Honey From Fruits

A ectar in flowers is not honey, says a writer in Meehan's Monthly. This nectar is gathered by the tongtie oí the !"■■■ and enters what is called the ■ bag. from which it is regurgitated by the bee on its return to the hive a-nd deposited in thé honey cell. Even then it is thin and watery, and does not become really honey until the watery parts have evaporated. In collecting- the Bweets the bees do not confine themselves wholly to the flowers. The writer of this paragraph has for a next neighbor a professional bee keeper, whose bees depend almost wholly on the flowers from the writer"s garden - that is to say, there are few other flowers, exeept wild ones, on whioh the bees can collect their material. Unfortunately for him they are not satisfied with the flower, but also carry away the fruit. It is almost impossible in raspberry time to get enough from his garden to make a respectable dish for the tea table;nearly every berry is sueked to pieces before it is absolutely ripe. It is the same with the grapes. In order t secure them from the ravages of the bees they have to be protected paper bags. Last aeason, and for the iirst time, they have been found to carry peaches ulso. IIow they first penétrate the skin is not elear, but it maj possibly .'.ave been from the puncture oí the curculio. The cure alio frequently euts the skin without depösiting the egg, and ( break may be borne along without i;.jury to the peacli, pennitting it to ripen. It is possible that they gei a flrst entrance here. At any rato, certain it is th; i bef ore the peach is f airly little is lef t of the peach but the stor.e. Other fruit growers likewise of the ravages of the bees. Bee keepers eontend that thiseannot be; that the bee is incapable of pcrforaling the fruit. This may or may not be: certainly what perforations might ezisi befora the bees disco' them would not injnre t .;■ fruit. followingup of this by the bees is just as bad as il" they made tlie orig-inal perforations for themselves.