. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. March 27, 1919. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 115 In these circumstances, I am seriously considering the advisability of devoting my small apiary chiefly to rearing bees for sale, making use of grocers' boxes as nucleus hives, and only keeping a hive or two for honey production for home use.— H. W. T. A. nDuirinigton).—Feeding bees in boxes.—Cnt a hoi© in tihe top of the box that ihas not got one. Mark out a circle two inches across, and with a brace and bit boxe a hole close ito tho mark, and inside tihe circle, large enough to insejt
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. March 27, 1919. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 115 In these circumstances, I am seriously considering the advisability of devoting my small apiary chiefly to rearing bees for sale, making use of grocers' boxes as nucleus hives, and only keeping a hive or two for honey production for home use.— H. W. T. A. nDuirinigton).—Feeding bees in boxes.—Cnt a hoi© in tihe top of the box that ihas not got one. Mark out a circle two inches across, and with a brace and bit boxe a hole close ito tho mark, and inside tihe circle, large enough to insejt tbe blade of a smaU saw, then saw round the mark, taking as short strokes a© possible. An expanding bit (would make a neater job if you ihave, or can borrow, one. For feeding, use the ordinary bottle feeder placed' over the hole exposing three tholes, or a pickle bottle filled with, syrup, and a piece of linen, or calico, tied over the mouth, ind inserted over the hole will answer the purpose. A. B. (Clacton).—[/niting feces.—(1) Native*. (2) You may unite weak colonies as soon as "tJie weather is milder, say fromi the imiddle of next month. (3) You may igive syrup any time now. Do not give dry sugar. Add 2 pint of hot water to each pound of sugaj, put in a good pinch of salt, and a small teaspoonful of vinegar; let it boil about half a minute; give iji a bottle feeder. See jeply above to T. A. " Worried " (Weet Farm).—We cannot say what caueedi the deatlh of bees without further par- ticulars. It may have been " ; disease, or they Imay the tqueen at the end of last summer and gone into winter quarters with all' old bees, the resuJt being that the colony has dwindled until it was ^not strong enouglh to survive tihe cold and damp of the late winter. Suspected Disease. W. G. B .(Essex), E. W. €. i(Amwell), €. E. G. Gordon (Bampton), Miss E. Barton (Lines.), H. W. Kirk (Yorks.), H. E. E. Carter (Kent), J. GiBBiNS (Birmingh
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