. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 14, 1917. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 187 flying bees free access to the bars, then place the roof of the hive on cross cornered a little so as to allow the Hying bees to join the swarm, then at night, when all is quiet, place the quilt permanently on anil place the roof properly in its place, and I feel sure if those who have had the same hiving troubles will give this a trial they will l)e more than pleased with the results, which I feel sure that our esteemed Editors will only be too pleased to publish. —E. J. Thompson, The Apiary, Go
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 14, 1917. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 187 flying bees free access to the bars, then place the roof of the hive on cross cornered a little so as to allow the Hying bees to join the swarm, then at night, when all is quiet, place the quilt permanently on anil place the roof properly in its place, and I feel sure if those who have had the same hiving troubles will give this a trial they will l)e more than pleased with the results, which I feel sure that our esteemed Editors will only be too pleased to publish. —E. J. Thompson, The Apiary, Gowdall. PRESS CUTTING. BEE-KEEPINO AND THE OWNERSHIP OF BEES. The attention of those who are in- terested in the maintenance of our supply of food has recently been directed to the keeping of bees and the increase of our stores of honey. We are apt to forget that until the sixteenth century the demand for sugar was wholly satisfied by honey, which was also the material for the popular beverages, mead, methyglin and' livdromel. The hives of American farmers bring them a substantial profit, but bee- keeping, though one of the most ancient of our industries, has of late years been somewhat neglected by Englishmen, who prefer to import their sweets from abroad. The question arises whether the owner- ship of bees is sufficiently protected by our law. Our case law seems to make very little reference to them beyond a general statement that they may be the subject of larceny. But if we go back to the Roman Digest we find a separate paragraph devoted to the property in bees, which tells us in stately language that bees are wild by nature, and if they swarm upon yotir tree you have, until you have hived them, no more property than you have in the birds which build their nests there. Anyone, too, is at liberty to take the honeycomb the bees may have made. But, of course, if, before it is taken, you see anyone entering upon your land you have a right to stop him. The Roman jurist adds—a
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