. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. U, 1899.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 493 Regarding himself Mr. Rathborne writes :ââ "The village of Plavia is 13 kilometers from Trieste, or about 85 miles distant. 'Previous to starting bee-keeping in the mo lern way some seven years since, I had many a pleasant chat with my friend Mr. Burt, expert to the Gloucestershire Bee- keepers' Association, and with Mr. Schroder here in Trieste as to the best mode of starting bee-keeping. I made two large boxes capable of containing eighteen standard frames ; they take also three racks of t
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. U, 1899.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 493 Regarding himself Mr. Rathborne writes :ââ "The village of Plavia is 13 kilometers from Trieste, or about 85 miles distant. 'Previous to starting bee-keeping in the mo lern way some seven years since, I had many a pleasant chat with my friend Mr. Burt, expert to the Gloucestershire Bee- keepers' Association, and with Mr. Schroder here in Trieste as to the best mode of starting bee-keeping. I made two large boxes capable of containing eighteen standard frames ; they take also three racks of twenty-one sections each. The racks are home-made and the sections hang in frames. Altogether I have made 600 frames with my fretsaw ! The apiary as from which most of my honey is derived. In winter time the bee-house with hives inside is surrounded with Indian corn straw, which keeps all snug and warm during the cold months. The year 1897 will be remembered out here as a very fair honey-yielding one. *' I am glad to say foul brood is almost un- known out here. I believe years ago one case did happen, but I have never seen that dreadful scourge yet, nor do I wish to. The peasants keep bees, bat on the old system, in long boxes without frames. The second year they knock out each end, give the poor bees a puff of gunpowder, and then with a large stick they pound out all the combs into a tub. MR. IIENRV RATHBORNE's APIARY, PLAVIA, ISTRIA (aUSTRIA). shown in photo sent consists of twenty-four hives. The peasants, when they first saw these large hives, christened them ' dog-houses,' and they were the talk of the country round, saying, ' Have you seen the " dog-houses " at Plavia ?' The long, narrow hives in photo are much used out here. The frames are 9i in. square, each hive contains from twenty to thirty frames. The frames can be turned upside down for the bees to com- pletely fill them. These are very handy and do not take up much room. The apiary is situated in a gard
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