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Periodicals. 

 Gleanings in Bee-culture. Fortnightly 

 American Bee Journal. Monthly 

 Beekeejier's Review. Monthly 

 Canadian Bee Journal. Monthly ' 

 British Bee Journal. Weekly 

 Australasian Beekeeper. Monthly 

 Australian Bee Bulletin. Monthly 



Various New Zealand journals contain articles on bee-culture. 



Outlay for good bee literature should never be stinted, for the obtaining 

 of one good " wrinkle " from the experience of a writer may be the means 

 of adding largely to the profits of an apiary. 



II. THE HIVE TO ADOPT. 



Happily the time is past, in New Zealand at all events, when the keep- 

 ing of bees in common boxes, with the accompanying system of sulphuring 

 them at the end of the season for the little honey obtainable, was allowed. 

 It was a most wasteful method, to say nothing about the danger of pro- 

 pagating and spreading bee-diseases and the painful suggestion of cruelty. 



THE LANGSTROTH HIVE. 



In giving advice on this matter, and selecting a particular hive for recom- 

 mendation, I do so for two distinct reasons — ^first, beause I believe the hive 

 to be the best of those now in use (though I am aware that other patterns 

 are advocated by a few beekeepers) ; and, secondly, because it is in general 

 use in every part of New Zealand — ^the Langstroth hive. The latter reason 

 alone should be a very important one to beginners, as it enables the manu- 

 facturers to supply them cheaper, on account of having to keep one kind only 

 in stock, and, being of one standard pattern, they are exchangeable and 

 saleable all over the Dominion. 



I had the great pleasure of introducing the Langstroth hive into Austral- 

 asia in the season of 1877-78, and it has practically been the standard for 

 these colonies ever since ; naturally, therefore, I recommend it here (see 

 Figs, of Langstroth hives, next page). 



