. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 14, 1916.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 289 Mr. C. P. Keenan, the conductor, and the members of the orchestra, and to Messrs. Paulin and Knight for arranging the musical programme. Mr. and Mrs. Knight were also thanked for allowing the use of their grounds, which undoubtedly added greatly to the success of the show. Votes of thanks to the ladies of the Social Com- mittee, for arranging the refreshments, to the President for presiding, and to Mr. O. W. Judge (Hon. Secretary) and other helpers were carried with The Editors do


. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 14, 1916.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 289 Mr. C. P. Keenan, the conductor, and the members of the orchestra, and to Messrs. Paulin and Knight for arranging the musical programme. Mr. and Mrs. Knight were also thanked for allowing the use of their grounds, which undoubtedly added greatly to the success of the show. Votes of thanks to the ladies of the Social Com- mittee, for arranging the refreshments, to the President for presiding, and to Mr. O. W. Judge (Hon. Secretary) and other helpers were carried with The Editors do not hold themselvet responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous communica- tions, and correspondents are requested to torite on one side of the paper only and give their real names and addresses, not necessarily for publica- tion, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustra- tions should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected com- munications. THE INCUBATION OF BEES. {Coniinued from page 282.) It may be that when you remove the â combs to your incubator, you substituted fresh frames of foundation or of empty combs. Seven days later, these will, in turn; be ready for your incubator, which already contains your first ten combs. You will, therefore, need another body box like the first, with perforated zinc tacked along the bottom, which may be tiered in your incubator, putting the first body, of course, on the top. With luck, therefore, which may be expected if prepared for, bees from the ten combs, full of brood, may be obtained every seven or eight days. These will well fill two hives. Drones and queens may, of course, be in- cubated with the worker bees. 2. I have some hopes that this may be a means of overcoming, to some ex- tent, the " Isle of Wight " disease. If I am not mistaken, this disease occurs in, and is propagated by, the adult bee. If so, a hive of bees, every one of


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