. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. 1, 1921. THE BEITISH BEE JOUENAL. 563 and scientific sides, about bee-keeping. He then explained the chief characteristics ot the Carniolan, Dutch, Italian, American Golden and English bees, and advocated the selection of a race in the future made up of a cross between the best of the English and tfcd best of the Italian, so as to bring into prominence hardiness against disease, ferti- lity in the queen, and hard-working powers in the workers. To accomplish this would be by no means easy, but he hoped for a good result in the future w
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. 1, 1921. THE BEITISH BEE JOUENAL. 563 and scientific sides, about bee-keeping. He then explained the chief characteristics ot the Carniolan, Dutch, Italian, American Golden and English bees, and advocated the selection of a race in the future made up of a cross between the best of the English and tfcd best of the Italian, so as to bring into prominence hardiness against disease, ferti- lity in the queen, and hard-working powers in the workers. To accomplish this would be by no means easy, but he hoped for a good result in the future which would promote the success of bee-keeping in England more than anything else. W Yate Allen, hon. secretary. Warwick Bee-Keepers'Association. From time to time I have noticed the reports, etc., from the various bee asso- ciations in which we read of the success or failure of the experiments and trials attempted in bee culture, but I cannot understand why the Warwicks re- mains so much in oblivion. I have bad the " ; for many years now—in fact I have a pile of them, and. unless my memory is at fault, only once have I seen anything emanating from the , except show reports. It may be that it issues its reports, etc., in other journals with which I am not acquainted. If this is so I should be pleased to know the name of the journal in which they are published. It was my intention to be a member of the above association some years ago, but I thought I would " wait and see " what it was doing, and, so far as I a«m. aware, it has added nothing brilliant to its credit- this last few years, at any rate. This district is well supplied with bees; in a radius of one mile there are from 30 to 40 stocks of bees belonging to various owners, and I very much doubt if those owners are members of the , al- though the secretary lives in their midst. I personally do not know him. The stocks mentioned include British, Carniolans, Dutch, Italians
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