. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. ^????????????????????M i-^^H-H- ????????????????4*4MM. THE Bee-Keeping World staff Contributors : F. GREINER and ADRIAN GETAZ. Contributions to this Department are solicited from all quarters of the earth. Illustr. Bztg. says this about bee- keeping in Russia: It is frequently said that the bee-keepers of Russia are 100 years behind the times, but this is anything but true. There are many up- to-date bee-keepers, many of them fav- oring American methods and using American hives. Five or six apicultural journals disseminate knowledge as to
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. ^????????????????????M i-^^H-H- ????????????????4*4MM. THE Bee-Keeping World staff Contributors : F. GREINER and ADRIAN GETAZ. Contributions to this Department are solicited from all quarters of the earth. Illustr. Bztg. says this about bee- keeping in Russia: It is frequently said that the bee-keepers of Russia are 100 years behind the times, but this is anything but true. There are many up- to-date bee-keepers, many of them fav- oring American methods and using American hives. Five or six apicultural journals disseminate knowledge as to bee-keeping. Conditions for honey pi o- duetion are more favorable in the South and East than they are in Ger- many, although there are sometimes years of failure, as, for instance, 1903. Editor Kandratjeff reports that bees did not gather their winter supplies in many places. GERMANY. 'jx large portion of the German bee- keepers cari-y on the business on a small scale; if they did not they would not put up with such implements as we understand find ready sale among them. One of these implemencs is de- scribed and illustrated in the Deutsche Btzg., viz.: a honey extractor without can. It seems like a mere play thing; during the time it is not in use as an extractor it may be used as a flower- stand. Their wax-presses may be used as fruit-presses. ABESSINIA. It is said of Abessinia that honey is as plentiful there as "; Bees are everywhere. Set up an empty hive and in a week's time it will be occupied by bees. It is an easy matter for the Abes- sinians to find wild bees. A certaiii bird of the size of a swallow, called honey-bird, shows the way. The bird is always rewarded by a piece of the honey and brood. (From Praxis dev Bzcht.) "Make your own comb foundation from pure German wax. This is im- portant, and is the only guarantee to get good serviceable foundation," says Illustr. Btzg. (That speaks bad for Germany.) BELGIUM. Soldiers receive in this cou
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