. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 692 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. An East Indian climbing a Tree in search of Apis Dorsata. Some time ago we publislied an engraving, sliowing tlie home of Mr. Frank Benton, in the island of Cyprus, which he has since left to go to Suk- el-Gharb, Mount Lebanon, in Palestine, Asia. Now we present an engraving of a native East Indian (Cingalese) climbing a tree, in search of the " giant bees," found only in the island of Java—the Apis dorsata. Our readers will. remember the many articles published a year ago in the Bee Journal, con- cerning Mr. Be
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 692 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. An East Indian climbing a Tree in search of Apis Dorsata. Some time ago we publislied an engraving, sliowing tlie home of Mr. Frank Benton, in the island of Cyprus, which he has since left to go to Suk- el-Gharb, Mount Lebanon, in Palestine, Asia. Now we present an engraving of a native East Indian (Cingalese) climbing a tree, in search of the " giant bees," found only in the island of Java—the Apis dorsata. Our readers will. remember the many articles published a year ago in the Bee Journal, con- cerning Mr. Benton's journeys in the far East in search of these giant bees, and of his sad failure to procure any of them. The engraving on this page is from a drawing which he sent to Mr. Root then, and explained in the last Juvenile Gleanings. Best Size for a Colony in Winter.— The Country Oentlemau gives the fol- lowing on this subject: Considerable controversy has taken place with regard to the best size for a colony when put into winter quarters. In my estimation, six Langstroth frames, well covered with bees, an- swer as well as eight or ten, particu- larly if in a chaff hive; they will be found as strong in the spring usually as the larger ones. I would myself prefer four or five frames crowded with bees, with a young laying queen, to twice as many with a two-year old queen—the results on the tirstof April next year would be much more satis- factory. On the final examination, before putting the bees away for win- ter, I prefer to take away, if necessary, some frames of their fall-gathered honey and pollen, and introduce into the middle of the hive two frames of empty worker comb; then feed the bees liberaJily pure sugar syrup (made of coffee A sugar and water), until those frames are filled and sealed over. The bees will come out cleaner, brighter and more healthy in spring on sugar syrup than on any fall honey they may gather. The frames removed should be Kept in a warm, dry r
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