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ENGLAND. 



"During a good lioney flow," says 

 the British Bee-Journal, "ten thous- 

 and bees can can-y into the hive one 

 pound of honey at one time. During 

 a moderate flow it may take 40,000, 

 and where the flow is extra good per- 

 haps some less than 10,000. may do it. 

 We calculate 20,000 to be the aver- 

 age." 



The catkins of the hazelnut bush 

 are not visited by bees in England, so 

 it is claimed by Skinner in British 

 Bee-Journal. It is so in North Amer- 

 ica, while in Germany bees gather 

 pollen from them. 



By using a regular heating stove (coal) 

 the cost of heating his house apiary 

 of G.3 hives dxiring a pear (from Nov- 

 ember till June) is only about $5.00 

 to '$6.00, says Brossard. He saves 

 about 50 cents worth of honey per 

 hive each year. Besides bees can 

 reach the honey in a warmed bee- 

 house, no matter in what part of the 

 hive it may be. They never starve 

 as long as there is a drop left any- 

 where. Bees may be fed successfully, 

 no matter how cold it is. To increase 

 the number of colonies is an easy mat- 

 ter, etc. He predicts this method of 

 wintering bees to have a promising 

 future. 



NORWAY. 



Dr. Astrup found many different 

 kinds of insects as high north as the 

 83rd desTee of latitude. Among them 

 he found honey bees, and he is satis- 

 fied that there are bees at the North 

 Pole. As the sun does not go down in 

 six months at the Pole, he thinks that 

 bees would have a splendid opportun- 

 ity to gather honey, etc., from the 

 bloom. (Central Blatt.) 



GERMANY. 



The winter in Germany has been a 

 very mild one. 



Very best "Table Honey" is now be- 

 ing offered in Germany in the form of 

 a white powder under the name of 

 Fructln. 



Brossard speaks in Thalz. Bztg. 

 very enthusiastically about heating 

 of bee-houses. As is well known, a 

 very large number of apiaries in Ger- 

 many are house-apiaries, which can 

 easily be warmed up, if thought of ad- 

 vantage. Renner speaks of water and 

 steam heating as being satisfactory. 



Mentzer has the following to say in 

 Pfilzer Bztg. about the management 

 of bees before swarming time: "At 

 the end of M^rch or beginning of 

 April the apricot, cherry, plum and 

 pear send out their olossoms. Should 

 the weather be favorable during this 

 time, stimulative feeding is super- 

 fluous. It is a good plan to uncap the 

 sealed stores from time to time; it will 

 increase the activity'. During unfavor- 

 able weather every colony should re- 

 ceive one-fourth to one-half quart of 

 diluted honey daily in order that 

 brood- rearing may go on uninteiTupt- 

 edly. The greater activity has also 

 the tendency to increase the warmth 

 inside of the hive, which is beneficial. 

 The packing should not be removed 

 too early. As soon as a colony covers 

 all their combs, more room should be 

 given. Great care should be e.'cercised 

 in giving combs in the center of the 

 brood-nest. The beginner better not 

 do so. During the applebioom frames 

 filled with comb foundation may be 

 given. By the middle of May many 

 colonies will be in shape to take advan- 

 tage of a honey flow, but they should 

 not be allowed to cast swarms thus 

 early. By removing a few combs of 

 hatching brood, swarming may be 

 effectually prevented. By the help of 



