. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 26, 1913.] THL BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 253 as to the weather conditions during tlie month of May, I find that they are about as bad, if not worse, than in April, and have come to the conclusion that for- tunate is the man who has had a swarm either in May or until date of writing (June 8th), certainly no one has had one in this disti-ict. We had thirteen full working days, seven partial, and eleven wlien not a bee was to be seen. The pre- vailing high gusty winds have done con- -siderable damage to fruit blossom, and now that hawthorn is
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 26, 1913.] THL BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 253 as to the weather conditions during tlie month of May, I find that they are about as bad, if not worse, than in April, and have come to the conclusion that for- tunate is the man who has had a swarm either in May or until date of writing (June 8th), certainly no one has had one in this disti-ict. We had thirteen full working days, seven partial, and eleven wlien not a bee was to be seen. The pre- vailing high gusty winds have done con- -siderable damage to fruit blossom, and now that hawthorn is in full bloom, I am just afraid that the flow will be nearly a failure; it certainly will if the same condi- tions prevail as we have experienced ever since June came in ; during the last four days the wind has been blowing a hurri- caref ul ; as often as not it is small matters such as this that lead to disaster. I am at present advocating a change, and think that my other boe-keeper companions will agree. I enclose a photo of a corner of my apiary, which may be of interest to you. It was taken early in June. Trust- ing that very soon the weather will take up and allow the weak stocks to get up their ^^strength before heather time.— J. R.,'Blantyre. [The danger, if any, is likely to arise more from possible contamination from other hives, than from their being placed near the old location.—Eds.] VAGARIES OF SWARMS. [8751] Will you kindly allow. A CORNER OF MY APIARY. cane, accompanied by heavy showers of rain. I went up Clydeside two weeks ago expecting to see fruit trees in full bloom, but A^ as disappointed, as little forage was in evidence. I remarked the scarcity to a native and was told that a " bittir tick o' frost in the mornin' and then high cauld wind durin' the day , did all the ; Most of the bee-keepers around here had supers on in expectation of the honey- flow, but I found two still feeding, the reason for this being, in one case, the bee- ke
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