. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. 9, 1915.] THE BRITISH BEE JOUEXAL. 445 ECHOES FROM THE HIVES. This has been a very fair honey year round here. I only had two hives this year, and both swarmed while I was away from home, in spite of plenty of room and ventilation. I took off 28 lbs. of run honey and thirty fully-finished sections from one hive, and 32 lbs. of run honey and ten finished sections frorn the other. I also had about thirty unsealed but almost finished sections between the two hives, the result of a sudden brisk honey flow about July 27th. Where the late h
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. 9, 1915.] THE BRITISH BEE JOUEXAL. 445 ECHOES FROM THE HIVES. This has been a very fair honey year round here. I only had two hives this year, and both swarmed while I was away from home, in spite of plenty of room and ventilation. I took off 28 lbs. of run honey and thirty fully-finished sections from one hive, and 32 lbs. of run honey and ten finished sections frorn the other. I also had about thirty unsealed but almost finished sections between the two hives, the result of a sudden brisk honey flow about July 27th. Where the late honey came from I do not know, unless it Avas from Tritomas, of which I have a hedge about thirty yards long, and it was a mass of blossom.—E. M. Rocke, Aston-on-Clun, Salop. WEATHER REPORT. Westbourne, Sussex. xovembee Rainfall, Below average, .08in. Heaviest fall, .97, on 11th. Rain fell on 10 days. Sunshine, hrs. Above average, hrs. Brightest day, 19th, hrs. Sunless days, o. Maximum tempera- ture, 56, on 12th. Minimum tempera- ture, 25, on 27th. 1915. Minimum on grass, 18, on 27th. Frosty nights, 16. Mean maximum, Mean minimum, Mean temjierature, Below average, Maximum barome- ter, , on 21st. Minimum barome- ter, , on 12th. L. B. Correspondents desiring an answer in the next issue should send questions to reach this office NOT LATER than the FIRST POST on MONDAY MORNING. Only SPECIALLY URGENT ques- tions will be replied to by post if a STAMPED addressed envelope is enclosed. All questions must be accompanied by the sender's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith There is no fee for answering questions. H. A. Hopkins (Norwich).—The hives will now be quite safe to use again. It is safer to use new frames. The cost is so small compared with the slightest risk of re-infection. Su.'ipecfrd F. H. Salt (Stoke-on-Trent).—The bees are suffering from ""
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