. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 410 THE BRITISH BEE [Dec. 28, 1916. INDEX. Owing to the Christmas holiday, and .shortage of labour, we are unable to print tjje title and index this week. They will be included in our next The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and give their real names and addresses, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustration
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 410 THE BRITISH BEE [Dec. 28, 1916. INDEX. Owing to the Christmas holiday, and .shortage of labour, we are unable to print tjje title and index this week. They will be included in our next The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and give their real names and addresses, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustrations should bz drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. WASPS V. BEES. [9390] I find a simple but effective way of preventing robbing, or keeping wasps out of hives, is to close the doors to ^ in., and then place a piece of board, about 7 in. long and 3 in. wide and | in. thick, fiat on alighting board and against the door; for if it is a W. B. C. hive with closing doors this still leaves a narrow tunnel between board and doors which bees can use, but along which robbers will will not venture,—J. F. H. THE BRITISH BAR FRAME HIVE AND BEE LEGISLATION. [9391]—I am very pleased to see that someone has at last seen fit to challenge the statements of Mr. Kidd and myself in regard to the above hive. As my sole object in supporting Mr. Kidd's argu- ments against this hive as advanced by him on page 334 in British Bee Journal of October 26 is to see the British bee- keeping industry advancing with that of other countries, I will reply to a few points raised by Mr. F. M. Claridge in his criticism (9385) on page 393 in British Bee Journal of December 14. I feel all the more pleasure in doing this becaui^e I myself, like Mr. Claridge, " do not pro- fess to be able to argue the ' pros and cons ' of the scientific or commercial aspect of ; (1) With regard to porches (which is only one of the many superfluities) my conten
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