. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 598 THE BRITfSH BEE JOURNAL. Dec. 22, 1921. a commercial impossibility. As, however, I deal with the problem of honey gathering and hive structure in relation to the climate of Lot et Garonne in other parts of this account, I will refrain from discussing it here. There are numerous bee-keepers through- out the district possessing anything from fifty to two hundred stocks in the wicker and dung hives before mentioned. The bees are what are known as the ordinary blacks, but which I prefer to describe as the lighter variety of. black bee, to
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 598 THE BRITfSH BEE JOURNAL. Dec. 22, 1921. a commercial impossibility. As, however, I deal with the problem of honey gathering and hive structure in relation to the climate of Lot et Garonne in other parts of this account, I will refrain from discussing it here. There are numerous bee-keepers through- out the district possessing anything from fifty to two hundred stocks in the wicker and dung hives before mentioned. The bees are what are known as the ordinary blacks, but which I prefer to describe as the lighter variety of. black bee, to distinguish them from the large and. distinctly black variety formerly prevalent in many parts of Eng- land and Wales, but seemingly becoming scarcer every day, due, no doubt, to the regular stream of Italian blood which has flowed steadily into the country during. M. Tauzan. recent years. Although these bees could produce excellent comb honey, there appears to be no demand for it whatever, nor are these dung hives adaptable for supering as are the flat-topped skeps of England, and with tie exception of some old wooden dere- lict hives we saw left behind at a deserted mansion, we encountered no other wooden hives except those in the possession of M. Coutciel all the while we were in Lot ef Garonne. (To be continued.) Honey Imports. The registered value of honey imported into the United Kingdom during' the month of Novarffiber, 1921, was £10,147.—From a rot urn furnished by the Statistical Office, Customs Gloucestershire Bee-Keepers' Association. A most successful Honey Show was held on November 9, 1921, in connection with the County Root, Fruit and Grain Show of the County Educational Sub-Committee, at the Shire Hall, Gloucester. There was a large number of exhibits, and the quality of the honey and wax was very fine. Mr. E. Graham Burtt kindly took charg'e- of an excellent microscope, and showed slides of Tarsonemus woodi, and various parts of the anatomy of the bee. T
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