. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 27, 1921. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 505. The Editors do not hold themBelvei responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and give their real name and addresses, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. Is Skep Honey Best ? [10547] In the current issue of The Brit
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 27, 1921. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 505. The Editors do not hold themBelvei responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and give their real name and addresses, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. Is Skep Honey Best ? [10547] In the current issue of The British Bee Journal is an article by Mr. Tweedie headed " Sussex Notes," and this article contains some remarks on skeps which I do not understand. Mr. Tweedie says that with modern large- sized skeps, with a hole in the top so as to carry a good-sized cap, one can obtain honey in the comb such as is impossible to be made in the modern frame hive. Presumably Mr. Tweedie implies that honey so stored is superior to honey stored in sections in a modern frame hive; but is it, and, if so, in what respect? Most assuredly not in convenience of handling or storing, for I should imagine few more messy jobs than securing honey thus stored can be con- ceived. On two or three occasions this year I have noted claims on behalf of the out-of-dete skep which seem to be unjustifiable, and it would be interesting if the champions of tins antiquated method of bee-keeping would let us know what single advantage the skep possesses beyond its low first cost and picturesqueness. I should be much obliged if any of your readers could tell me if 2-lb. sections are procurable nowadays. One rack of this size which was left over from pre-war times was filled exceedingly fast by my bees this year, and I should like to get some, more if pos- sible. Taylors, of Welwyn, sold them before the war. but they do not appear in any recent lists. In tlr's part of the country the season lias been the best for ful
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