. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 526 THE BEITISH BEE JOUENAL. Oct. 28, 1920. Salisbury and District Bee- Keepers' Association. Mr. J. J. Kettle is to give an address to bee-keepers at Church House, Crane Street, Salisbury, at 7 , on Wednes- day, November 3. Subject : " Profitable Bee-keeping on a Fruit and Flower ; Readers of Mr. Kettle's yarns will know he is well qualified to deal with his subject, and a pleasant and profitable evening may be The Edito-rs do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 526 THE BEITISH BEE JOUENAL. Oct. 28, 1920. Salisbury and District Bee- Keepers' Association. Mr. J. J. Kettle is to give an address to bee-keepers at Church House, Crane Street, Salisbury, at 7 , on Wednes- day, November 3. Subject : " Profitable Bee-keeping on a Fruit and Flower ; Readers of Mr. Kettle's yarns will know he is well qualified to deal with his subject, and a pleasant and profitable evening may be The Edito-rs do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and give their real name and addresses, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of nood faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. Queen and Drones. [10325] Whilst in the hay-field on July 8, about , I heard a loud buzzing, and a large cluster of bees dropped at my feet. Being a bee-keeper, 1 stooped down to look at them, and, found they were drones. On examining them I discovered a young queen in their midst. I picked her up and confined her in a matchbox. Having a queenless stock on hand, I put her in a cage and introduced her. On examining the hive later I found it full of young bees (Italians). Have any of your readers ever heard of such a curious incident?—H. Wright. Queenless Bees Storing Honey. [10326] In reference to. Mr. A. Lewis's contribution [10320] and your invitation for otber bee-keepers' experience on the above subject, it reminds me of the late Mr. Broughton-Carr's words: "Bees do nothing ; I have been a bee-keeper 40 ycar^s, and have hud experience on two occasions of queenless bees working well, but generally they are listless and hopeless. Tliree years ago a friend of mine went away for his holiday in July, and asked
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