bere) A Modern Bee-Fari 
Possibly in the case of breweries, or jam factories, the 
owners, for their own protection and profit might be 
persuaded to cover their windows, etc., with woven wire ; 
but nevertheless there is just one way whereby the bee- 
keeper can avoid all this trouble and loss of bee-life. 
Let him 
“Feed Solid ” 
as soon as he finds no more honey is to be gathered, 
and therefore immediately he can remove the surplus. 
Bees with their combs solid with sealed stores, will have 
no reason to search for injurious sweets. They will sit 
quiet, and not even trouble ‘to rob during that period 
when half-fed or starved stocks are ever on the alert. 
The owner will not only save his bees, while doing his 
duty to his neighbours, but will have his stock in the best 
possible condition for wintering, and rapid progress 
thereafter. 
Fruit Culture 
for the purpose of jam making is now making such rapid 
headway in this country, that all growers should have the 
subject of bee-culture brought very forcibly before their 
notice. The presence of a few hives in the immediate 
vicinity of fruit gardens and orchards is not simply a 
benefit to the grower, but is a matter of the first importance ; 
and those who wish to secure the nearest approach to 
constantly recurring profitable crops, will find it an absolute 
necessity to encourage the presence of the domesticated 
honey bee. In some instances at least, particularly with 
farm crops, there is simply the loss of seed where the 
flowers had escaped fertilisation, but in far too many cases 
where the blossom is not fully fertilised by the agency of 
the ‘bees, the’ fruit is not only imperfectly developed but in 
many places does not develop at all. 
In a neighbourhood where many bees, are cultivated, 
