. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 121 Apiculture in India. An interesting description of " bee- houses " and " swarming," as practiced in India, is given by a correspondent of the Agricultural Gazette, of London, England, who remarks that bee-keepingr is the sole business of some whole vil- lages. He describes the bee-houses in use there as follows : k1. They are framed of wood, leaving in the walls open spaces of about 2 feet high and from 10 to 12 feet long, which are subsequently tilled up with stones and clay, after which the whole is plastered inside and out,
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 121 Apiculture in India. An interesting description of " bee- houses " and " swarming," as practiced in India, is given by a correspondent of the Agricultural Gazette, of London, England, who remarks that bee-keepingr is the sole business of some whole vil- lages. He describes the bee-houses in use there as follows : k1. They are framed of wood, leaving in the walls open spaces of about 2 feet high and from 10 to 12 feet long, which are subsequently tilled up with stones and clay, after which the whole is plastered inside and out, with a pre- paration of gypsum, which is found in abundance in the hills. The roofs are flat, of beaten clay, and the eaves pro- ject about 3 feet beyond the walls. As the whole weight of the roof rests en- tirely on the wooden framework, the stones and clay, with which any one of the spaces is filled, can at any time be removed and replaced without at all interfering with the stability. In each of these spaces, particularly in the walls facing the south, is placed one or more round earthenware water- pots, the height of which ought to be equal exactly to the thickness of the wall ; these are built into the wall lying on either side, with the round bottom outside, and its extreme convexity flush with the outside of the wall; whilst the mouth of the vessel, which is 6 or 8 inches in diameter, is flush with the wall in the inside of a room; in some houses there is as many as 40 of these waterpots thus imbedded. All that is now wanted is to make a small hole on the outside convex bottom of each waterpot for the bees to enter—stick on a small patch of clay below it for them to alight on—put in a swarm and close the mouth of the pot with an earthen- ware lid made to fit. When honey is to be removed, all that is required is for the operator to enter the house, close the door, tap on the lid of the pot to drive out the bees, or, if that is not sufficient, open the lid a little and
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