. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. The Editor* do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. notice will be taken of anonymous communications, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and give their real name and addresses, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. Keeping Foundation. [10710] Having been prevented from .starl- ing bee-keeping this autumn, I have a hive
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. The Editor* do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. notice will be taken of anonymous communications, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and give their real name and addresses, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. Keeping Foundation. [10710] Having been prevented from .starl- ing bee-keeping this autumn, I have a hive with frames, etc., fitted full sheets founda- tion. Will anyone be so kind as to advise me how to keep the foundation from becom- ing too brittle for the bees to use next spring ? Is wax-moth likely to attack unused new foundation'! The Rev. E. F. Hemming, of Steeple Gidding, speaks of spraying with Yadil syrup. I should be glad to know how this is prepared, and whether its use is advisable with new foundation. Novice. [Instead of replying to the above ourselves we will be pleased to have our readers' views. —Eds.] Hardiness of Bees. [10711] I think the following example of the hardiness of bees will prove of interest to bee-keepers. In the summer of 1921 a small swarm touk possession of an empty hive belonging to a bee-keeper friend's brother. A long time previously this hive had contained a stock of bees which had died out with acarine disease, and the empty hive had been left in the apex of a small plot of ground in a very cold and windy position, facing north-east Many of the combs were missing; those left had been pushed in a heap to one side of the brood-box, and were eaten to shreds by v. ax moth. When my friend heard of the swarm he went up and cut all the old comb away from the frames, and left the bees alone with two moth-eaten quilts on top. After this the bees were not looked at till early this summer, 1922. My friend was greatly surprised to find them still ther
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