. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 502 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [December 5,188§. young arriving. On one unlucky day, however, the wind was very strong. Down, with a crash, came one of the poor ' ullum's' limbs, exposing the sacred trea- sures to the gaze of the vulgar, as well as to the rapacity of cruel man. The policeman, of course, was sent for, not to run the little creatures in, but to bring them and their treasures out. A ladder was obtained, our friend ascended, protected by a veil and a smoker; he put his hands, each of them covered by a woollen sock, into the trea
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 502 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [December 5,188§. young arriving. On one unlucky day, however, the wind was very strong. Down, with a crash, came one of the poor ' ullum's' limbs, exposing the sacred trea- sures to the gaze of the vulgar, as well as to the rapacity of cruel man. The policeman, of course, was sent for, not to run the little creatures in, but to bring them and their treasures out. A ladder was obtained, our friend ascended, protected by a veil and a smoker; he put his hands, each of them covered by a woollen sock, into the treasure-house: soon he brought out enough to repay him for his trouble. He did not take all he could have got; so let us hope that our indus- trious little friends will weather the hard times which I fear are before them during the winter and early spring. Does any one wish to see the hero of my tale ? If he does, let him not seek him in the village in which I live, but ascend Mount Bures, and on the north side of that well-known eminence he may, perhaps, find a on the right bank of the river Stour, in the county of Essex,—E, Bartrum, , Wakes Colne Rectory, Essex. BEE-KEEPING FOR COTTAGERS. VIII. Dry Sugar Feeding.—This is by no means a new method. When amongst the bee-keepers in S. Wales in 1884 I found that it was a general practice with many, after removing the supers, to fill a basin with brown sugar, cover it with thick paper, in which a few holes were made with the finger, and then invert it over the feed-hole. That is the exact method I should recom- mend the cottager to adopt immediately after removing his supers. The sugar should be slightly pressed into the basin or jar, or whatever is used, and the moisture arising from the brood-nest will soften the sugar suffi- ciently to allow the bees to use it; and as it can only be converted into syrup slowly, it is a capital and simple method of slow feeding, particularly after the honey flow, when there is more he
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