. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 414 as you began, hi your excellent cellars, by offering us wine of the second quality, so as to pass afterward to the better sorts,—a way permit me to say, which connoisseurs in wines have, but of which no one ever com- plains. From this, fac ut bene vnleas, Liepore, May, 1878. Dr. Reisser. Foreign Items, GLEANED BY FRANK BENTON. " Ein Vorspiel Im November nur : Uaa Volk bleibt meistens frei von ; This proverb among German bee-keepers would read in English as follows: " A flight in November only, and the colony remains quite free
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 414 as you began, hi your excellent cellars, by offering us wine of the second quality, so as to pass afterward to the better sorts,—a way permit me to say, which connoisseurs in wines have, but of which no one ever com- plains. From this, fac ut bene vnleas, Liepore, May, 1878. Dr. Reisser. Foreign Items, GLEANED BY FRANK BENTON. " Ein Vorspiel Im November nur : Uaa Volk bleibt meistens frei von ; This proverb among German bee-keepers would read in English as follows: " A flight in November only, and the colony remains quite free from ; From Luneburg, Hanover, news comes that the fall weather has been very pleasant and favorable for the securing of the crops, which this year are excellent. The bee- keepers, especially, have been favored with a good harvest, the first " honey year," it is said, since 1859. The luxuriance and beauty of the vege- tation on the Island of Java, particularly of the flower-producing plants, are said to be wonderful. The island is described as be- ing "the most fruitful island in tlie world, an Eldorado, a ; To Herrn. Ru- dolf Mayerhoeifer, the active and worthy editor of ''Der Dienenvater," Prague, be- longs the whole credit of having suggested and even urged upon the Dutcli government the importation of European bees. Several colonies were safely landed on the island last year, and a new source of wealih to the government has been opened. It seems that in the manufacture of tlieir clothing the in- habitants use much wax, and, thus far, have been obliged to import all of it; now, how- ever, Java has the prospect of being able to export wax ere long. Herr Mayerhoeffer's service in this matter certainly deserves a high reward. The Egyptians exhibit great skill in their manner of cultivating the bee. The flowers and the harvest are much earlier in Upper Egypt than iu Lower, and the inhabitants profit by this circumstance in regar
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