. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 452 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Dec. 16, 1915. skeps as the only means of saving the remnant of the British bees. Although I cannot follow him in this direction there is a clue in his argu- ments which is worth consideration. The skeppist winters his bees on, honey, the frame hivist winters his principally on sugar syrup. We have for many years outraged nature in this respect, and I believe this plague is the result. AVe know how inferior is this substitute for honey; then why deny the latter to the bees? It would be better to sacrifice a li
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 452 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Dec. 16, 1915. skeps as the only means of saving the remnant of the British bees. Although I cannot follow him in this direction there is a clue in his argu- ments which is worth consideration. The skeppist winters his bees on, honey, the frame hivist winters his principally on sugar syrup. We have for many years outraged nature in this respect, and I believe this plague is the result. AVe know how inferior is this substitute for honey; then why deny the latter to the bees? It would be better to sacrifice a little profit by filling our Canadian feeders with pure honey than to ruin the vitality of our bees with inferior food.—F. Rider. APPRECIATION. • Among numerous testimonials to the efiiciency of our paper as an advertising medium we have received the following from one of our best known advertisers : "I have again tried (for several months) another journal, and once more find the results almost nil, so have no doubt you penetrate deeply into the districts covered by the said ;. Correspondents desiring an answer in the next issue should send questions to reach this office NOT LATER than the FIRST POST on MONDAY MORNING. Only SPECIALLY URGENT ques- tions will be replied to by post if a STAMPED addressed envelope is enclosed. All questions must be accompanied by the sender's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith There is no fee for answering questions. Miss E. M. Kentish (Dorset) The way to cause honey to granulate qtiickly.— Keep it in a cold place exposed to the light. Mixing with it a little honey already granulated will hasten the pro- cess. Warming honey will check granu- lation. Tlie easiest tray to extract ivax without an extractor.—Break the comb up and place it in a canvas bag. Weight it with a stone and put it in a pan of water over the fire. The bag of comb should be pressed and squeezed occa- sionall
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