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full dose required in the course of two or three days. Not the 

 slightest inclination to rob then exists. 



A queen may be mated when six days old in exceptionally fine 

 weather ; and will commence to lay on the third day after ; but 

 more generally they are much older before mating ; though if not 

 laying at twenty days after hatching a queen is seldom of any use. 



Cyprian and Syrian queens are much smaller than those of 

 either the Carniolan or native kinds. The drones also are smaller, 

 consequently I find where only males of the larger races are flying, 

 the Cyprian or Syrian queens are often long in finding a mate. 



I have had small queens accept the drone, but to no purpose, 

 and while those of the above races are naturally smaller than the 

 others, every precaution must be taken to raise only well-developed 

 queens. 



The Bee-keeper^ Record, published in Liverpool, and edited 

 by two well-known veterans, Mr. W. Raitt, of Blairgowrie, 

 and Mr. W. B. Carr, of Higher Bebington, is a sprightly little 

 journal full of valuable and interesting information. Costing only 

 2s. 6d. per annum, no bee-keeper can afford to be without it. — 

 Gibbs & Co., 49, Moorfields, Liverpool. 



Langstroth on the Honey Bee, is a work full of interest as illus- 

 trating the rise of the present system of movable combs. The 

 author gives much valuable information upon many of the plans 

 used to the present day. — Geo. Neighbour & Sons, 149, Regent 

 Street. 



Whatever requires doing about the apiary should be done at 

 once. If left for another day, an important matter is liable to be 



