. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 184 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [May 7, 1914. as a result an illustrated article of his on bee-keeping in Japan appeared in the "; of Jan. 2nd, 1913, page 5. Another account of his visit to Roman bee-keepers appeared in the "; of June 23rd, 1910. Latterly he suffered from diabetes, and last year he had two severe attacks of bronchitis, and although he thought that he had completely re- covered and was planning another long journey, his article to the IUuxtrierte Monatsblatter, sent in December, was the last, an


. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 184 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [May 7, 1914. as a result an illustrated article of his on bee-keeping in Japan appeared in the "; of Jan. 2nd, 1913, page 5. Another account of his visit to Roman bee-keepers appeared in the "; of June 23rd, 1910. Latterly he suffered from diabetes, and last year he had two severe attacks of bronchitis, and although he thought that he had completely re- covered and was planning another long journey, his article to the IUuxtrierte Monatsblatter, sent in December, was the last, and in the night previous to his contemplated journey he ruptured a blood-vessel, which caused his death. He was a fine type of man, and bee-keepers throughout the world will mourn his The Editors do not hold themselves responsible tor the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications, mnd correspondents are requested to write on one tide of the paper only and give their real names and addresses, not necessarily for publication, but at a guarantee of good faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. BANATS. THE FEUIT GROWERS' BEE. [9013] After reading Mr. Viner's letter (page 155) I have come to the conclusion that he possesses a quiet strain of Banats. Through the recommendation of the late Mr. C. N. White I purchased seven Banat queens from a friend of his in that country. I sold five of these to friends, so that they might give them a trial. Their experiences and my own are exactly the same. Only one queen seemed to go ahead as far as the outward appearance of the hive was concerned, as bees Avere coming out in dozens. I prepared a rack with drawn-out sections and put this on, lifted the body- box fin. off floor board for ventilation. When I looked in at the top of the rack a week later not a single Banat was up, although in my other stocks some had fi


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