. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. One ok the Wartman Apiaries at Bienne. Filling the Mahon Feeder. such a long fall season without har- vest. The Swiss, like our Canadian neighbors, believe in feeding heavily for winter. I spoke of the neatness of Mr. Ma- hon's apiary. He took first prize for the best kept apiary in Western Switz- land in 1'.I02. His honey room is on the second floor of his home. The only thing I could criticize about it was its remoteness from the apiary. But I have never seen so neat an establish- ment anywhere, except at Mr. Penna's, at Bologna, Italy. But that is
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. One ok the Wartman Apiaries at Bienne. Filling the Mahon Feeder. such a long fall season without har- vest. The Swiss, like our Canadian neighbors, believe in feeding heavily for winter. I spoke of the neatness of Mr. Ma- hon's apiary. He took first prize for the best kept apiary in Western Switz- land in 1'.I02. His honey room is on the second floor of his home. The only thing I could criticize about it was its remoteness from the apiary. But I have never seen so neat an establish- ment anywhere, except at Mr. Penna's, at Bologna, Italy. But that is another story, and I must not spoil it by telling a part of it out of its turn. Mr. Mahon condemns the Carnio- lans because of their swarming pro- pensity. His bees are hybrids of Ital- ians and Swiss common bees. They behaved finely, while we had our pic- tures taken in front of the hives (see cut). In regard to diseases, he ex- pressed the opinion that the greater or less vitality of the queen has to do with the existence of both May diseases, which we call here paralysis, and foul- brood. On our return to the station, we were introduced to the station agent who smilingly pointed to half a dozen hives of bees in a little shed a few yards away. It appears that a number of Swiss station agents are Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons]
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