. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. lO THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. January,. THE Bee-Keeping World staff Contributors : F. GREINER and ADRIAN GETAZ. Contributions to this Department are solicited from all quarters of the earth. ^»M M MM t ????»»?????? tMM4IM»MMMMMMM»M»» GERMANY. "The dififerent localities around Darnstadt," says Dickel in 111. Bztg., "vary greatly as to furnishing forage for bees; some are exceedingly good, while others in nearest proximity are so poor that bees cannot successfullj^ be kept without liberal feeding with ; He uses granulated sug
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. lO THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. January,. THE Bee-Keeping World staff Contributors : F. GREINER and ADRIAN GETAZ. Contributions to this Department are solicited from all quarters of the earth. ^»M M MM t ????»»?????? tMM4IM»MMMMMMM»M»» GERMANY. "The dififerent localities around Darnstadt," says Dickel in 111. Bztg., "vary greatly as to furnishing forage for bees; some are exceedingly good, while others in nearest proximity are so poor that bees cannot successfullj^ be kept without liberal feeding with ; He uses granulated sugar as the best and most economical sub- stitute. sorbent. Straw skeps that have served a long term of years are so coated with bee glue as to prevent all ventilation, and ought to be provided with upward ventilation like other hives.—Wuerth in "Die ; H. Mulot criticises the reports of eggs being transferred by workers which have made their appearance from time to time in different bee pa- pers. All such reports have lacked proof, he says, and it is his opinion after long and careful watchfulness that bees do not move eggs to other combs, and that it is a physical im- possibility for them to do so, and says no mortal has ever witnessed such an act.—111. Bztg. Some time ago Dr. Miller, in Amer- ican Bee Journal, mentioned the comb foundation with a tinfoil base sent out by Schulze, a noted German foundation manufacturer. Knack says in 111. Bztg. that bee-keepers in Ger- many have not found foundation with metal base a success, but asserts that Schulze's foundation with veneer base is quickly accepted by the bees and that the queen does not hesitate to fill combs of that kind with eggs, al- though the so constructed combs have flat-bottom cells. The disposition of an unprofitable ji colony to store honey may be materi- IJ ally increased by giving them several ' * cards of hatching brood from an in- dustrious hive, says Wuerth. The progress apiculture has
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