. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 294 THE BRITISH BEE JDtTRNAL. Jiine IT, 1920. of brood, from the egg in the cell to the sealed brood and the perfect honey-bee, Afany of the new members were much im- pressed by hie cool and quiet manner in handling the bees. He also gave a demon- stration in making frames out of ordinary box wood, with very simple tools of his own construction. The finished; article was handed round the company for in- spection, and all were impressed with its perfection and f'nif'h. These demonstia- tions were highly interesting and instruc- tive to bee-
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 294 THE BRITISH BEE JDtTRNAL. Jiine IT, 1920. of brood, from the egg in the cell to the sealed brood and the perfect honey-bee, Afany of the new members were much im- pressed by hie cool and quiet manner in handling the bees. He also gave a demon- stration in making frames out of ordinary box wood, with very simple tools of his own construction. The finished; article was handed round the company for in- spection, and all were impressed with its perfection and f'nif'h. These demonstia- tions were highly interesting and instruc- tive to bee-keepers young and old. Mr. G. F. Stubbs, Wednesbury, ad- dressed the meeting, taking for his sub- ject " Bees and ; He said everything in nature has a duty to per- form; bees naturally are not only honey gatherers, but do great work in ferti- lising blossoms. Many fruit crops depend to a great extent on bees for fertilisation; no fertilisation, no fruit. Flowers pro- duced nectar to attract the insects, who in obtaining it biiush off with' their bodies some of the pollen; this is carried to the next flower, brushed against the pistil, and thus polliiiates. This cross-pollina- tion is beneficial to plant and fruit. What Nature has made special precautions to ensure is brought about in a great mea- sure by bees and other nectar-feeding insects. Mr. HiMreth', Smethwick, addressed the meeting on " Dont's for beginners " : Don't open the hive without some special object. Don't neglect to make notes of the condition of the hive at each inspec- tion, that reference can be made to it. Don't delay too long supering; better too early than too late—it may prevent swarming. Mr. E. C. Hipkins exhibited a concrete hiyo and explained the making of it. He said_ the making of concrete hives was in its infant stages, and required many im- provements and testing before it could be called a success. The probable outlay would be more eypensiv© than wood, but its lif
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