. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 296 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Sept. 21, 1916. good results from Dioxogen that he was reluctant to try anything else, others re- ported equally good results from Per- oxide of Hydrogen. Mr. Taylor, of Edgbaston, made some interesting remarks on the using of the hive. Many persons spoiled the principle for which it was designed by packing the space around the brood box with sawdust, paper, chaff, or cork dust. He thought the effect of the Associations' work wuld tend to make beekeepers keep everything neat and clean around the bee- hi
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 296 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Sept. 21, 1916. good results from Dioxogen that he was reluctant to try anything else, others re- ported equally good results from Per- oxide of Hydrogen. Mr. Taylor, of Edgbaston, made some interesting remarks on the using of the hive. Many persons spoiled the principle for which it was designed by packing the space around the brood box with sawdust, paper, chaff, or cork dust. He thought the effect of the Associations' work wuld tend to make beekeepers keep everything neat and clean around the bee- hives. Mr. Price agreed that there was a great improvement in the way bees were kept since the Association started, but he regretted many non-members still kept the bees in a deplorable condition, in fact in some cases it appeared as though bee- hives were the best receptacles in which to keep all kinds of left off garments and rubbish. A hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Hip- kins for his kindness brought a pleasant meeting to a close. After the meeting some members took advantage of visiting the castle and caverns which were in close proximity.—Qomniunicated. HOW BEES MADE A CHEEKY CROP POSSIBLE. Mr. E. Whitcomb, a former president of the National Bee-Keepers' Association, and one of the prominent bee-keepers of Nebraska, reports in the Independent Farmer of May 25 how his bees made it possible for him to secure a big crop of cherries when other cherry-growers, with- out bees, secured none. He says : " We had 300 bearing cherry-trees close to our apiary. During the blooming season there were two days during which our bees worked on these cherry-blossoms profusely. As a result we harvested 3U0 bushels of cherries, when our neighbours two or three miles away, who had no bees, and whose trees bloomed as profusely as did ours, were compelled to come to our orchard for ; Prof. M. B. Waite, of the United States Department of Agriculture, among other things he has give
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