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Australia. He also referred to Messrs. Chaffey 
Brothers as enthusiastic apiarists, and to a 
letter which he had received from Dr. Poulton, 
with a request that he would read an extract 
from the British Medical Journal (London), 
which ran as follows : — “Eucalyptus Honey.— 
Mr. Thomas Caraman, on the strength of his 
own observations, believes that eucalyptus 
honey is detined to render great services in 
cases of laryngal, bronchial, pulmonary, 
cardiac, and scrofulous affections, in typhoid 
and marsh fevers, in whooping cough or in- 
fectious neurosis of the expiatory nerves, in 
influenza, and affections of the bladder. Given 
in milk, or spread upon bread, eucalyptus honey 
may be substituted for cod liver oil as an 
alimentary substance.” The annual report 
was read, from which it appeared that the 
society was progressing satisfactorily, and 
that eight new members had joined during the 
year. The production of honey, both as to 
quantity and quality, had not, however, come 
up to the anticipation of beekeepers, and in 
fact had been somewhat disappointing. The 
committee strongly recommended that means 
should be adopted for educating the public as 
to the value of honey as a food directly, and 
in domestic economy generally. The wisdom 
and expediency of reserving Kangaroo Island 
solely for Ligurian bees had been demonstrated 
during the past season by the great demand 
for them. Numerous papers had been read 
and discussed during the year. The balance- 
sheet showed the receipts to have been for the 
year JE10 12s., and the expenditure JED <Js. Id. 
Mr. Molineux, in moving the adoption of the 
report, expressed the hope that legislative 
power would soon be given to beekeepers to 
deal with foul brood in all apiaries. The laws 
in rospect to contagious diseases in stock, and 
other pests which affect rural interests, were 
in so unsatisfactory a condition as to render it 
imperative upon the Legislature to deal with 
those subjects. Mr. Clough, in seconding, 
said that the annual honey crop in America was 
100.000. 000 lbs., value 10,000,000 dollars ; and 
the annual wax crop 30,000,000 lbs., value, 
6.000. 000 dollars. The following officers were 
elected for the ensuing year : — President, Dr. 
J. A Cockburn, M.P. ; vice-presidents, Messrs. 
A. E. Bonney and C. P. Clough ; committee, 
Messrs. Coleman, C. Dickins, Dollman, 
R. Fiebig, Miller, Molineux, W. Stevens and 
Walters ; bon sec., Mr. F. A. Joyner ; and hon. 
treasurer, Mr. W. Randall. Votes of thanks 
was accorded to past officers, and special 
reference was made to the services of Sir R. 
D. Rose in relation to beekeeping generally, 
and especially with regard to the introduction 
of Ligurian bees, and the isolation of Kangaroo 
Island forthe purposes of Ligurian beekeeping. 
Mr. A. G. Bonney detailed the particulars ot a 
visit he paid to an apiary owned by Mr. S. 
Macdonnell and managed by Mr. Abram at 
Parramatta, about six miles from Sydney. 
He found there 250 colonies of pure Italian 
bees in Berlepsch hives arranged in a shed 
150 x 13 feet. The amount of honey taken 
last season was 7000 lbs. from 240 hives, and 
in the previous season 15,000 lbs. from 160 
hives, the chief honey source in September 
being orange trees, and in December gum 
trees. The season had been very short and 
the honey taken chiefly with the extractor, 
being put up in glass bottles, tins and kegs. 
Mr. Bonney stated that Mr. Abram found a 
good sale for the production of his bees. A 
discussion followed upon the prices realised 
for honey, and many suggestions were made 
as to the methods of enlightening the public 
relative to the uses to which this valuable food 
may be put. Mr. Charles Dickins exhibited 
a number of interesting bee fittings and ap- 
pliances; also objects under the microscope. 
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Despite the cost of frame hi vet; Gio’nrqfjk,'^ 
beekeeping is far greater with thenrtmm-wtfh 
boxes, and if a beekeeper, with from 10 to 50 
box hives, makes the business pay, he would 
make it pay better, by three or four fold, with 
frame hives under the same circumstances. 
Therefore anyone intending to make bee- 
keeping his chief business must adopt the 
frame hive to obtain the best returns. One 
good season will cover his outlay and leave 
him in a position to realise cent, per cent, on 
every good season after. No Swiss, French, 
German, English, or American apiculturist, 
who makes the art his sole or an important 
business, would ever dream now-a-days of 
using box hives ; still they will, no doubt, 
continue to be used by cottagers and others 
keeping a few stocks for providing their own 
house with honey or having a little to sell to 
their neighbors. 
The term frame hive is a very general 
one, inasmuch as the varieties of form are 
very numerous. The sizes of the frames 
adopted differ very largely as well as do the 
size shape and character of the boxes in 
which the frames are placed to form the hive. 
The various operations necessary in a modern 
apiary render it very desirable that the hives 
and frames should be all precisely of one size 
and pattern, so that everything shall be inter- 
changeable. If frames are required to be 
taken from one hive and placed in another (a 
proceeding constantly required in proper 
management), there should be no doubt of 
their fitting exactly without any alteration ; 
or if one hive has to be placed on the top of 
another, or bottom board exchanged, the 
careful beekeeper will never be in the difficulty 
of finding they do not Jit. Hence the 
desirability, or indeed absolute necessity of 
having all hives in an apiary kept for profit. 
