. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. KW 9&** " â â¢WW '» â' âºglNG i^:_-C,!iw, Precision in Bee Terms (p. 72).âThe gentleman who- calls .a colony " a swarm," or a swarm " a hive," is not without justification, as these terms were used thus in the old days. A popular dictionary, which I have before me, gives as one of the mearings of swarm, "A body of bees united and permanently settled in a hive" ; and of hive, " A swarm of bees inhabiting a ; Still, that is not how we use the terms. "D. M. M.'s &q
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. KW 9&** " â â¢WW '» â' âºglNG i^:_-C,!iw, Precision in Bee Terms (p. 72).âThe gentleman who- calls .a colony " a swarm," or a swarm " a hive," is not without justification, as these terms were used thus in the old days. A popular dictionary, which I have before me, gives as one of the mearings of swarm, "A body of bees united and permanently settled in a hive" ; and of hive, " A swarm of bees inhabiting a ; Still, that is not how we use the terms. "D. M. M.'s " ex- planation of the mishap to his "copy " is so obviously true that I might almost have detected the original beneath the printed disguise, and I hasten to make what " our mutual friend" would call the amende honorable. In this matter " D M. ; has my sympathy, for such, mishaps are not unknown to me, although invariably due, I fear, to a cramped and crabbed " ; I am sure we both owe much to a long-suffering staff, and must endeavour to improve. For terminological accuracy is to be greatly desired, when dealing with a technical subject. Mr. Bullamore put the matter quite admirably in "," February, 1911, when he wrote, " A loose style of expression in the columns of a scientific journal usually gives rise to ; A little more accuracy, gentle- men, is the plea that I would constantly make, even " in jesting guise, for ye are wise, and ye know what the jest is ; And may I couple with this, a plea for originality. A little more individual re- search, a little more actual experiment, a little more reference to the bee itself, and a little less sheltering behind authori- ties, however renowned. Knowledge is continually increasing, and the spirit of the true scientist, whilst essentially critical, is ever ready to abandon old theories in the face of new facts. A little more or
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