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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVlEn, 



ing as it is pure or more or less mixed with 

 beeswax. The bee-papers, Laturally, do 

 not take kindly to it. 



Apropos of Mr. Hasty's discourse on fill- 

 ing combs, on page ;{50, it may be appropri- 

 ate here to recall a German method which 

 was given by Herr Reepen in the American 

 Bee Journal. Vol. 32, p. 108. He says 

 " Fill a tin case which is a little higher and 

 two or three inches broader than the comb, 

 with the liquid, put the empty comb into 

 this, and then place this case in the honey 

 extractor. " By turning the handle the air 

 will be extracted and the syrup nitracted. 

 TiDSKKiFT FOB BisK.ioTSEL. — The follow- 

 ing is taken from a Norwegian agricultural 

 journal. " The total production of honey 

 in the world is estimated at about 17t),<i()0,0()0 

 pounds, of the value of 110,720,000. :»,112, 

 '>()() pounds of wax are produced, worth about 

 !J;G,432,000. Germany stands first among 

 European countries with respect to bee-cul- 

 ture. Her 1,1 tlO,000 colonies produce 44,1.W, 

 000 pounds of honey. In the United States 

 are 2,800,000 colonies, which produce t;t;,22.5, 

 000 pounds of honey. " The average pro- 

 portion of wax to honey in the world, accord- 

 ing to the above, is surprising— one ponnd 

 of wax to a little over five pounds of honey. 

 The Australian Bee-Bulletin.— " There 

 has been great loss of bee-life during the 

 last few years in many parts of the colony, 

 and I think foul brood has nothing to do 

 with that. * * * In some cases what is 

 now termed paralysis seemed to be the 

 cause. I am strongly of the opinion that 

 climatic influences have had much to do 

 with the loss of bee life referred to. It is 

 at least remarkable that with the appearance 

 of a series of wet seasons the loss of bee- 

 life began. * * * Of the many remedies 

 tried none seemed to effect a permanent 

 cure, and I think because these remedies 

 could or did not alter the natural conditions 

 under which the bees lived. "— W. Abram. 

 " A large proportion ( nine-tenths of the 

 northern bee-keepers perhaps ) think legis- 

 lation on the subject [ foul brood J not re- 

 quired. " — George James. 



By the New Zealand Foul Brood Act, the 

 owners of diseased colonies can if they 

 choose send suspected brood to a Govern- 

 ment microscopical expert, paying him five 

 shillings for examination of one portion of 

 comb, and one shilling for each additional 

 sample from the same apiary. There are 

 no inspectors. 



An advertisement reads " Proposed Bee- 

 Keepers' Co-operative Honey Supply Co. 

 ( )ver 440 shares have now been applied for 

 in the above Company, and on receipt of 

 applications for sixty more shares a start 

 will be made. Application forms and all 

 information from James Trahair, Hon. Sec, 

 Care Hebble, White & Co., 377 George Street, 

 Sydney. " 



Various opinions on the subject of organ- 

 ized marketing are as follows : 



" Now as regards the cost of working, 

 take an extreme view, and say it will cost 

 in wages, stores, horse feed, etc., 1000 pounds 

 [English currency] per annum, or about 

 80 pounds per month, and an average price 

 of three pence per pound net is paid for all 

 honey received, and is retailed at an average 

 of four pence per pound, which is about *.> 

 pounds [ currency J per ton profit, it would 

 only be necessary to sell nine tons per month 

 or a little over two tons per week to pay the 

 above amount in working expenses. There- 

 fore, taking the external costs, and al- 

 lowing that the producer gets 3 pence per 

 pound for his honey, but from which 

 he has to pay no commission, no cartage, 

 storage, etc. and he only sends the one ton 

 for sale, he is in pocket the difference be- 

 tween what he now receives and 3 pence per 

 pound and all commission and charges, less 

 the 10 per cent interest on the .'i pounds 

 [ currency ] he has paid for shares in the 

 company. With careful management, and 

 some good pushing, I cannot believe but 

 what two tons per week can be sold. "—J ass. 

 Trahair. 



" Co-operation will be the coming thing at 

 the latter end of the 20th century. We are 

 not quite civilized enough for it yet. "—J. 

 Le. M. Schomberg. 



" Isolated action in these years of rings 

 . and trusts will make as much impression as 

 throwing butter at a jail door would. * * 



* Honey is at a discount in the market, not 

 that consumption is swamped, becauseivedo 

 not know what the consumvtion is. * * * 

 Are there not signs of an awakening in other 

 places, and are we not running the risk of 

 seeing the other fellows get there first ? * 



* * Let us see by the end of next year 

 whether ISi pence per pound is the value of 

 our product, or whether it is not, what I be- 

 lieve, a fictitious price, put on it by those 

 interested it keeping our industry in the 

 dust. "— R. Patten. 



