Gleanings in bee culture . n be said with truththat the little kingdom of Hungary leads theworld in apiculture. The Hungarians are ashrewd, thrifty people, agriculturally inclin-ed—of Asiatic origin, and intensely last characteristic is particularly shownby the fact that the young students of thecountry even refuse to learn German forfear of Austrian encroachment and domi-nance. Budapest, the capital, is the Paris ofOriental Europe—rich commercially throughthe business-like qualities of the Jewish-Hun-garian merchant. And it is in the vicinityof this city at Godolo that the Hung
Gleanings in bee culture . n be said with truththat the little kingdom of Hungary leads theworld in apiculture. The Hungarians are ashrewd, thrifty people, agriculturally inclin-ed—of Asiatic origin, and intensely last characteristic is particularly shownby the fact that the young students of thecountry even refuse to learn German forfear of Austrian encroachment and domi-nance. Budapest, the capital, is the Paris ofOriental Europe—rich commercially throughthe business-like qualities of the Jewish-Hun-garian merchant. And it is in the vicinityof this city at Godolo that the HungarianState School of Apiculture, whence that splen-did system of governmental fostering of bee-keeping is directed, has its location. Herethere is offered to the youth of the kingdoma two-years course devoted entirely to api-culture in all its branches. It was with intense interest that, in com-pany with the Under-Secretary of Agriculturefrom Budapest, we inspected the bee schooland larm at Godolo. Vacation was nearing. AN APIAKY AT TKMESVAK, HUNGAKY; HIVKS OF THE BEKLEPSOH PATTERN. iflo: GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 1025 its end, and already several of the instructorswere on band for the short summer sessionof two weeks in August devoted entirely tothe instruction of women students. Amongthe buildings was the ladies dormitory, butwaiting for the arrival of the students. Wewere also shown through the mens dormi-tory where the iegular-term students havetheir quarters. An interesting feature in oneof the buildings was the apicultuial museumwhere all the various hives and implementsused throughout Europe and America at thepresent time, as well as the old models ofhives, were on exhibition. We were thenshown through a series of bee-houses filledwith hives of the Berlepsch pattern, so com-monly used in Eastern Europe. One interesting experiment in progresswas that of determining the fact whetherqueens lay drone or worker eggs at will. Ithas been heretofore advanced by some thatthe
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