. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. July 11, 1918. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL 231 Bee Shows to Come. A nominal charge of 2s. 6d. is made for notices (not exceeding 7 lines) in this column, 10 lines charged Ss. 6d., up to 15 lines 5s., which covers cost of insertion from order till date of show. Cash should accompany orders for insertion. Monday, August 5, 1918, at Cannock, Staffs.—'Honey Show, in connection with the Horticultural iSociety's Show. Eight open classes for Honey, Wax, etc. Good prizes. Schedules from J. Bird, , " Glenmay," Allport Road, Cannock. W
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. July 11, 1918. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL 231 Bee Shows to Come. A nominal charge of 2s. 6d. is made for notices (not exceeding 7 lines) in this column, 10 lines charged Ss. 6d., up to 15 lines 5s., which covers cost of insertion from order till date of show. Cash should accompany orders for insertion. Monday, August 5, 1918, at Cannock, Staffs.—'Honey Show, in connection with the Horticultural iSociety's Show. Eight open classes for Honey, Wax, etc. Good prizes. Schedules from J. Bird, , " Glenmay," Allport Road, Cannock. WEATHER REPORT. Westbourne, June, 1918. Rainfall, -88 in. Heaviest fall, 3-i in on 18th. Rain fell on 11 days. Below average, 1 *22in. .Sunshine, 208*6 hours. Brightest days, 6th and 30th 14-1 hours. Sunless days, 0. Below average, 21 '3 hours. Maximum tempera- , ture, 74 on 2nd. Minimum tempera- ture, 34 on 16th. Minimum on grass, 32 on 16th and 17th. Frosty nights, 0. Mean maximum, 66-1. Mean minimum, 44*5. Mean temperature, 55'3. Below average, 1 "7. Maximum barometer, 30481 on 1st. Minimum barometer, 29-613 on 19th. L. B. BlRKETT. PRESS CUTTINGS. CAN BEES FEEL'r' There is as much cruelty caused from thoughtlessness as from: all other causes put together. I must own that it is rather horrible to find in these enlightened (?) times people who gravely assert that bees have no feeling, and therefore it does not matter how we treat them. It has struck me that this error may arise from the teaching of our experts. They tell us (and rightly) that bees have no feeling for each other, and that a sick or injured bee re- ceives no help from her sisters. This is rather different. I believe that the bee can and does suffer as intensely as any other living creature; in fact, it is- more than doubtful if any of Nature's creatures are incapable of feeling pain. Yet I have found people who are greatly put out by the least act of cruelty to, say, a horse or a dog, who, without thinking
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