The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-08-20

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esesd 4 ths se;sses n Bees ard - eslsars.
Ut - - - aekaovlsles ut vas bon
anoas ths Mani tribe II Iadiaas; hsSs
hsss snissd in he vosds, rsnsiae Wild, Con-
ssqssstly haye bat : limited sdsestioa.
lhsvs bssa sngassd il keeping Bsss moro
~ jsslv ysars, but had nsvr red asy -.
~ = ssaay q Bees until dnes ths saoss q
the rsbellion.
when vss from home in the army ny
wife lost nearly IN our Bees, and shs
bought Mysteries Of Bee Keeping, explained
By Quinby. This ssaaoa have purchased
Mr. Laasstroth on Ne Hoesy Bee. have
resd both Of those aasAon carefully, and in
uany Gases have fo1nd ny own o6ssrvations
corrobora.ed, have caught some nsw ideas,
and think have discovered few errors
But il i not errors that an after, \ Is truths
that wish 70 end and confirm, and in order
70 do that will state some Of my own OBJ
servations.
Its now about twenty>sevsn years since !
was living about miles from Keosauqus, in
IIows. had ono stand Of Bees that made
several pounds Of honey. On the under
side Of the bench on which the hive set, IN
the open air, Ispent many hours in watching
them Al work 10 building comb and deposit
i ing honey. It was then that discovered
pure wax was grown upon the bee although
had often noticed the little scales Of wax OF
, the bench where new swarms had bsen hived
! supposed they had gathered the material II
the woods and dropped them in building
, Vas not aware that Aristotle and others ha'
, known al that and much more two thousand
years ago.
Then again, about seventeen years ago
when living in Sweet Home, Clark county
Missouri, had some hives setting inside 9
. building, 90 as to lei. them work out throug
the wall. The Bees not only filled thel
9 hives, but made large quantities on the out
= aides. could then cit inside of the build
: ing, as near a. wished, and watch them .
:. work ~ long As pleased.
6 II was in that building that | first disco'
y cred the bees deposi,ing propoli, and froI
q that time until the present have often take
: my friends TO look 1t my bees, and made vi
Of about this language: just look at thos
. lazy fellows with heals all up, we'll filled
u they seem to be doing nothing, but they Al
the ones that produce the pure wax, (shoy
! ing them the scales). Now, do you see tho'
s other bees all seemingly hard at work, VII
:. ali their sterns pointing up hill7 Tho usu
reply has been. 'they seem to be hard
work doing nothing" My usual answer b
been: Such is the domestic economy OF Il
= bee, that when we'll fed on bee bread .,
+. honey, and placed in . certain position tn
produce pure wax, and when we'll fed to
10 considerable extent on the same material al
- their position reversed, they emit pitch.
er When there is big crack to be solder
up, there is regular detail made. Ths
OF ratiops distributed, they proceed to fatig
dnty-turn their sterns up hill and 30
n work, advancing few steps forward. tn
recedng, and so on continually, sometim
o. for two days and nights, or longer, befc
lis they effected any thing visible, but At last
dark fluid substance issues from the prolos
'e' that has been elaborated from the nice che
At ical apparatus with which every bee is pl
be vided, each bee depositing small parcels Fl
. quently until the allotted job is completed.
Now wish all persons that have some
he those old bee gums that have cracks 10 tn
and open spaces between the hive and
N, bottom boards to watch, and within MOI
10 they may see the interesting operation, AM
/. I am correct, we will have settled what
been mooted question with Apairians
two thousand years, and also An import
~ point in natural history. l most Cheerful
3. admit, as asserted by Quimby and Langstro
- that the bees gather various kinds Of g
- and wax out doors, but assert that oil tn,
- substances passes through the labratory
i. the bee, and that surprising chemical chan
are effected, fully up to the widest dresm
=. the Alchemist.
would say to farmers along the Valley
the Des Moines, that we have one large VI
g. whose pollen seems to be a wax when Ga
:. cred. It's now just blooming.
A. N. HARLAN