. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. February 1, 1876.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 195 be attributed to those gentlemen who kindly did their best to decide on the complicated claims of the numerous exhibits ; inasmuch as it was simply im- possible for men to go carefully and fully into the matters to be considered in the time and way which was allotted to them. Work which demanded at least one whole morning was compressed, perhaps inevitably, into a brief preliminary hour before the public arrived. The Judges were hard at work even for some time afterwards ; and their conferenc
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. February 1, 1876.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 195 be attributed to those gentlemen who kindly did their best to decide on the complicated claims of the numerous exhibits ; inasmuch as it was simply im- possible for men to go carefully and fully into the matters to be considered in the time and way which was allotted to them. Work which demanded at least one whole morning was compressed, perhaps inevitably, into a brief preliminary hour before the public arrived. The Judges were hard at work even for some time afterwards ; and their conferences and deliberations invaded by a buzzing crowd of persons like myself, who, having no exhibits, and not knowing what they were doing, necessarily interfered with the difficult and delicate work imposed upon them. Had they been quite alone, as they should have been if possible, with free and frequent consultation one with another, and the opportunity of closer exam- ination where doubt existed, they would certainly have had the mysterious octagon turned up, and verified or disproved their suspicions as to its con- dition. For my part, I think every one of the Judges deserves a silver medal for so pluckily conducting an exceptionally difficult business under such trying circumstances; and when silver medals are flying about, lest some of them should wound or blind any of our future Judges, I would suggest that they should be imbedded in little bags of hive sawdust, to minimize the danger from their sharp edges and cruel milling. Wishing you, sir, and all our fraternity, the com- pliments of the season.—F. Gell, Llyswen Rectoiy, R. S. 0., 1th January, 1876. BEES CASTING OUT RIVAL QUEENS. The opinion among bee-keepers in general, and even among ' authorities ' who ought to know better, and to whom we look for correct information on all points relating to bees and ' the wonders of a bee- hive,' is, that when two queens or princesses fight as rivals in a hive, the one that is vanq
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