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brick. It is a tenement hive. The 

 partition walls are of unburned brick 

 and wood, and the cost per colony is 

 from two to three marks. In 1881 at 

 an exhibition a hive was exhibited 

 made of ground cork and plaster paris. 



ARGENTINA. 



The Agricultar Moderno reports a 

 bee-keeper in the Province Ardoba, of 

 averaging from 300 to 400 pounds of 

 honey per hive each year. From other 

 parts of Argentina It has been report- 

 ed to the gleaner of this that the yields 

 were very meagre and that bee-keepers 

 were considering the advisability of 

 importing the Italian bee, hoping by 

 this measure to increase the yields per 

 colony. 



This hive received the first premium 

 at the time, but has not come into gen- 

 eral use. — Central Blatt. 



The winter has been mild in Ger- 

 many and favorable for the bees. 



HOLLAND. 

 Rev. Richard, in Amsterdam, advo- 

 cates to locate hive enti-ances in the 

 tops of hives, instead of at the bottom. 

 He observed a great difference in the 

 yields of his two colonies which were 

 of uniform strength, one, however, 

 had the entrance at the top and giving 

 large returns, the other with the en- 

 trance low giving small returns. When 

 a change was made and the entrances is 

 were given at the top in both hives, 

 the yield after that remained practical- 

 ly uniform. 



IRELAND. 

 An Irish Avriter laments that more 

 bees are not kept in Ireland. The land 

 jtroduces now but 700.000 pounds of 

 honey and could be made to produce as 

 much as 40,000,000 pounds. He ad- 

 vises his Irish brothers not to emi- 

 grate to America, but to stay at home 

 and go into bee-keeping. — Leipz Bztg. 



GERMANY. 



The manufacture of honey is de- 

 scribed in Praxis der Bzcht, as fol- 

 lows: A quantity of flour is brown- 

 ed in a kettle. According to the kind 

 of honey wanted, the flour is browned 

 more or less. Water is added little by 

 little and the mess is constantly kept 

 stirred. When of the right consistency 

 saccharine and honey are added and 

 also some essence. The mixture is 

 then ready to be put up in tins. 

 (Sounds like a hoax.) It is said that 

 the makers of this fine honey have now 

 established a plant in Chicago, 111. 



TUNIS. 



The material for bee hives used by 

 the Tunisians is very inexpensive and 

 nothing more or less than Mother 

 Earth. However, the soil must be of 

 a certain nature, a soft porous stone. 

 Square holes are cut into the ground, 

 80 cm. long, 40 cm. wide and 30 cm. 

 deep. These holes are cut very smooth. 

 Bars are used for the bees to fasten 

 their combs to. Each cavity is covered 

 with sticks, and a covering of earth. 

 An entrance is left in the center of 

 each hole. About 50 such hives are lo- 

 cated together under one roof. The 

 Tunisians use smoke to handle their 

 bees and do not protect themselves 

 against stings in any way. — Revue In- 

 ternationale L' Apiculture. 



H. Bro<ltman, in Billerbeck, had had 

 a hive patented which is made of 



SWITZERLAND. 



The bee-keepers in Switzerland are 

 making the effort to preserve the pu- 

 rity of the brown bee. A station has 

 been established for the rearing of na- 

 tive bees. American bee-keepers, 

 friends of the brown bee here may soon 

 find an opportunity to procure the. 

 black or German bee in its purity. 



