. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. May 7, 1891.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 219 thinks that the hives are hetter protected from the winds and sudden changes in temperature. After leaving La Batie we passed a fine cataract which dashes amidst immense rocks, and a portion of whose waters works a saw- mill. A few miles further on we came to Aigueblanche, and here we got out, with the intention of going up to Le Bois to visit M. Ruet. A climb of a little over half an hour brought us to a small hamlet of a few houses scattered on the slope of the mountain, and we had not much diff
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. May 7, 1891.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 219 thinks that the hives are hetter protected from the winds and sudden changes in temperature. After leaving La Batie we passed a fine cataract which dashes amidst immense rocks, and a portion of whose waters works a saw- mill. A few miles further on we came to Aigueblanche, and here we got out, with the intention of going up to Le Bois to visit M. Ruet. A climb of a little over half an hour brought us to a small hamlet of a few houses scattered on the slope of the mountain, and we had not much difficulty in finding M. Ruet. When we presented ourselves at his workshop door we found him busy at work making frames. He did not know we were coming, and when M. Bertrand told him who we were he looked quite he has eighteen frames of double the usual depth —making the hives equal to thirty-six frames. The colonies were enormous and gathering honey in abundance. There was another bee-house where the hives were arranged on two shelves, with a passage at the back. When a hive has to be examined a temporary platform rests on the shelf and a ledge at the back; on it are two guides which correspond to similar guides on the shelves. The hives are on rollers which run between these guides, so that they can be rolled back on to this platform. One of these hives was examined M. Ruet standing on one side and we on the other, and we very much admired this neat and simple contrivance for getting over the difficulty of inspecting hives on. APIARY OF M. BULLIEK. perplexed, and did not seem at all pleased to see us, in fact he received us very coldly. However, he asked us to go in and have some refreshment, and made us partake of bread and cheese and honey before he warmed up. After this hospi- tality, however, he became most enthusiastic and communicative. He afterwards confided to Mi Bertrand that although he knew us all very well he was so amazed at seeing us three before him that he could
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