H 
HANDLING BEES.—See Manipula¬ 
tion of Colonies; Frames, Self-spacing; 
Anger of Bees; also Stings, and Hives. 
HAULING BEES.—See Moving Bees. 
tral North America, particularly in Illi¬ 
nois, Kansas, and Nebraska. In the last- 
named State it reaches a height of from 
three to five feet, and grows luxuriantly on 
all waste and stubble lands. The flowers in 
Heartsease or smartweed. 
HEARTEASE (Polygonum Persicaria). 
■—This is one of the large family of nec¬ 
tar-bearing plants of which the common 
buckwheat is one. Heartsease, sometimes 
known as lady’s thumb, knotweed, or heart- 
weed, is naturalized from Europe, and is 
widely distributed over eastern and cen- 
oblong- clusters are generally reddish pur¬ 
ple, and, in rare instances, white. It yields 
in Nebraska, and other States in that sec¬ 
tion of the country, immense quantities of 
honey. One beekeeper, T. R. Delong, at 
the North American convention held in 
Lincoln, Neb., in October, 1896, reported 
