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THE 



Bee -Keeping World 



staff Contributors : F. GREINER and ADRIAN GETAZ. 



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GERMANY. 



JUST "CATCHING ON." 

 Hive inventors are" still at work. 

 Becker's divisible hive, described in 

 Central-blatt seems modeled after the 

 American style of hives. It has a 

 brooti chamber and separate supers for 

 -tiering up. It is undoubtedly construct- 

 ed on a good principle. 



SPAIN. 



The bee-keepers of Barcelona hav( 

 established in one of the public park* 

 of the city an apiary for the purpoS' 

 of making " bee-keeping popular, in 

 structing the public, etc. The apiar; 

 is said not to be very large and th 

 honey stored by the bees above wha 

 is needed for winter is distribute 

 among the hospitals. — Schl. Holsn 

 Bztg. 



SAYS ITS A MYSTERY. 



Die Bienenphlege has this to say in 

 regard to the instincts and qualifica- 

 tions the worker-bee possesses: 'T^t 

 is not possible that the worker can 

 inherit mich qual ideations from the 

 drone or queen (her parents) that are 

 not also qualifications of the latter. 

 The whole matter is wrapped up in 

 mystery. 



MAY BE SO IN GERMANY. 



Reldenbach, editor of the Phalz. 

 Bztg.. is no friend of contracting the 

 brood chamber during the winter sea- 

 son. He claims the bees need plenty 

 of air and with a roomy hive they are 

 more apt to have it. A large number 

 of combs in the hive insure plenty of 

 .stores and sufficient breeding room in 

 the spring. Some bee-keepers, he says, 

 are very careful as to enlarging the 

 brood chamber and add only one comb 

 at a time. This requires a great deal 

 of useless fussing. Bees with an un- 

 limited brood chamber breed up just 

 as fast and with such the bee-keeper 

 does not miss it occasionally by neg- 

 lecting his bees. A large brood cham- 

 ber is the safest, and saves time! 



SW^ITZERLAND. 



H. Spuehler, Zuerrich, also coudemr 

 the contracting of brood chambers an 

 other useless fussy practices. B 

 wants a large entrance at all times. 



TRIKD AGAIN AND FOUND WAN' 

 ING. 



Tests with the Phacelia as a hon< 

 plant have not turned out favorab 

 according to Schweiz. Bztg., althou) 

 the bloom lasted six weeks and be 

 and bumblebees were frequent visitoi 

 A-s a forage crop for stock the pla 

 also did not meet the expectations 

 the experimenters. 



AUSTRIA. 



A great deal of complaint is made 

 by Austrian bee-keepers of thieves vis- 

 iting their beeyards. 



HIVE IMPROVEMENTS. 

 Kyburz reports an improvement 

 the cupboard-fashioned European hi-? 

 which may be a step in advance. . 

 the reader knows the combs of thf 

 hives are removed from the rear, a 

 in order to get at the last comb 

 a hive all must be taken out. T 

 inventor, Weber, has made the wh< 

 rabbet movable. Thus he can .sli 

 the whole set of combs out of 1 

 hive, Avhen any comb may be picL 

 out as they can be out of open 

 American hives. — Schweiz. Bztg. 



Emperor Joseph I. is enthusiastical- 

 ly interested in bee culture, is fre- 

 quently present at bee-keepers' meet- 

 ings and conducts them. 



PREFERS THE SWITZER. 

 Dannacher, of Bern, is very mi 

 opposed to the importation of Cai 

 olan bees, and makes the claim tl 

 the Switzer native stock is far suj 

 ior to any Carniolan. Tests made s 

 bv side have shown that the Swit 



