. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. xfiF^Jg,. [8898] Weight of Sections.—Bees in Towns.—I shall be thankful if you will tell me what weight the sections are that are sold in England at 8s. or 9s. per dozen. I read somewhere that 14oz. sections were good enough for exhibition and 12oz. very good for sale. A friend tells me that in Ireland he got sections up to 20ozs., but ordinarily lbozs. to 18ozs., using wooden dividers. My best stock here makes sections of 12ozs. to 14ozs., others seal them when they are 9ozs. to lOozs. What can I do to get heavier sections? I use the ordi
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. xfiF^Jg,. [8898] Weight of Sections.—Bees in Towns.—I shall be thankful if you will tell me what weight the sections are that are sold in England at 8s. or 9s. per dozen. I read somewhere that 14oz. sections were good enough for exhibition and 12oz. very good for sale. A friend tells me that in Ireland he got sections up to 20ozs., but ordinarily lbozs. to 18ozs., using wooden dividers. My best stock here makes sections of 12ozs. to 14ozs., others seal them when they are 9ozs. to lOozs. What can I do to get heavier sections? I use the ordinary 4^in. by 4^in. by 2in. and metal dividers. Further, I should like to know if in England beekeeping is for- bidden in small townships, and, if so, in which, for instance. Thanking you in anticipation for kind reply through your Journ\l.—L. W. J. Deuss, Nyasaland. Reply.—Sections sold in England at 8s. or 9s., unglazed, are never so light as 12ozs., the weight averages between 14u/.s. and lGozs. It would be no use exhibiting sections weighing 14ozs. only, as they would stand little chance of winning a prize. Sections weighing 20ozs. are very rare. We are afraid we cannot tell you what to do to obtain heavier sections; a good flow of nectar and the supers well crowded with bees, is what we look for here. Bee-keeping can be followed any- where in England. Occasionally a person objects to bees, and if he can prove they are a nuisance through being too near his habitation he can obtain an injunction restraining the person from keeping them too near. This applies in the country as well as in the towns. It is very rarely that a case of this kind is brought into Court, and when it is it often proves more of a personal quarrel and spite than that the bees are a nuisance. [8899] Spring Dwinditng.—As I am a novice, I shall be obliged if you will tell me the meaning of what is termed ' spring dwindling," the effects of it, and a remedy?—E. R. B., Rugby. Reply.—Spring
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