. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Nov. 14, 1918. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 369. REVIEW. Practical Queen Rearing, by F. C. Pel- lett (4s. 6d. net).—To those who are inte- rested in queen rearing this book will prove most useful. The author has visited many of the largest queen-rearing estab- lishments in America, and gives the best methods in use at those apiaries. The directions given are brief and concise, but clear. The book is small, but the writer has managed to cover a lot of ground and to give much very useful information in a small compass. Chapter I., a description
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Nov. 14, 1918. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 369. REVIEW. Practical Queen Rearing, by F. C. Pel- lett (4s. 6d. net).—To those who are inte- rested in queen rearing this book will prove most useful. The author has visited many of the largest queen-rearing estab- lishments in America, and gives the best methods in use at those apiaries. The directions given are brief and concise, but clear. The book is small, but the writer has managed to cover a lot of ground and to give much very useful information in a small compass. Chapter I., a description of the characteristics of the various races and varieties of bees, will be of great ser- vice. It is published by the American Bee Journal, printed on good paper, bound in cloth, and has many good illustrations. A DORSET YARN. A wonderful autumn for bees in Dorset. Still whole fields of charlock; even as the men pull the mangels the bees are round on the charlock flowers. They are now on the laurestinus; the blooms smell quite strong as one goes by them. Flowers are still in great profusion in our area, and with some bright days the bees are every- where. We have not yet the robbing .song, which is a surprise to me, as the Italians last year preyed on the late swarms and cleared them out very quickly. They, like the Germans, delighted in loot- ing their neighbours that were weaker than themselves. Our lot looks like wintering well; I find, when one only touches the roof to look in, there is the quick roar of sound that shows they are ready to defend their homes against all coraeiis, and soon are hurrying outside the entrance to take action. One of my neigh- bours says his are not so well this autumn; they were very clean and strong for two yeais. I wanted to buy some of them for a Devon bee-keeper, but he would not part—it was well for the would-be pur- chaser that he would not. We are not far from the sea; the air is very moist iu autumn. I have an idea that moisture has a
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