. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 9. A small alighting-board can be easily secured by screws to outside of house opposite each hive when in use, and as easily removed when desired. In the same way a strip of zinc, 6 ft. long and 6 in. wide, could be tacked over joinings of roof panels, and panes of glass 12 in. long and 3 in. to 6 in. wide inserted in roof for light and ventilation. When the house is erected it would be well to finish it with a neat eave-spout, and also slightly lower the ground for a few inches all round it to keep out damp.—H. W. Brice, Thornton Hea
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 9. A small alighting-board can be easily secured by screws to outside of house opposite each hive when in use, and as easily removed when desired. In the same way a strip of zinc, 6 ft. long and 6 in. wide, could be tacked over joinings of roof panels, and panes of glass 12 in. long and 3 in. to 6 in. wide inserted in roof for light and ventilation. When the house is erected it would be well to finish it with a neat eave-spout, and also slightly lower the ground for a few inches all round it to keep out damp.—H. W. Brice, Thornton Heath. [The other two Bee-Houses referred to by our correspondent on p. 315 are shown below.—;. BEE-HOUSE FOR FOUR HIVES. §wxm mi Unites. [1337.] Bees Refusing to Swarm.—About twelve months ago I received of a friend a present of a colony of bees in a straw skep. It was a swarm of that year (1894). There was some heather in the neighbourhood and the bees pastured it well before going into winter quarters. I put extra covering on to keep them warm and dry, but the winter here was unusually severe, many of the bees died, and they came out in the spring very weak. They continued, however, gradually to increase in numbers, until at last they became really strong. And then, as I was anxious to increase my stock, I subscribed for the Journal and Record, ordered several of the best manuals on the subject, procured a frame hive, filled it with five frames of foundation to begin with— flanked with a division board—and put it in place for the reception of the impatiently expected swarm, which, however, up to the present has failed to materialise. I noticed that on the 24th ult. some drones began to make their appearance, and supposed that the bees intended to supersede the queen, and that we might by-and-by have a new queen and perhaps a late swarm. But, instead, they quit work, betrayed symptoms of apprehen- sion or indecision, sometimes flew wildly about, and at others
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