. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. November 15, 1884.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 403 JAPANESE BEE-KEEPIXG. The following- extract from a letter of my hus- band, just received from Japan (Nagasaki, September 14th), may interest some of your readers. It is evi- dent that,"though not very far advanced in the art of bee-keeping, the Japanese are yet wiser in some ways than many of our cottage "bee-keepers in remote country districts still unvisited by kindly teachers and helpers:â 'I must also tell you about the bees. I went out with the consid, Mr. Hail, in a "ji
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. November 15, 1884.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 403 JAPANESE BEE-KEEPIXG. The following- extract from a letter of my hus- band, just received from Japan (Nagasaki, September 14th), may interest some of your readers. It is evi- dent that,"though not very far advanced in the art of bee-keeping, the Japanese are yet wiser in some ways than many of our cottage "bee-keepers in remote country districts still unvisited by kindly teachers and helpers:â 'I must also tell you about the bees. I went out with the consid, Mr. Hail, in a "jinricksha" to a Japanese house in the suburbs. In the garden were several little boxes, about the size of a soap-box, 2 by 1 foot square, placed on end on posts, and covered with a straw cap to keep off the rain. The boxes were suffi- ciently off the floor-board to allow the bees t i entei all round instead of by a single door, only the front had a laige alighting board, and the ' ly un- derstood that thi- â¢â â â front of their house. They were clustering thickly all round I: irt, and even up the side, as it' the hive was far too crowded; and the owner explained that they kepi outside like thatto be cool, but thai if it came on to rain they would all go inside. The bee is very small. lighter in colour than outs, and striped like a wasp. I Baw no drones, and on asking questions, soon â that tl wnei knew nothing of the interior of p hive, as he spoke of there being several parents inside, end he had nevei heard that the drones were killed off by the workers towards I of the season, nor of queeni being brought up, nor any in fact. II was very much surprised ed to him a bar-framed hive, and the improved system of man i â .1. In i tatober they stupify the bees and take half the honey, which they Bay is in the upper combs, and leave the other half foT the bees, which is quite sufficient for them. T% kill the lieen. When I explained about driving I dd it was as much as hi
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