. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. JSKtCTCH OF APiARV At VEHDREsse â tically .the same as our British broA\ ii ones, and were typical of the numerous other skeps of bees which I have come across in different parts of the country, although I have at times noticed a slight variation in the colour, due no doubt to the introduction of some foreign blood. The most noticeable feature, hoAvever, Avas their absolute freedom from disease. I have not found during my Avhole experi- ence liei'e a single case of disease of either foul brood or "Isle of Wight," although I have
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. JSKtCTCH OF APiARV At VEHDREsse â tically .the same as our British broA\ ii ones, and were typical of the numerous other skeps of bees which I have come across in different parts of the country, although I have at times noticed a slight variation in the colour, due no doubt to the introduction of some foreign blood. The most noticeable feature, hoAvever, Avas their absolute freedom from disease. I have not found during my Avhole experi- ence liei'e a single case of disease of either foul brood or "Isle of Wight," although I have often found combs, absolutely chocolate in colour, AA'hich must have been in use for several years. The sanitary conditions of the country are extremely bad ; putrid ponds and open cesspools are very numerous, and during the hot A\eather the bees undoubtedly visit them at times for their Avater supply. I have noticed, however, that the French bee- keepers rarely forget to keep a supply of water in shalloAV pans near the hi\-es. Returning once more to the skep Avhich I had been driving, I found that we had having once got a taste of the honey, like- Oliver TAvist Avere asking for more, and I had no rest until one by one the remain- ing skeps of that little apiary Avent the same Avay as the first. But still I think it Avas all for the best, because if left alone they would either have been destroyed by shell fire or knocked over and left to die by some of the troops who Avould have been afraid to actually try to take the honey from them. The apiary Avas situated at the bottom of the garden, Avith only a Avail and a patliAvay uetAveen it and the A'illage church, which then had several shells through it, and by now I expect it is quite demolished, and the site of the little apiary buried in the debris, I have often read in the British Bee Journal of many novel experiences Avhilst driving bees, but to drive them AA'liile under shell fire is something quite ncAv ; nevertheless this
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