. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 170 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [April 30, 1914. difference in shape of the hives to those of our pattern. In Italy, the majority use frames 27x46 c/m, say 9^in. x 18in. It was the month of August, and at that time at home bee- keepers are looking to the conclusion of the season, but here were the immense frames crammed from top to bottom with brood, and the bees hanging out at the entrance of the hive. Naturally, we needs must have a peep inside. As all the world knows, Italian bees are well known for their gentle disposition, a whiff of smo
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 170 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [April 30, 1914. difference in shape of the hives to those of our pattern. In Italy, the majority use frames 27x46 c/m, say 9^in. x 18in. It was the month of August, and at that time at home bee- keepers are looking to the conclusion of the season, but here were the immense frames crammed from top to bottom with brood, and the bees hanging out at the entrance of the hive. Naturally, we needs must have a peep inside. As all the world knows, Italian bees are well known for their gentle disposition, a whiff of smoke from a cigarette, in this case, being suffi- cient to subdue them. Old toughs, as perhaps two of the- party may be called, might be excused for the foolhardiness of not using veils, but it was astonishing to the natives when Mrs. Herrod, too, dis- carded the superfluity. Of course bein We were much obliged to the Cavaliere Constantini for his extreme courtesy, and welcome. He is very entertaining, quite at home with " bee chat " all over the world. Many leaders in our craft from countries far away have mounted those cruel stairs to> visit the "roof apiary," martyrs to science, and it is one of the , things that puzzles me how he has the energy to ascend and descend all the appliances necessary, and the produce which such a large bee-farm necessitates. We had arranged, in our scamper through Europe, to include Naples, so from Rome we took an early morning train, and now we saw the Blue Mediter- ranean in all its glory, in all its bright- ness. What wonder the ancients romanced the history of their deities, of their loves, their hatreds, and their lives round these. THE PROPEIETOE. their native vice, swarms are frequent,and their aspirations are not so exalted as their owner, for they have a habit of seeking after things of earth, earthly. They fre- quently descend into the gardens of an old monastery, which lies below, a possible excuse being that there
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