. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 50 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [July 1, 1877. BLAIRGOWRIE DISTRICT BEE-KEEPERS' SOCIETY. This improving and promising Association was insti- tuted December 1876, for the extension and improvement of bee-keeping on humane and profitable principles, under distinguished patronage. The Society will hold its first exhibition of bees, honey, hives, &c, in the Town Hall, Blairgowrie, on Friday and Saturday, 24th and 25th August, 1877, when a liberal schedule of prizes will be competed for. Particulars and forms may be had of Mr. James Rogerson,
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 50 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [July 1, 1877. BLAIRGOWRIE DISTRICT BEE-KEEPERS' SOCIETY. This improving and promising Association was insti- tuted December 1876, for the extension and improvement of bee-keeping on humane and profitable principles, under distinguished patronage. The Society will hold its first exhibition of bees, honey, hives, &c, in the Town Hall, Blairgowrie, on Friday and Saturday, 24th and 25th August, 1877, when a liberal schedule of prizes will be competed for. Particulars and forms may be had of Mr. James Rogerson, Hon. Sec, Perth Street, Blairgowrie. ARRANGEMENT OF SHOWS. The following are fixtures for Bee and Honey Shows for 1877 :— •Tuly 11.—Ealing Horticultural Society. „ IS.—Knighton, Woodford. „ 24, 25, 20, 27.—Caledonian Association at Edin- burgh. Aug. 7.—Crawley and Ifield, Sussex. „ 15, 10.—Salop, Shropshire. „ 10.—West of England, Taunton. „ 23.—Dorchester, Dorset. „ 24, 25.—Arbroath. ., 24, 25.—Blairgowrie. „ 28. Odiham. „ 29.—Sherborne, Dorset. „ 30, 31, and Sept. 1.—East of Scotland, Dimdee. End of Aug.—Wolverhampton. End of Aug. or beginning of Sept.—Devon and Exeter. Sept. 11.—Grantham. Secretaries, please forward early intimation of fixtures for coming Shows. A NEW COVER FOR FRAME-HIVES. The annexed woodcut exhibits a new cover of simple and inexpensive construction, and is intro- duced to bee-keepers by George Neighbour & Sons, of High Holborn and Regent Street. In it any frame-hive not larger back to front than 20 inches, or more than 17 inches in width, can be placed, thus making a bee-house for one hive on its own stand and protected from the weather by the roof above. To have the stock-hive separate from the stand and cover is often a convenience when manipulating with bees and when sending swanns or stocks from one place to another, the advantage is at once apparent also for cleansing floor-board or for any purpo
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