62 Pitcher ano Stickt.anp, ./ Week nt Miirvsiiile. [vj["xx^^ni. 



\isi( (lurintj cur rambles inij;lit Ik; lulj)ful to other members who 

 mi};ht be desirous ot spendin!:: a few days in what is one of the 

 most eliarmini; of Xictorian tourist resorts, especially oi those 

 not far from town. \\'c estimated that we had traversed 

 alto,c;ether about eighty miles on foot, without any feelings of 

 distress, so bracing was the fresh moimtain air. On every 

 hand, turn where you would, delightful woodland, mountain, or 

 river scenery, of which we never tired, met the eye. The 

 presence of a pubhc notice-board, placed in some conspicuous 

 position in the village, giving the directions and distances to 

 the various spots of interest, would be a decided advantage to 

 tourists. In its absence, full use had to be made of the map 

 issued bv the Tourist Bureau, which we found most valuable. 



The Hall Memorial Fund. — Friends who have not yet 

 contributed to the Dr. T. S. Hall Memorial Fund are reminded 

 that it is intended to close the fund at an early date, so that 

 the allotment of the fund can be considered. Subscriptions 

 should be forwarded at once to the hon. treasm-er. Dr. J. P. 

 Wilson, University. Carlton. 



Bee-Keepinc; in \'ictoria. — The articles contributed to 

 the Journal of Agyicitltiire (Victoria) from January, 191 2, to 

 April, 1915. by Mr. F. K. Beuhne. Government Apiculturist, 

 have been reprinted as Bulletin No. >i of the Department of 

 Agriculture, and form a handy manual of about ijo pages for 

 anyone who intends taking uj) bee-keeping either as a business 

 or as an addition to another occupation. The author, how- 

 ever, modestly says it must not be regarded as a te.xt-book of 

 bee culture, but rather as a record of those methods which by 

 experience have been found best suited to Australian con- 

 ditions. It therefore forms just the sort of book wanred by the 

 tyro in apiculture, and as an encouragement to the beginner 

 his first sentence runs thus : — " Xo other rural occupation will 

 give a better return for the caj)ital in\ested. and the labour 

 applied, than bee-keeping, if intelligently pursued." Later 

 he savs : — " Bee-keeping, if adopted as a calling b\4 anyone 

 having an aptitude and lo\-e lor it, coml^ned with good business 

 meth(xls. is a profitable and fascinating occupation. If carried 

 on in connection with some other rural industry, it is a \aluable 

 side-issue ; if pursued as a hobby, it is highly interesting. Bee 

 culture is. above all things, a healthy outdoor occupation of a 

 not to(j laboiious kind, to which many more might turn with 



