. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 12, 1922. THE BEITISH BEE JOUBNAL. 501 else for their ; He is quite right; it is only people who keep a hive or two as a hobby for supplying their own table, and don't mind what the honey costs them, who can afford to run to the dealer for every- thing they want so long as the dealer thinks tliat he alone amongst business men should continue to reap war-time profits. When beekeeping becomes not merely a hobby, but a minor industry fairly certain to be profitable, appliance dealers will benefit far more than they do now unde
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 12, 1922. THE BEITISH BEE JOUBNAL. 501 else for their ; He is quite right; it is only people who keep a hive or two as a hobby for supplying their own table, and don't mind what the honey costs them, who can afford to run to the dealer for every- thing they want so long as the dealer thinks tliat he alone amongst business men should continue to reap war-time profits. When beekeeping becomes not merely a hobby, but a minor industry fairly certain to be profitable, appliance dealers will benefit far more than they do now under their arti ficially maintained prices, which check the sale. " Meanwhile, we buyers of appliances Should buy as few as possible, and make old things do, and use a couple of slips of wood with the old 10-frame excluders rather than buv new 12-frame excluders. October 7, 1922. B. Wright. Hubam Clover. 110702] I question very much if Hubam clover is suitable for pur climate. I have it about 4 feet high, but have had very little flower and very few bees on it. Having some seed left, will try it again. What a lot Rev. E. F. Hemming puts in a small space. In September 28, p. 471, he asks is sugar syrup plus light clover honey, well mixed, fed rapidly to the bees, and after- wards extracted and bottled, water-white honey (not always water-white). Does he know something? Mr. Wilson, page 486. refers to. the late Mr. Alexander adding water to honey to produce sections. I do not think that method is honest, and I think, in the interest of our craft, the least said on this question the better. 1 thought this a thing of the past, but I am afraid not. I have a sample which never has, or ever will, granulate. I also have on my file a bit of paper saying it is part honey, and the remains from the bag. Now, Sir, what is wrong with our bees, as they are not sealing the food as they should do. There is a large field of clover in bloom less than a quarter pf a mile from my apiary, and the
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