. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 164 THE BRITISH BEE JOUENAL. piay 20, 1915. there, amongst them being bee-eaters, wood-swalloM's, and a white-plumed honey-eater, which destroys immense num- bers of bees while they are gathering honey on the sugar gums. Ants, too, have been unusually troublesome this season. Black and red spiders are also very destructive. The prize competition for March was on " What is required in a district to call it an ideal locality for an Apiary? " Apparently few real ideal sites are available even in these sunny lands of the south. There
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 164 THE BRITISH BEE JOUENAL. piay 20, 1915. there, amongst them being bee-eaters, wood-swalloM's, and a white-plumed honey-eater, which destroys immense num- bers of bees while they are gathering honey on the sugar gums. Ants, too, have been unusually troublesome this season. Black and red spiders are also very destructive. The prize competition for March was on " What is required in a district to call it an ideal locality for an Apiary? " Apparently few real ideal sites are available even in these sunny lands of the south. There is no rose without its thorn ! Sitting or Standiiuj.—Mr. Holterman has been contributing a series of articles in Gleanings on " How to Do and How Not to ; The last deals with manipu- lating a hive. He there, in words and in illustrations, advocates sitting when handling frames, &c.; at which I marvel. If I saw some of our bee-keepers dealing with their bees in this way I .would at once set such men down as lazy. Indeed, I don't think I ever saw a Briton sitting while handling bees, and I would set it down as a fit of laziness if I had. I know that Americans deal with hundreds of hives when we treat tens, therefore a long fatiguing day may be lightened by sitting occasionally—but I have my doubts. My contention is that when sitting there is a lack of fi'eedom of move- ment, a waste of time in shifting from one position to another, and a lack of con- centrated observation. The position is cramped, i;nsteady, and curbs initiative. I may have more to say on the question at some future time, but would like first to have the views of some of our Notes from the runjab (p. 69).— These two very remarkable cases, where the apiarist suddenly decided to perform operations, but was forestalled by the bees themselves, permit of several explanations. One might be that the apiarist was well aware of the need, but left the operation to the last or psychological
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