. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 128 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [March 31, 1892. PRESENT CONDITION OF BEES. [985.] I have just examined seven out of niy nine stocks of bees, and should like to tell you how I found them, and would be obliged for any advice or remarks you might make thereon. I opened them on Monday, March 21st, for the first time since October, 1891, when I covered them up for the winter. No. 1 is a Ligurian stock, and No. 2 black crossed with Carniolan, and the rest Numbers 6 and 7 were two small lots of driven bees I had given me last autumn. I foun
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 128 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [March 31, 1892. PRESENT CONDITION OF BEES. [985.] I have just examined seven out of niy nine stocks of bees, and should like to tell you how I found them, and would be obliged for any advice or remarks you might make thereon. I opened them on Monday, March 21st, for the first time since October, 1891, when I covered them up for the winter. No. 1 is a Ligurian stock, and No. 2 black crossed with Carniolan, and the rest Numbers 6 and 7 were two small lots of driven bees I had given me last autumn. I found in all the hives what appeared to be some fresh- gathered honey. 1. Could this be honey of this year ? The combs were all clean and healthy- looking, and each stock had brood in all stages, some bees just hatching out. I fed all of them â with more or less syrup in the autumn. The Ligurian queen I introduced the beginning of last September and a few black bees are still left. 2. Would you advise feeding any syrup while there is a fair supply of stores in the hives ? I only began bee-keeping last spring, and have obtained most of my information from your Ouide-book.â'E. C. R. White, Woodford Mills. [1. It is not likely to be anything more than the food prepared for present use. 2. With the weight of food as stated the bees may be allowed to use up a portion before being supplied with syrup. Kefer to ' Useful Hints ' on another page.âEds.] WAX-EXTRACTING. S.] I think W. Wright (981, p. 116) must have made the holes too large in his tin box, and so the debris escaped through ; the holes should only allow a pin to pass through; not all over the bottom of the box, only a circle covered with holes in the middle, say the size of the top of a break- fast cup. ^ I pierce mine with a fine gimlet from the inside; this presses out the bottom a very little, and the melted wax runs into it. The box, with its lid on, should remain in a moderate oven about twenty minutes, placed on a basi
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