. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 276 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [July 15, 1909. The weather of June was not so favour- able for bees, but a good deal of honey has been stored and taken. One bee- keeper has recently taken off 150 lb. of honey, the number of stocks kept being about ten. Advantage of Insurance.—A bee-keeper near Felixstowe insured his hives at the end of April. A month later a neigh- bour's horse was so badly stung that death ensued. Swarms (page 258).—Does Mr. Craw- shaw recommend excluder-zinc to cover entrance of hive after hiving swarms, and so prevent rei
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 276 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [July 15, 1909. The weather of June was not so favour- able for bees, but a good deal of honey has been stored and taken. One bee- keeper has recently taken off 150 lb. of honey, the number of stocks kept being about ten. Advantage of Insurance.—A bee-keeper near Felixstowe insured his hives at the end of April. A month later a neigh- bour's horse was so badly stung that death ensued. Swarms (page 258).—Does Mr. Craw- shaw recommend excluder-zinc to cover entrance of hive after hiving swarms, and so prevent reissuing of the queen? Has he tried the plan of putting a frame of brood in the hive to retain the swarm? Swarms and Foid Brood.—Also will he give his opinion about swarms carrying disease, as maintained by some bee- keepers? A swarm must necessarily come from a fairly strong stock, and a strong stock cannot be badly diseased. If there were disease in the incipient stage, what is the risk? Foreign Honey.—The following is the analysis of a sample of foreign honey : — Ash, per cent. ; optical rotation = - 7 deg. ; acidity, very slight; foreign sub- stances, absent; odour, very peculiar.— A. W. Salmon, Chingford. SWARM SETTLING ON HORSE. [7531.] Referring to the disaster at Sut- ton, N. Hants, whereby a horse was stung to death through a large swarm of bees settling upon him, I should like to know if any means could have prevented this fatal issue. Possibly the horse and cart were in a stackyard adjacent to a large apiary. No one knew how to deal with such a position, and the occurrence has caused a good deal of agitation in the district where bee-keeping is prevalent. I myself have eight stocks of bees in my garden at home (Sutton), and over the fence in the paddock have cows and ponies. The possibility of history repeat- ing itself, perhaps on my favourite cob, is sufficiently disquieting to make me ask the opinion of an expert on the above and the probability of
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