. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. April 3, li»13.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 1:39 THE BEE. The careful insect midst her \Aork I view, Now from the flowers exliausts the fragrant dew, Witli t^olclen treasure loads lier little thighs. And steers ]ier distant journey through the skies. Some iigainst hostile foes the hive defend, Others with sMeets the waxen cells distent, Kach in the toil her clestin'd office hears. And in the little bulk a mighty soul appears.—Gay. Bee Show to Come. June 10 to 13, at Windsor.—Honey Show of the B-erkshire JJee-Ke^pers' Association, in connec-
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. April 3, li»13.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 1:39 THE BEE. The careful insect midst her \Aork I view, Now from the flowers exliausts the fragrant dew, Witli t^olclen treasure loads lier little thighs. And steers ]ier distant journey through the skies. Some iigainst hostile foes the hive defend, Others with sMeets the waxen cells distent, Kach in the toil her clestin'd office hears. And in the little bulk a mighty soul appears.—Gay. Bee Show to Come. June 10 to 13, at Windsor.—Honey Show of the B-erkshire JJee-Ke^pers' Association, in connec- tion with the " Royal Counties " Show. Liberal prizes. Schedules from D. W. Bishop Ackerman, 161. King's-road, Reading. Entries close May 14th. to the sides, the tapering form of thf skep enabling them to be easily lifted out when the attachments were severed. Similar hives are used to this day, and we ]utve a picture of an a])iary of such hives from Mount Hymettus. In present day hives the bars do not pro- ject but fit into a shoulder rebate in the top. so that the cover fits close. In John Keys' Ancictif Bee Masfer\'i Faie- wel], Fig. 3, plate 1, is an adaptation of similar bars to a straw hive with parallel sides instead of tapering as in the Greek hive. B. G. M. (Lanai-kshire).—Bee Disease Le((>ii.—At present no one can pre- vent a bee-keeper selling hives and appliances which have been used for bees, that have died of disease. If bee-keepers want legislation they must say so, and not l)e afraid to take a little trouble over the matter. liL VI. Notices to Correspondents. (Somerset).—The book you allude to is no doubt George Wheeler's Journey into Greece, published in 1682. It contains an illustration of the Greek Beehive in Book VI., page 412, a re- production of which we give below. This is a -straw skep wider at the top than at the bottom, and contains bai's placed on the top to which the bees attached the combs. A flat circular s
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