. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 340 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. Oct. 25, 1917. of bees clustered on the alighting board of his hive, and Mr. Ball stood there gazing on the scene. Mr. Morrison then learned that one of Mr. Ball's hives had swarmed. The swarm clustered for a short time on a tree oppo- site Mr. Morrison's hive, and Mr. Ball saw it leave the tree and cluster on ice alighting board of Mr. Morrison's hive which it began to enter. There were a few angry bees about, but there was no fighting between the stock and the swarm, and not a dead bee to be seen when the swa
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 340 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. Oct. 25, 1917. of bees clustered on the alighting board of his hive, and Mr. Ball stood there gazing on the scene. Mr. Morrison then learned that one of Mr. Ball's hives had swarmed. The swarm clustered for a short time on a tree oppo- site Mr. Morrison's hive, and Mr. Ball saw it leave the tree and cluster on ice alighting board of Mr. Morrison's hive which it began to enter. There were a few angry bees about, but there was no fighting between the stock and the swarm, and not a dead bee to be seen when the swarm had entered. Mr. Ball asked Mr. Morrison what he thought about it? "Ah! Well!" replied Mr. Morrison, " bees are wonderful creatures, and no doubt they know I am a poor, deserving man, and so have come to help me!" Which seems as good an explanation as anv.—Lancastrian. MID-BUCKS. NEWS. [9564] I am very pleased to see the report of the Bucks. County Bee-keepers' Association. But I am sorry to say bee- keepers are very careless in Mid-Bucks., and after they have lost their bees from " Isle of Wight " disease, leave their hives open for other's bees to go in. From one of my stocks I have taken 100 lbs. of honey and from another 85 lbs. I think this is good for Bucks. I shall be very pleased to be a member of the and help all I can.—A. E. Warren, Bletchley. [The secretary of the Bucks. , Mr. E. Ff. Ball, Nockhill, Denham, will be pleased to enrol you if you write him. —Eds.]. 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. A. B. C. (Chorley).—Queen ceasi
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