Download or read book American Bee Journal, Vol. 54 written by C. P. Dadant and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Bee Journal, Vol. 54: January, 1914 No beings in the world, that we know of, show a better scent than bees do. They can trace honey through the key-hole of a grocery store. We have known them to come down a tireless chimney, to a room where honey was kept, crawling in through a space in the chimney-board. And as to having and recognizing a hive odor. We have seen two swarms fight on being hived together in a dearth of honey. We have seen bees crawl over our hands, because, a few minutes before, we had handled their queen. We have seen a deserted hive robbed quietly as long as one colony was doing it, but with avery strenuous fight when other colo nies joined for a share in the spoils. There is no end to the instances of very positive odor and scent, enabling bees to recognize each other, however much they may be induced to accept of strangers under certain circum stances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.