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XXXIX. 



Useful insects and their products. Beekeeping. Silk-production. 

 Honey. Wax. Silk. Trade in these products. Other useful 

 insect products. 



THOS. Me Row, Beekeeping at the Gloucester Show, 1909. 



Jour, of the R. Agr. Soc. of England. London, 1909, p. 191. 



At the Gloucester Show 1 909, in the department: Hives, honey, etc., 

 a splendid show of appliances was made, and bee-keepers desiring 

 to be up to date had the opportunity of seeing the best that most 

 of the leading manufacturers could stage. 



Only a very few new-season novelties were shown. 



The first prize went to a very promising invention, capable per- 

 haps of improvements in some details, while the Simplex ho- 

 ney-jar was well worth trial. 



In the Extractor Class the Cowan and Rapid again de- 

 servedly came out first. 



H. GEARY. Bees for Profit and Pleasure. -- Edited by T. W. 

 Sanders, F. L. S. London, W. H. & L. Collingridge. The Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle, N. 3619, p. 292. London, May 7, 1910. 



A valuable handbook on bee-keeping, giving useful hints on 

 such subjects as choice of locality, manipulation of bees and the 

 general management of the apiary. 



JAS. HENRY. Beekeeping in Scotland and Honey Importations. 



- Trans, of the Higl. and Agric. Soc. of Scotland, vol. XXI. 

 Edinburgh, 1909, pp. 101-106. 



Although beekeeping has not hitherto been carried on to a 

 great extent in Scotland it has been pursued by a number of 

 enthusiasts in certain districts, whose efforts have proved that, if 

 undertaken intelligently, beekeeping is at once fascinating and 



