. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. The Tw nstock. Standers,' but afterwards constructed hives to hold two, three, six, or eight colonies in order to economise material and space. Owing to the convenience he derived from the moveability of the combs, the number of his colonies increased in a few years to four hundred, and he. A pile of Twiustocks. was constantly obliged to be making new hives and planting additional apiaries in the neighbouring vil- lages. His apiary at Karlsmarkt was chiefly used for observations and experiments; and after his introduction of the Italian ra
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. The Tw nstock. Standers,' but afterwards constructed hives to hold two, three, six, or eight colonies in order to economise material and space. Owing to the convenience he derived from the moveability of the combs, the number of his colonies increased in a few years to four hundred, and he. A pile of Twiustocks. was constantly obliged to be making new hives and planting additional apiaries in the neighbouring vil- lages. His apiary at Karlsmarkt was chiefly used for observations and experiments; and after his introduction of the Italian race,* for breeding these bees and keeping * Captain Baldenstein, when stationed in Italy, was the first to notice the exceeding industry of the Italian bee. When he retired from the army he settled in Switzerland, and procured a colony from Italy in September, 1843. His observations impelled Dzierzon to make an effort to procure them pure. This apiary was always open to any one interested in bees; it was visited by numerous people desirous of increasing their knowledge in bee-keeping, especially by schoolmasters, many of whom came by de- sire and at the expense of the Government.! He was at all times ready to communicate the results of his ex- perience to his visitors; he also made known his views in the Frauendorf Journal, which enjoyed a large circu- lation at that time. These articles were afterwards collected and published in the form of a pamphlet entitled Pfarrer Dzierzon's Improved Method of Bee- keeping. This pamphlet was very incomplete, and induced Dr. Dzierzon to publish his views in a more complete form, which work, after passing through several editions, was published under the title of Rational Bee-keeping, the latest and most complete edition of which appeared in the year 1878. From 1854 to 1856 he published The Bee Master of Silesia ; but the greater part of his observations and experiences appeared in the Bienenzeitung. In this publication appeared his views on
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