. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. May 29, 1919. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 213. The Royal Show. May we again remind our readers that â entries for the above close on Saturday next. A printer's error occurs in the schedule. In class 13, the last three words should read "approximate 6 lbs.," not "12 lbs.," as printed. The Highland and Agricultural Societies' Show. We would also draw attention to this show . The prize list is a very good one, and the promoters of the honey section are very anxious that it should be a suc- cess. Entry forms may be obtained fr
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. May 29, 1919. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 213. The Royal Show. May we again remind our readers that â entries for the above close on Saturday next. A printer's error occurs in the schedule. In class 13, the last three words should read "approximate 6 lbs.," not "12 lbs.," as printed. The Highland and Agricultural Societies' Show. We would also draw attention to this show . The prize list is a very good one, and the promoters of the honey section are very anxious that it should be a suc- cess. Entry forms may be obtained from Mr G. Stirton, 3, George IV. Bridge, Edinburgh. Obituary Notice. Frank Benton. We regret to announce the death of Frank Benton, the well-known bee-keeper, who was born July 5, 1852, in Coldwater, Michigan. He died February 28, 1919, at Fort Myers, Florida, where he had gone to improve his failing health. Early in life he took great interest in bees, and as a boy watched bumble-bees as they flew in and out of their nests or visited flowers. He was a graduate of the Agricultural College in Michigan, and for several years taught in rural schools there and in East Tennessee. He gave up teaching and de- voted himself entirely to bee-keeping. In 1879 and 1880 he started rn his first- journey over the world, and visited, in company with the great Canadian bee- master, D. A. Jones, of Bepton, Cyprus and the Holy Land in search of new races of bees. He went as far as Java in search of the great Indian bee Apis Dorsato, which he finally found in Ceylon. He only succeeded in bringing a few colonies of the giant bee to Beyrouth, where they died whilst he was confined to his bed with jungle fever, brought home from the tropics. With great care he studied the problem of sending bees by mail, and it was only after years of perseverance that he finally settled on the world-renowned " Benton mailing ; Whilst busy exporting Cyprians from Cyprus, Syrians from Syria, and Holy Ti
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