEY COMB. 
There are two kinds of comb required in 
a hive—worker and drone; the former small 
and the latter large cells. It takes a great 
deal of time and expense to construct it. 
There is about two and a half pounds iu a 
common hive, which is made of honey, on 
the same principle that if we feed hogs corn 
a certain portion of it will produce oil or 
fut; the same with t he bees when gorged 
with honey for a certain length of time, a 
portion of it will secrete into wax, which 
extends from them in the form of small, 
white scales (extends from wax pouches on 
the abdomen,) which r,hey used in con¬ 
structing comb. 
I t is universally considered that it will re¬ 
quire twenty pounds of honey to make oue 
pound of comb; if so, it will require fifty 
pounds of honey to furnish one hive with 
comb; and honey at twenty-live cents per 
pound would be $12.50. 
From this truo statement, dear readers, 
w'e may judge whether it would be prudent 
to save and buy all the nice worker comb 
we can get, and fill our empty hives with it, 
instead of rendering it into wax and selling 
It at thirty cents per pound, the usual 
price, when it is worth $5.00 per pound to 
Have it from the bees. No wonder the 
honey extractor is coming into general use 
by thoso who know the value of comb.— 
National Dee Journal. 
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BEE NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Distribution of Honey Bees.—Honey 
bees are found widely distributed over the 
face of the earth. Prof. K iLAtr found them 
even at the most Northerly promontory of 
Norway. In Greenland they areablo to lay 
up stores for nine months of Winter, In 
Switzerland the Pastor of Rauda has an 
apiary 4,lfi0 feet, above the sea. They occur 
In Asia and in a part of Africa. On the 
coast of Asia Minor apiaries are common 
ami the Smyrna honey is highly prized. 
The bee was imported to America in 1675. 
The first mention of an apiary in the Uni¬ 
ted States was Hint of George Pelton of 
Virginia, in L8K1. The Mefipoua (Melipona 
seuLclInvis) of Brazil is a honey bee with 
no sting, but with a sharp bite. 
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