. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 414 THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. [August 28, 1890. by the inventor and dealer, it has always struck me that such space could be more interestingly filled by the editor himself, and that the right place for the laudatory and explanatory effusions would be the advertisement columns, at so much per inch ! In conclusion, sir, you are quite at liberty to give to ' No. 309,' or to any one else who may think himself personally aggrieved by what I have written, my full name and address, to enable the aggrieved person, if so disposed, to continue the c
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 414 THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. [August 28, 1890. by the inventor and dealer, it has always struck me that such space could be more interestingly filled by the editor himself, and that the right place for the laudatory and explanatory effusions would be the advertisement columns, at so much per inch ! In conclusion, sir, you are quite at liberty to give to ' No. 309,' or to any one else who may think himself personally aggrieved by what I have written, my full name and address, to enable the aggrieved person, if so disposed, to continue the controversy in private, as I here- with make a solemn vow, that after this I will not take up any more of the valuable space of the J. on this particular subject.—' No. 300.' BEE-KEEPING' IN THE PYRENEES. [318.] I was very sorry not to have seen you before we left. "You will no doubt have heard how well our bees have behaved: some 216 pounds by the middle of June. One hive gave 62 pounds. It is wonderful to see what new inte- rests bee-keeping gives, and new opportunities of usefulness. Here I find that bee-keeping is in a very primitive condition. My ne- pliew has some bar- frame hives; but though very strong in bees, they seem not to finish the sections rapidly, in fact, very slowly. Is there any cause for He is anxious, also, to know how he can save his bees in spring from de- struction in a neigh- bour's hothouses. Numbers of them get in, and never get out again alive! Could anything be done to lessen this danger? On the Monday after our arrival he and I went off to an English tutor's, who lives among ' the Coteaux,' to help him with a hive he had, the bees of which he wished to transfer into a proper hive. This native hive is a curious affair. It is made of wicker-work, daubed with cow-dung, and with a handle at top, as in sketch. As Mr. Thomson had no skeps, we had to invent some- thing into which we could drive the bees. The wicker hive was a long and n
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