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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Seasonable Hints. 



The impression prevails .that tlie winter 

 is the best time in which to move bees from 

 place to place. In onr opinion tliis is not 

 correct. We prefer to move them at almost 

 any other time. If it must be done at this 

 season, a warm, instead of a cold time 

 should be chosen, and at the end of the 

 journey it is best to put them at once into a 

 room or cellar quite wamn and dark, unless 

 the weather is so mild that if left out of 

 doors the bees can fly. 



A neighbor moved ten colonies in a very 

 cold day last winter, putting them, when he 

 reached home, into an out-door building. 

 Many of the bees were lost and the remain- 

 der had dysentery, so that but two or three 

 were saved out of all the ten colonies. Had 

 they been put into a warm room until the 

 agitation was over, the loss might have been 

 avoided. 



The principle is obvious. The bees when 

 disturbed and alarmed, tilled themselves 

 with honey, the cluster was disarranged, 

 and the bees scattered through the combs. 

 In a warm room in the dark, the agitation 

 would have subsided and the cluster be- 

 come perfect again ; but left exposed to the 

 cold, the scattered bees being full of honey, 

 all perish. 



From March to November bees can usual- 

 ly be moved any distance with safety, 

 under proper precautions ; but between 

 November and March, only those who are 

 well informed as to the principles that 

 govern the matter should attempt their 

 transportation. We know bees are moved 

 in winter, and moved safely but it is purely 

 accidental. If they have honey enough and 

 bees enough for safe wintering, the chances 

 are largely against their being moved well. 

 If one knows enough to take the honey 

 from them first, and feed them again judici- 

 ously afterwards, it may be done ; though 

 then, all is greatly dependent on the 

 weather. T. 



British Bee-keepers' Associaton. 



Below we give the Introduction aijd 

 also the object of the First Exhibition of 

 Bees . and their Produce, Hives, tfec. 

 held by the i^ritish Bee-keepers' Associa- 

 tion at the Crystal Palace, at Sydenham 

 near London, last September. We com- 

 mend them to the careful attention of all 

 those who have anything to do with Fairs 

 and Exhibitions in this country. We 

 have not space for the whole Premium 



List or numerous entries made, but these 

 extracts give a good idea of its aims. 

 We see that our friend, W. Carr, had a 

 large and interesting collection, as fol- 

 lows. 



305. CARR W.— Specimens of Ligu- 

 rian Queens, Workers and Drones, 

 Egyptian Workers and Drones, — Nest, — 

 Brood comb and Bees of the Trigania or 

 Exotic Bees from Honduras, Hornets, 

 Wasps and Humble Bees with Nests^ — 

 combs. Royal cells and Wax scales of 

 the Honey Bee ; combs, showing the rav- 

 ages of the Wax Moth with the male and 

 female Moths. 



Large Paper Cells showing the Bee's 

 economy, Ten large Pen and Ink drawings 

 of the Honey Bee, viz: The Internal 

 Anatomy, The Bee's Stomach, The Queen's 

 Ovaries, The Bee's Head, The Bee's Leg, 

 The Bee's Sting, The Bee's Wing, The 

 Bee's Antennae, The Bee's Abdomen, 

 Showing the Wax Scales. 



Hexagonal cells. Showing the Angles 

 enlarged twenty times. 



Super of Honey, 87fcs. 



Who will begin now to make a col- 

 lection of equal value and interest for our 

 Centennial Exhibition ? 



We need a change in all our Exhibitions 

 and Fairs, and we are especially glad 

 that at the last meeting at Pittsburgh, 

 steps were taken to avoid premiums for 

 bees, queens, tfec. We hope and expect 

 this to be the begiuniug of better days' as 

 far as exciting an interest in the objects 

 of the Society are concerned. 



The following is the Introduction to 

 the Premium List: 



Bees and BeeKeeping. 



From the earliest ages, Honey, the pro- 

 duce of the Bee, has been in all civilized 

 countries an esteemed luxury of the hu- 

 man race ; and Wax at great commercial 

 value, as well as a useful adjunct for 

 domestic use, sometimes to illuminate 

 the hulls of the noble and great, at others 

 to brighten the humble furniture of the 

 thrifty cottager. 



The busy merchant, when wanting a 

 symbol of industry for his house, could 

 tind no better sign than the "Bee-hive" — 

 how common the axiom "a very hive of 

 industry" — the poet and the moralist 

 failed not to quote our little friend as an 

 example to the young, and the beautiful 

 rhyme of Dr. AVatts, of "the little busy 

 Bee," can never be forgotten as a memory 

 of our early days, and in ages to come 

 will be taught to our children's childi'eu 



