. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 11, 1917. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 317. OBITUARY NOTICE. MR. E. D TILL. We regret having to announce that Mr. E. D. Till, of Eynsford, Kent, died on Sunday, September 30. We hope to give more particulars next week. A DORSET YARN. A few days of sunshine. Bees are about quite early. The golden rod seems to be simply covered with them. In the gardens round AA'iniborne our little workers are having a good time. Tbe raspberries are not forgotten, and I notice that they do not pass over very ripe pears; just now there arc a lot about, which
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 11, 1917. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 317. OBITUARY NOTICE. MR. E. D TILL. We regret having to announce that Mr. E. D. Till, of Eynsford, Kent, died on Sunday, September 30. We hope to give more particulars next week. A DORSET YARN. A few days of sunshine. Bees are about quite early. The golden rod seems to be simply covered with them. In the gardens round AA'iniborne our little workers are having a good time. Tbe raspberries are not forgotten, and I notice that they do not pass over very ripe pears; just now there arc a lot about, which have blown oft in the gales, and the bees are in considerably more numbers than wasps. In many places the ivy is opening, but they do not look at it : but if the weather is mild at Christmas they look it over very assiduously. Tbe wealth of flowers is over for the bees; they do not get much from the hate autumn flowers. ] have had to reduce thej openings of our hives, as they were largely chanting the maurauding song. The tone was very clear and pro- nounced as they passed over the yard to the No. 2 apiary. They started on one of the small wild lots, and they could easily get in, as the opening goes nearly across the front. " How oft the means to do evil make evil deeds ; Weight of numbers would have conquered, but when it came to one at a time, the wild lot held their own, the others thought " discretion the better part of ; Now the sun shines each clay they are off to the flowers for sweetness. I somewhat think it is un- favourable weather that converts them into pirates. " At a large farm sale, I met Mr. Cox, the steward for Lord Eustace Cecil. His bees have done well this season; he made '20s. per dozen for his sections. He only has four stocks ; at one time he had 28, but he lost them with disease. A stray swarm came and restarted him. The strangest part of it is there is no disease with this lot. His bees are " far away from
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