. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 12, 1899.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 403 Now bore a hole through side of hive level with top of frames ; lay tin lid on frames, and pass the tin tube through side of hive, covering the whole with the quilts. Fill bottle with syrup, and connect tap with the length of pipe protruding from side of hive. This supply may now be regulated by the tap, as rapid as desired or as slow, without ex- posing the bees in any manner, and if the bottle is refilled within doors, without the slightest possibility of stray bees getting a share of the swee
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 12, 1899.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 403 Now bore a hole through side of hive level with top of frames ; lay tin lid on frames, and pass the tin tube through side of hive, covering the whole with the quilts. Fill bottle with syrup, and connect tap with the length of pipe protruding from side of hive. This supply may now be regulated by the tap, as rapid as desired or as slow, without ex- posing the bees in any manner, and if the bottle is refilled within doors, without the slightest possibility of stray bees getting a share of the sweets. To ensure regularity, a very small hole must be punched ia top of bottle above the syrup line.—Will Hampton, Eichmond. would come true from seed. I am sending you a photo, of a branch of the tree, taken from the underside (and also of a small twig), which gives a good idea of the appearance of the leaves and seed-pods, as seen when stand- ing underneath and looking up at its branches from below, and also the peculiarity of its seeding. It is a fairly rapid growing tree ; the one here having been planted about twenty years. It is now about 30 ft. high and the head 25 ft. in diameter. But any one planting a dozen small trees, or even several dozen of them, would, I am afraid, hardly live to reap much benefit to their bees from them, unless the planter was very young. I should. LATE-FLOWERING LIME. (TiUa iicHolaris.) THE LATE-FLOWERING LIME. TILIA PETIOLARIS. [3789.] I have been interested in the coire- epondence in your columns on the late- floweting lime. Without knowing whether I can throw any light on the subject or not, I may be allowed to say there is a lime tree growing here which is probably the one meant. I planted it here myself in the park, but can- not remember where it came from. We have a collection of some twelve sorts of lime, all named, but I don't think it came with them, or else I should have known its name. I know it blooms later than the ordinaiy lime, b
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