. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 4. a swarm is that, if it is kept in view by the owner of the stock from which it issued, he retains ownership, and may follow it any- where; if he does not see it issue, or loses sight of it, then his claim to it lapses. There- fore, in order that the neigh- bours might know whose bees- were swarming, tanging was- carried out to establish owner- ship. It has no effect upon the bees ; therefore, instead of wast- ing time and annoying people by making an abominable noise, advantage should be taken of our knowledge of the bees' habits.
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 4. a swarm is that, if it is kept in view by the owner of the stock from which it issued, he retains ownership, and may follow it any- where; if he does not see it issue, or loses sight of it, then his claim to it lapses. There- fore, in order that the neigh- bours might know whose bees- were swarming, tanging was- carried out to establish owner- ship. It has no effect upon the bees ; therefore, instead of wast- ing time and annoying people by making an abominable noise, advantage should be taken of our knowledge of the bees' habits. They object to damp, and very rarely fly when it is raining ; therefore, the use of a garden syringe to spray water amongst them will make therm settle. (To be continued.). The Editors do not hold themselves responsible tor the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications nnd correspondents are requested to write on ont tide of the paper only and give their real names and addresses, not necessarily for publication, but «i a guarantee of good faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. ROSS-SHIRE NOTES. [9026] Bees are in good condition here and securing some honey from the May blossom, although not enough to exist on. Stores are running short in "most hives, and feeding is necessary to carry our strong colonies progressively onwards to the opening of the main honey-flow. Clover heads can now be seen in the fields, but June must be well advanced ere much honey is available from this source. Banning Banats.—I note from recent contributions that many have been un- fortunate in their experiences with the Hungarian bee. Personally, I am highly pleased with mine—the handsome Golden variety of Banats. Last June I imported three Golden queens direct from Hungary,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digit
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