. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. s ^ ,^^lAo^@> THE British. Communications to the Editor to be addressed ' ' Printing Office, Tower Street, St. Martin's Lane, ' [No. 129. Vol. XL] SEPTEMBER 1, 1883. [Published Fortnightly.] <£bifrrrial, Sottas, #c. BEES AT PUBLIC PARKS AND MUSEUMS. I arn surprised our Parks Committee do not keep these interesting creatures in our parks to instruct and interest the thousands of our men of toil, many of whom do not know what a honey-hee is. The expense to the Parks Committee would be very trifling, as I proved by the s
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. s ^ ,^^lAo^@> THE British. Communications to the Editor to be addressed ' ' Printing Office, Tower Street, St. Martin's Lane, ' [No. 129. Vol. XL] SEPTEMBER 1, 1883. [Published Fortnightly.] <£bifrrrial, Sottas, #c. BEES AT PUBLIC PARKS AND MUSEUMS. I arn surprised our Parks Committee do not keep these interesting creatures in our parks to instruct and interest the thousands of our men of toil, many of whom do not know what a honey-hee is. The expense to the Parks Committee would be very trifling, as I proved by the swarm of bees I took to our Peel Park Museum on the 3rd of July, 1862. The bees were in one of my improved observatory bar-frame hives; the four sides and top being composed of glass. The hive was placed near one of the windows over the principal entrance to the Museum, a hole being cut in the bottom of the window-frame for the bees to go out and in. The energetic curator, Mr. Plant, took charge of them ; and he will confirm my statement, that during the 29-3 days the bees were in the Museum, the}' were a source of endless amusement and attraction to thousands who visited the Museum. The bees did very well in their new home, and I brought them back to Newton Heath to swarm on April 22, 1863. The consumption of food was more than the usual average, amounting to ItW ounce per day, rather less than li ounce per day for the 203 days they were at the Museum. This I account for by the bees being in a warm room all winter, which made them active, and caused them to consume more food. "When the Royal Agricultural Society of England visited Manchester in 1809,1 exhibited some bees at work; and one stock gained in weight 9 lbs. 9 ozs. whilst at the show at Old Trafford. Bees will go four miles to collect honey; so they must have worked in the gardens round Old Trafford, much to the benefit of the owners of those gardens, as bees are the principal agents in the production of nearly a
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