2:^ MONEY IN BEES IN AUSTRALASIA 



stiff with wax. Any burr eoml) (i.e., pieces of wax l)uilt 

 a)30iit the frames l_)y the bees as tiraces and ladders) can 

 be removed with the cliisel end. 



13. Hive Tools. 



BOX HIVES. 



Having secured a location, fenced a site, and l)iiilt 

 the honey -house, one is prepared for the next step. Time 

 was, in Australasia, when bees and gin case hives were 

 inseparalile ; at a later stage, the kerosene box occupied 

 the same relationship. Apiculture has progressed 

 considerably since the gin case period, and "patent" 

 hives are to-daj" scattered throughout the length and 

 lireadth of the Continent. Of course it is not to be 

 inferred that all bees in Australasia are "housed" in 

 jjatent or frame-hives, for they are not, by many 

 tliousands. Professional bee-keepers in New Zealand and 

 Victoria are protected by an Act entitled the "Bee 

 T)iseases Act. ' ' This deals with the spread of bee diseases 

 and l:>ee ]:)ests in general. In the countries mentioned, 

 the "box" hive, e.ff., any box, case or other article that 

 cannot be examined except by breaking the combs, is 

 proscrilied. 



Before one undertakes the care of bees, he should 

 make himself acquainted with the provisions of the Act, 

 the penalties for the disobedience of any of its clauses 

 being of a drastic nature. For the iiresent the operations 

 of the Act are confined to the State of Victoria and 



