. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 14, 1915.] THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. 381 the bees while taking out the frame?— " ; Reply.—(1) You can only judge by the weight, and this will depend on the size of the skep. The gross weight should be from 40 to 50 lbs. (2) You will probably have to lift out two or three frames next to the one that is fixed. Take a knife with a long thin blade and push this down between the end bars of the frame and the hive side, as this is most likely where the frame is fixed. If you cannot then move it with the fingers, lift the b
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 14, 1915.] THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. 381 the bees while taking out the frame?— " ; Reply.—(1) You can only judge by the weight, and this will depend on the size of the skep. The gross weight should be from 40 to 50 lbs. (2) You will probably have to lift out two or three frames next to the one that is fixed. Take a knife with a long thin blade and push this down between the end bars of the frame and the hive side, as this is most likely where the frame is fixed. If you cannot then move it with the fingers, lift the body box and place small blocks of wood, one or one and a half inches thick, on the floor board and under each end of the frame. If the box is then pressed down the blocks will force the frame up. Yoix may use either smoke or a carbolic cloth to subdue the bees, or use both. Give a few puffs of smoke in the entrance first and have a couple of carbolic cloths so that one may be used on either side of the comb to be removed. THE PRODUCTION AND CON- STITUENTS OF HONEY. [9039] Will you kindly answer the following:—(1) The amount of honey pro- duced in British Isles; (2) the amount which could be produced; (3) Honey is stated to contain 80 per cent, nutriment. How is this made up, , proteids, fats, carbohydrates, salts, water? (4) actual waste is stated to be ^o- Does the 19^ per cent.* difference consist of water; (5) the workers' sting is said to be original ovipositor adapted to a new function. But queens have, as I understand, both a sting and ovipositor. If I am correct I should conclude that workers originally possessed both organs. Or else, does queen use ovipositor as sting : this, I do not think, can be the case. Kindly explain very briefly.—C. D. Chippenh.\m. Reply.—(1) No statistics are published respecting tlae jjroduction of honey in Great Britain by our Board of Agricul- ture, but you could obtain those for Ireland from the Department of Agricul- ture and
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