. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 160 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [May 15, 1884. reconsider this subject, and (as we hope) to reverse the ill-advised resolution passed in February last. Through the medium of the County Associations the British Bee-keepers' Association could no doubt supply Messrs. Huntley and Palmer's re- quirements, and they would no doubt place con- fidence in its committee as a responsible body. We understand that they do not wish to be troubled by any private offers of smaller quantities of honey, aud that no dealers in honey ueed apply to them. If they u
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 160 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [May 15, 1884. reconsider this subject, and (as we hope) to reverse the ill-advised resolution passed in February last. Through the medium of the County Associations the British Bee-keepers' Association could no doubt supply Messrs. Huntley and Palmer's re- quirements, and they would no doubt place con- fidence in its committee as a responsible body. We understand that they do not wish to be troubled by any private offers of smaller quantities of honey, aud that no dealers in honey ueed apply to them. If they undertake this new branch of manufacture it will be from a wish to encourage British bee-keepers to open a market for British honey, rather than from any propect of advautage to themselves. BLIGH COMPETITION, 1884-5. This interesting competition commences on the 20th hist. We are pleased to report that the entries made are double in number compared with the previous contest. The following counties are re- presented, viz., Herts, Cornwall, Kent, Cambridge- shire, Susses, Berks, Worcestershire, Wilts, Notts, Derbyshire, Bucks, Essex, Surrey, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, and Glou- cestershire. The entries made are principally on the frame-hive system. There are, however, several on the skep system, and the Stewarton is also i-e- presented. Each competitor should note that full details of the mode in which he commences the competition should be entered in his diary. ROYAL COUNTIES AGRICULTURAL SHOW : GUILDFORD. We beg to remind our readers that entries for bees, hives, honey, etc., in connexion with the Annual Show of the Royal Counties Agricultural Society, to be held at Guildford, close on the 14th June. See advertisement in this issue. COMB HONEY IN SECTIONS. By T. W. Cowan. {Translatedfrom the 'Bulletin d'Apivulture de la Suisse Somande.') Nowhere, perhaps, ia the production of extracted honey better understood than in Switzerland, aud the extracted honey
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