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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Woodman Hives in the Botanical Park at Helsin^fors, Finland. 



used for many years 

 with good success. 

 The frames are of 

 Lang'stroth dimen- 

 sions, so you see, 

 friends, that old 

 father L. is not un- 

 known in this "land 

 of the thousand 

 seas." Maybe brother 

 himself will some- 

 time describe his 

 hive to the readers 

 of the Review. I 



am going to buy 50 of them this spring. You will get an idea of 



its construction if you look at the pictures. 



A QUEEN BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION. 



I have often thought that those hundreds of queen specialists in 

 America (including Canada), should join an association. It would 

 certainly do a lot of good to the science and practice of queen breed- 

 ing. They could have their annual meetings at t}ie same time and 

 place as the National, so all members of this mother association 

 could be present at the breeders" meeting. Who shall get them to- 

 gether? Yon, just Mr. Brown or Jones, you must make the start 

 before anybody else does it and pushes the idea. But perhaps you 

 have such an association already? Good, if it is true! 



THE CARNIOX.AN BEE IN THE NORTH. 



Our capital — Hclsingfors — is situated on the latitude of South 

 Greenland, i. e., the 6th degree. Still the Carniolan or Krainer bee 

 is well adapted for our climate. First, it is a hardy bee; second, the 

 queens are very prolific, so that they quickly fill the brood chamber 

 during our short breeding season. Smoke and veil (not to speak of 



gloves) are seldom 

 absolutely necessary 

 while working with 

 our Carniolans. 



V\'e import the 

 Carniolans from Car- 

 niola, Austria. They 

 were shipped in boxes 

 as shovv'n in the pic- 

 ture. The frames are 

 of such dimensions 

 that the combs, with 

 but little trouble, 

 can be transferred 

 to L frames. 

 Helsinsffors. Finland 



Woodman Hives Protected by Boards against Wind, Snow 

 and untimely Sunshine. 



