:o Aug.. 191^.] 



Bcc-kLL pnii:^ ni Viclnria. 



of shallow I'lair.e are: — Tnj) har, 19 in long, i in. wide, }% in. thick; 

 hottoni hnr. ryys in. long. 1 in. widt-, ^g in. thick; .side l)ars, 3-;4 in. 

 long, i;8 in. wide, fs in. thick, nailed together as shown in Fig. 4. 



Locality. 



It must \k- nnderstoiid that althi.ngh hees mav be kept almost anywhere, 

 e\en near cities, and when properly managed some return may be secured, 

 no one should take up beekeeping for profit or as a sole means of living 

 unless prepared toi go into the country as soon as the elementary knowledge 

 and some experience in handling bees have been acquired. As wheat- 

 growing is proiital)le (.nlv where fair-sized areas of easily tilU-d land are 

 available, so l)eekeeping require-s a wide range of hi:ney-i)roducing flora 



FIG. 4. 



to make it a paying occupation. To supplement the insufficient honey 

 resources of a locality by growing flowers specially for bees is impractic- 

 able. The land available for this purpose in the neighbourhood of cities 

 and towns is too limited in area, and too valuable. While in remoter 

 localities where large areas of bee-pasture might be planted, the expense 

 would be out of proportion to the return .secured even if neighbours" bees 

 and wild liees could be prevented from trespas.sing. Australia has such 

 a splendid honey-producing flora, if beekeepers will only go to it, there is 

 no need whatever to raise plants speciallv for honey. In Victoria only 

 a fraction of the nectar produced annual I v by our native flora is at pre- 

 sent being gathered by iDees. 



{To he continued.') 



