. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. November 1, 1883.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 235 litres, all told. Those who are satisfied with small hives know not what a fully developed stock of bees really re- presents, even though they kept them for thirty years. Let them study carefully the arguments put forth by our correspondent, and ask themselves whether, while re- stricting- breeding, they are not indirectly jeopardising the development of the physical qualities of their bees as well. We know that the patterns of hives which we, in con- junction with otk«r well-known bee-keeper
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. November 1, 1883.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 235 litres, all told. Those who are satisfied with small hives know not what a fully developed stock of bees really re- presents, even though they kept them for thirty years. Let them study carefully the arguments put forth by our correspondent, and ask themselves whether, while re- stricting- breeding, they are not indirectly jeopardising the development of the physical qualities of their bees as well. We know that the patterns of hives which we, in con- junction with otk«r well-known bee-keepers oc these districts, advocate, are large, and that in certain other coun- tries, such as Eng- land and the United States, good results are obtained with smaller ones, but then in those coun- tries, generally speaking, the yield lasts longer than over here. They, moreover, aim al- most exclusively to the production of honey in sections, a mode of cultuie which requires the forcing of the bees into supers whih-t the body-box is ex- pected to hold only brood. But such a system of bee-keep- ing requires a high degree of ability. Here, on the other hand,' continues the writer, ' the main honey glut lasts, upon an average, only about two weeks or twenty days, often even less, hence the absolute necessity of having enormous colonies in readiness the moment the honey comes in. "Wherever this plan is not acted upon, it happens, what we have wit- nessed in many in- stances this year, viz., whereas a few apiarians using hives of large dimensions have taken an ex- ceptionally large quantity of honey, the majority of the other sect declare that the season has been one of the worst.' subscriptions among Swiss bee-keepers and their friends, and the Pavilion has been erected in the centre of the bee section. In the interior of the structure a large collection of honey in pots is to be seen, representing about 300 kinds from various districts, whilst the exterior is fitted up with a seri
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