. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec, 9, 1897.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 485 as seen behind the large tree in the foreground. Some few are located in the substantial bee- house wherein M, Schroder stands, several flight-boards being visible there ; but the bullr of the hives are evidently stacked up, in true Continental fashion, in the shed farther away. It forms an interesting contrast to the apiaries hitherto shown, and we trust it will not be the last sent for inclusion in the Apiaries of our Readers" who may be located in distant parts. M. Schroder sends a few &q
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec, 9, 1897.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 485 as seen behind the large tree in the foreground. Some few are located in the substantial bee- house wherein M, Schroder stands, several flight-boards being visible there ; but the bullr of the hives are evidently stacked up, in true Continental fashion, in the shed farther away. It forms an interesting contrast to the apiaries hitherto shown, and we trust it will not be the last sent for inclusion in the Apiaries of our Readers" who may be located in distant parts. M. Schroder sends a few " notes " regarding himself and his bee-keeping, which we qaote foreign queens for breeding from, and Count Kolowrat, to my knowledge, while certainly selling some, used to rear Cyprian queens by the score, and give them away as presents to his friends. I had received from these two gentlemen (who were 'first importers and breeders' of the Cypriau bees in Europe) written instructions on bee-keeping, along with some bjokj on the same subject. This was my first bee-lesson, and I got quite enthu- siastic aboat the beei. Count Kolowrat also presented me with various hives and imple- ments for bee-keeping, among them. ALEX. SCHRODER S APIARY, TRIESTE, AUSTRIA. here as descriptive of the picture, &c. He Bays :— " I enclose a photo (taken by my brother-in- law in February last) of my apiary which was started in the year 1874 with three hives pre- sented to me by an English lady who left Trieste for another domicile. My interest in bees at the time had become strong owing to the import of foreign races from various parts, including Cyprus, brought here for Count Kolowrat and Mr. Cori, in Bohemia. These gentlemen had for several years been endeavouring to find a thoroughly-defined yellow race of bees, and finally did so in the Cyprian. At that time the transport of bees was not so easy as now. More than twenty years ago it was risky and expensive to get straw and wood
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