. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 64 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Feb. 24, 1916. and 13th. As soon as I saw them out I put some artificial pollen in my solar wax extractor and raised the glass about 4 inches on some blocks. The bees quickly found it out, and seemed very happy in loading up and carrying it home for about four hours each day, whilst the svm was very bright. They covered the chaff on the 12th they were so eager. I have 18 stocks in my home apiary; 16 of these are first-cross Italians, all headed with 1915 queens. I also put a pan of water for them, and several b
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 64 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Feb. 24, 1916. and 13th. As soon as I saw them out I put some artificial pollen in my solar wax extractor and raised the glass about 4 inches on some blocks. The bees quickly found it out, and seemed very happy in loading up and carrying it home for about four hours each day, whilst the svm was very bright. They covered the chaff on the 12th they were so eager. I have 18 stocks in my home apiary; 16 of these are first-cross Italians, all headed with 1915 queens. I also put a pan of water for them, and several bees came to carry some to their hives. My garden is very sheltered, with a lOft. wall to north and east. I have 11 hives in three different places, about I to 1 mile away. I went to look at these and found onlj' a few bees flying, but noticed some had a little yellow pollen, which I think was gathered from gorse, as there is a big common near them with a few bushes in flower.—Richard Ling, Briston, Melton Constable. HONEY IMPORTS. The registered value of honey imported into the United Kingdom during the month of January, 1916, was £'8,207. From a return furnished to the British Bee Journal by the Statistical Office, Correspondents desiring an answer in the next itsue 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 STAMpSd 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 lor answering questions. T. White (Porlock).—Transferring bees from boxes io frame hives.—"When the box is becoming crowded with bees fit up the bar-frame hive with frames and full sheets of foundation. Stand the box of bees and comb on the top of the frames, placing the whole on the site previously occupied by the box. Make the joint between box
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