Bee-kef jfi 111/ Iiu/iisin/ in Victoria. 



bee-keepers themselves. A short course of lectures °^^:"'^-^^:^2ltlZi^Z 

 ginners is held m the spring of the year and practical demonstrations 

 given in the handling of bees and the use of appliances. 



To the experimental apiary it is hoped to add a queen-raising 



establishment to supply apiarists -^t^ l^igl-^l-^ ^^^^'^^.^^^^^/^^'tL"/ 

 provement of their present strains. The Journal^ of *''« ^^f'^'"'^^''; °^ 

 Ar/riei,Jf>n-c, which is published monthly, contains instructive season- 

 able articles on bee-keeping, while all further information may be 

 obtained on application. An illustrated manual of ^ee-keBping m 

 Victoria, including a detailed description of the honey flora of the btate^ 

 is nearly completed, and will shortly be published by the Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Plant of a Modern Apiary. 



Low Railway Freights. 



As the railways of Victoria are State owned more attention in fixing 

 the rates of freight is given to the encouragement of rural industries 

 and the development of the resources of the State than could be expected 

 from railways privately owned, . the main object of which is the pro- 

 duction of dividends. 



The rates for the carriage of apiary products and supplies have been 

 repeatedly reduced in recent years with a view of assisting the bee-keep- 

 ing industry. Honey and hive material is now carried on the railways 

 at a rate averaging lid. a ton per mile, while the rate for hives of 

 bees is 7d. a mile per truck load of 3 tons. Bees may thus be safely 

 moved long distances at very little expense and the profits of the occu- 

 pation increased by locating the apiaries where the best honey flow for 

 the season is expected. 



