. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Jau. 0. 191G.] THE BRITISH BEE JoUEXAL. as, being in a bit of a hollow, these little missiles usually passed too high to do mucli damage. But the shells dropped anywhere, especially round the church, and many times while in the act of driv- ing I have had to run for shelter when the shelling got a bit too hot. It eventu- ally' became so risky to stay anyAvhere near the church for long that I carried the last two skeps to a cellar and operated on them there, although this place was not shell proof to the "coal boxes" or "Jack
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Jau. 0. 191G.] THE BRITISH BEE JoUEXAL. as, being in a bit of a hollow, these little missiles usually passed too high to do mucli damage. But the shells dropped anywhere, especially round the church, and many times while in the act of driv- ing I have had to run for shelter when the shelling got a bit too hot. It eventu- ally' became so risky to stay anyAvhere near the church for long that I carried the last two skeps to a cellar and operated on them there, although this place was not shell proof to the "coal boxes" or "Jack Johnsons " as we called them, and which were used very liberally by the Germans during the early stages of the Avar, It was only a little distance away that one did enter a cave killing a great number of officers and men, practically the Avhole headquarters staff of a certain regiment. I bottled off two jars of honey and also procured some excellent wax, which I carried about with me for several weeks, intending to try and get them home as souvenirs, but as there was no chance to post parcels home then, and leave at that time was unthought of, I was forced to give the honey to the troops and to throw the wax away. In the vicarage at this village I also came across a huge piece of wax Avhich must have weighed (before a large piece was broken off) some 12 lb. or more. I also found little things lying about which told me that the occupant at one time must have kept a considerable number of bees. Vendresse also holds some veiy grim recollections, for during our few weeks' stay there we were continually attacked by the Germans, and I lost many old friends and comrades, both officers and men, one sergeant in particular, who lived very near me before the war, and who was always very interested in my bees, and intended starting himself if the war had not broken out. A moonlight night just outside this village after a big attack I shall always remember; we went out searching for w
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