Bees and Hornets
It seems to have astonished some gardeners that the bees have attacked the fruit as grerxlily as any wasps. The best of the local bee-keepers within my acquaintance has long regarded the appearance of bees on damaged fruit as the most certain of signs that honey-collecting has ceased, and as soon as he has noticed this change of diet he begins to make winter arrangements for the hives. This season the bees on the fruit have been more conspicuous perhaps by reason- of the absence— with me the almon complete absence—of wasp's. A few queens were seen—on the cotoneaster hcrizontalis in .the spring, but not even marina! ide and an open window have attracted any of their progeny. It is a wholly new personal experience that I have seen more hornets- including the beginnings of two nests—than wasps, though in other years I have seen exactly none.
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