64 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARO VII., A. 1910 



A. W. Hanham, Duncans, B.C. Four boxes containing collections of lepidoptera, 

 ccleoptera and hymenoptera, all in splendid condition, among which were many rare 

 specimens. 



Rev. J. H. Keen, Metlakatlah, B.C. A good series of the rare Byrrid, Exoma 

 plenralis and other insects. 



W. Metcalfe, Ottawa. Diptera and other insects collected in Ontario. 



Mrs. D. W. Stewart, Renfrew, Ont. A botanical sheet of Medicago falcata. 



Rev. G. W. Taylor, Nanaimo, B.C. Many specimens of lepidoptera, coleoptcra, 

 hymenoptera and a named collection of neuropteroid insects, all from British Columbia. 



Rev. Frere Victorin, Longueuil, Que. Pressed botanical specimens of Ruhus 

 hispidus and Rtihus permixtus. 



E. P. Vcnables, Vernon, B.C. S]pecimens of hemiptera and other insects from 

 British Columbia. 



J. B. Wallis, Winnip>eg, Man. A fine series of Catocala coccinata, together with 

 acceptable noctuids, and named specimens of neuropteroid insects. 



Miss E. Maude Warren, Kelowna, B.C. Living plant of Cypripedium occidentale 

 and botanical specimens of Oenothera muricata, Potentilla camphorum, and other 

 plants for the herbarium. 



C. H. Young, Ottawa. Beautifully mounted specimens of micro-lepidoptera, some 

 of which have been only recently described. 



THE APIARY. 



The apiary is under the management of Mr. D. D. Gray, the farm foreman, whose 

 report I append herewith. The practical work of handling and caring for the bees 

 has been done by Mr. C. A. Burnside. It was thought best to reduce the number of 

 colonies in the apiary during the year, and some of the strong and healthy ones were 

 sold and the number on our stands was thus reduced to thirty-two. 



REPORT OF APIARY FOR SEASON OF 190S-9. 



I have to report a fairly successful year with the bees. The weather at the begin- 

 ning of the season was much the same as in 1907 — very wet and cold. The bees w^^re 

 put on their summer stands on April 24, coming from their winter quarters in good 

 condition. 



They were put in the bee cellar in the fall of 1907, weighing an average of 56-4 

 pounds each, and, when put out in spring of 1908, the weight was 38-6 pounds each, 

 having lost an average of 17-8 pounds per colony during the winter, somewhat higher 

 than most years. The first supers were put on on May 27 and the extractor was started 

 on July 9. 



An effort was made to retard swarming as much as possible; there was, however, 

 an increase of ten swarms during the season, the first coming off on June 20. 



The bees were put In the bee-cellar at the close of the season on November 6, all 

 the colonies weighing over 50 pounds each. 



An experiment was carried on during the winter to get some data as to the 

 amount of air-space required to winter the colonies satisfactorily. 



As there is yet practically a month before the bees go out, and this the most trying 

 month of the year, nothing definite can be said at present as to the state of the 

 colonies; all save one appear to be in good condition. 



D. D. GRAY. 



