. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Feb. 27, 1902.] THE BKITISH BEE JOURNAL. S5 Vosge3 mountains, not far from the well- known ruins of Girbaden and Burg Niedeck. The apiary stands in the garden at the foot of the Felsberg, which is w%ll seen in the picture. This mountain is covered with acacias, vines and other fruit trees, heather, and pine forest. As a whole, the country is favourable to bee-keeping, and M. Dennler tells us that the harvest of honey from acacias and lime trees last season was a grand one. The large bee-house in the centre has one story, and accommodates e
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Feb. 27, 1902.] THE BKITISH BEE JOURNAL. S5 Vosge3 mountains, not far from the well- known ruins of Girbaden and Burg Niedeck. The apiary stands in the garden at the foot of the Felsberg, which is w%ll seen in the picture. This mountain is covered with acacias, vines and other fruit trees, heather, and pine forest. As a whole, the country is favourable to bee-keeping, and M. Dennler tells us that the harvest of honey from acacias and lime trees last season was a grand one. The large bee-house in the centre has one story, and accommodates eighteen colonies of bees. On the right stands another bee-house containing six colonies (Bastian system), and the others are all single hives. On the left of the picture stand M. used in that country. But the honey harvest was always very poor, so that from 1854 to 1867, during fourteen years, they only obtained a surplus of 180 lb. in all. The largest quantity in one year was 55 lb., and this was in 1867. In 1860 they only got 50 lb. from twenty-six hives, but in the five consecutive years, 1860 to 1865, they did not get a single pound of honey, although they always had from fifteen to twenty hives. Such an ex- perience would have disgusted many a would-be bee-keeper, but M. Dennler was made of better stuff, and his energy and perseverance have enabled him to become not only a master of the situation but of the science also. It is perfectly true that the. M. J. DENNLERS APIARY, MUTZIG, ALSACE, GERMANY. Dennler and his wife, who also takes a great interest in the work. As M. Dennler only gives U3 a description of the picture, which we have much pleasure in reproducing, we supplement it by giving more particulars about him, feeling sure that our readers would like to know more of a man who has done so much for bee-keeping on the Continent. M. Dennler commenced bee-keeping when he was only ten years old. On May 26,1854, a schoolfellow of his made him a present of a swarm, and his
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