The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-01-08
For the Cadiz Seminal.
BEES.
RI n wILKIE, AFfAazAn.
POLLEN, OR BEE BREAD

PoLLRs, OR BKE BREAD.
The impregnating substance Of the how-
eTs of fruits and plants, Is kind Of farins
or -four, in consistence much the same as
rye flower, and which when gathered by the
bees is called Pollen or Bee bread. : Ii is
collected from ragweed, dande.ion, pump,
kin, and many other kinds Of h0EerS-
Bees serve an important end acre, in 'csr
rying pollen on their bodies from flower 10
flower, thus making them fertile aud cross
Ing the varieties. In this there is a. nota>
bic adaptation of means 10 ends in the
Divine economy. that, apparently to. pre-
serve the integrity OF each species Of Plants
bee will always complete its load from
whatever plant 1t commences on, regardless
of the scarcity of the flowers on which il
commences or the abundance Of Others
around them. They collect their pollen 10
little pellets or balls on the sides Of their
legs and when it is dry they carry an ad-
ditional portion by dusting il over their
bodies. Bees eat small portion Of bee,
bread themselves, but it is mainly used for
feeding their brood, and is always placed in
close proximity to the brood, so that tho
bee keeper who wishes his table honey free
from bee bread must have it made a. far as
possible from the brood. -
Bees can subsist during winter and spring
without bee bread; but they do not seem to
prosper nearly as well. Rye, or even wheat
-four may be fed advantageously to bees in
the spring, before they are able to collect it
from natural sources. Place the -four in
shallow boxes, set in the sunshine, in a
calm place, near the bees, where they will
delight to roll themselves il it.
PRoPoLIS.
Propolis is a kind of paste or bee.glne,
used by the bees to glue 'eracks in their
hives. Their hives are sometimes almost
lined with it. Hives are sometimes so
glued to their stand that it requires consid-
cradle force tO remova them. It seems to
be gathered from the buds of various kinds
Of trees as the halm-of. gileOd, poplar, &c.
When btes have access to newly yarnsheG
furniture, they will collect yarnish for the
same purpose. The fact that bees have,
sometimes, been known to Hight on the
coffins of their keepers. has doubtless given
rise to the superstition that they ore aware
Of his death and have thus Joined the fam.
lily in mourning his departure.
HoNBYCoMB
Combs are used for storing honey, fer
nests for the young, and as warm habor
for the bees in winter. 1t is not made OF
the yellow bee bread that bees carry on
their legs, as many suppose, but 1t is an
animal Secretion from the body of the bee
as milk is from the COW. Bees seem pos.
sessed of the power of producing it whan.
ave, needeI The substance used to manu-
facture il honey or some other sacharine
matter F,nclose colony of bees in a hive
nnJ fnaa tbnn, honey or dissolved sugar,
an1 thev viii construct combs aud fiji them
w;th tho sama Pamore these and contins
ma 70 E,od thnm and they will construct
ue 10 ivrq 'nJ4 "~u ororay calcnlsteS that hat
i viii ,en,,;re about twnntv pounds of hon
-, - ,nal.a ona nnn,d NJ comb "a thot n
3od bans n ;ndnce thnm 70 make combs il
rorbsr evns,s;v.. and il is ghod economv to
a,", s"un oil tbo nombs noas;ble he,ne the i'm,
nf rat,onfyn, tba nodIlar ~