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Bee -Keeping World 



staff Contributors : F. GREINER and ADRIAN GETAZ. 



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AUSTRIA. 

 Jung-Klaus says in Boh. Imker, it 

 is his opinion that there is very little 

 in the hive. It is all in the man. Fur- 

 ther on, among other things, he de- 

 scribes the condition there in this 

 fashion: "The common people will 

 hardly get along with newfangled 

 frame hives; they prefer the simple 

 box, which gives no further trouble 

 after the swarm is hived till harvest 

 time." 



bees' account, give it up for the sake 

 of your own health. 



Of M. Ambrozic, the intensive Aus- 

 trian bee-keeper, who died recently, 

 it is said that he exported inside of 

 senevteen years about 34,000 swarms 

 of bees. He dealt wholly in Carni- 

 olan stock. 



GERMANY. 



A certain bee-keeper in Schleswig 



I Holstein has come to the conclusion 



i that feeding sugar is risky business. 



j He had fed his bees during the early 



I spring. When harvest time came he 



extracted what he supposed to be 



pure bee-honey, and sold the product 



to a dealer. The latter had the honey 



analyzed and it was found to be adul- 



i terated. The bee-keeper was fined. 



The Schlesw. Hoist. Bztg. adds: It is 



evident that a good deal of sugar fed 



to bees is not inverted and remains 



sugar. 



The same paper tells in the Decem- 



(ber number that comb honey is now 



I manufactured in America, but says 



. |that the manufacturers have not yet 



I succeeded in sealing the honey. 



In taking a colony of bees out of a 

 bee tree the operator found in one 

 case very shallow combs ten feet long. 



It is said that Wygant advised not 

 to treat bees with tobacco smoke. But, 

 he continues, if you don't want to 

 give up the use of tobacco on the 



SWITZERLAND. 

 So-called Switzer honey has often 

 been found a purely artificial product. 

 This has, of course, caused Switzer 

 honey to be regarded with suspicion. 

 The Switzer Bienen Zeitung is now 

 publishing a list of hotels and resorts 

 where pure Alpine honey is served. 



The exhibition of honeys and wax 

 at the fair in Bremgarten had for one 

 of its objects to inspire confidence in 

 the product of the hive. Judging from 

 the photos, the whole exhibit con- 

 sisted of honey in liquid shape, mostly 

 in glass, nicely decorated and arrang- 

 ed. The beeswax appeared in fancy 

 mould and casts, among other things 

 representing popular men and scenes 

 of national character. An important 

 feature was a honey stand, with a 

 girl in the peculiar national attire 

 serving as "salesman." 



At the Bremgarten honey exhibi- 

 tion eight honey exhibits were reject- 

 ed on account of the honey not being 

 ripe, some because of not being clean. 

 -Schweiz. Bztg. 



To improve dairy butter, says the 

 Schweitzer Bztg., take 60 grains of 

 honey to one kilogram biitter, knead 

 well. The same recipe has been pub- 

 lished in American bee journals years 

 ago. Who has tried it here? 



An odorless coating for felt roofing 

 is spoken of in Schweiz. Bztg. as fol- 

 lows: "Coal tar and slaked lime, 

 half and half, well stirred, then ap- 

 plied." 



As soon as may be determined, we 

 should be pleased to learn the results 

 of the winter upon the bees of our 

 readers. 



