. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 20, 1917. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 293. SENDING REMITTANCES. Will subscribers, and others, please bear in mind when sending remittances that though the most cordial relations exist between ourselves and the the latter has no business connection with our papers. All cheques or money orders for should be made payable, and sent, to the secretary, and not mixed up with our accounts. Many people appear to be under the impression that our papers are owned by the , judging by the number of cheques we received in- c
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 20, 1917. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 293. SENDING REMITTANCES. Will subscribers, and others, please bear in mind when sending remittances that though the most cordial relations exist between ourselves and the the latter has no business connection with our papers. All cheques or money orders for should be made payable, and sent, to the secretary, and not mixed up with our accounts. Many people appear to be under the impression that our papers are owned by the , judging by the number of cheques we received in- cluding in the one amount subscription to the , insurance, and subscrip- tion to one or iboth of our papers, or re- mittances for books. It would be just as reasonable when sending a cheque to the "grocer to make the amount large enough to pay the butcher's bill as well, and expect them to adjust the matter. We have even on several occasions re- ceived cheques to cover subscriptions to both the Journal and one or other of the county associations. This kind of thing causes a lot of needless trouble and delay in adjusting accounts, and in future if cheques are sent for these mixed accounts we may feel obliged to return them to the drawer for the amounts to be separated. A DORSET YARN. " How early in the morning do the bees begin work? " was asked of me some time since. If it's going to rain, they are not in a hurry, but if fine I have seen them out between five and six o'clock when, as Keats so beautifully puts it: — •„" Dewdrops like diamonds hung on every tree, And sprinkled silvery lustre o'er the lea; And all the verdurous herbage of the ground Was decked with pearls, which cast a splendour round ; The flowers, the buds, and every plant that grew, Sipp'd the fresh fragrance of the morning dew. In every plant the liquid nectar flowed, In every bud, and every flower that blowed; Here roved the busy bees without control, Robbed the sweet bloom an
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