. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 286 THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. July 10, 1919. Thames Valley). D. E. Bonvonni (Pem- brokesliire). BuckirLghamshire, Warwickshire and Northumberland Associations applied for preliminary examinations, and all. were granted. The report on the paper work for Final Certificate was presented, and it was re- solved to ask the following to attend for the lecture list :—Miss ]\I. ^ stone, Major C. G. Lord, Rev. E. J. Bartleet, Rev. G. H. Hewison. Mes'Srs. F. L. Wilson, R- Cruickshank, and A. Briers. An interesting chat and exchange of idea
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 286 THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. July 10, 1919. Thames Valley). D. E. Bonvonni (Pem- brokesliire). BuckirLghamshire, Warwickshire and Northumberland Associations applied for preliminary examinations, and all. were granted. The report on the paper work for Final Certificate was presented, and it was re- solved to ask the following to attend for the lecture list :—Miss ]\I. ^ stone, Major C. G. Lord, Rev. E. J. Bartleet, Rev. G. H. Hewison. Mes'Srs. F. L. Wilson, R- Cruickshank, and A. Briers. An interesting chat and exchange of ideas amongst the Council brought a pleasant meeting to a close. Next meeting of Council July 17, 1919, at 23, Bedford Street, Strand. London, o'ngibeBeesj ^,>^/ j?,/^Alturhnal^ STIMULATION. The reason why stimulative feeding is carried on in spring is to impel the bees to start and carry on breeding at an accele- rated pace. If no spare combs are on hand to give the bees, syrup must be fed in a bottle feeder or in one regulated to supply only a limited quantity each day. None of it should be stored in the cells, but all should be utilised by the adult bees for sustenance, or fed the larvse for food. If fed thin it helps to prevent the workers having to go out in search of water, and it is best to give it nice and warm. Special slow feeders are on the market allowing a percolation of only an ounce or two each day, according to the number of holes left exposed to the bees. The Wilkes feeder is ratlaer a good sample. The same end may Ije obtained if a com- mon bottle feeder is covered with several thicknesses of stout doth, which permits the bees to take it down very ing should start some six weeks before the opening of the honey flow as it takes about that time for the young bees first hatched to become producers. Once started the supph' must be kept up steadily right on until honey can be got steadily from some natural source—this in many rases being fr
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