BEES. 
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/ava, apis dorsata, is about to be imported. The bee of the future is yet to 
be developed by careful breeding, and it is especially desired to secure a 
greater length of tongue, so as to penetrate flowers whose honey cells are too 
deep to be reached by any known race of bees. The red olover yields a vast 
amount of honey, but it remains ungathered for want of bees able to harvest 
the crop, 
PROSPECTS OF BEE-CULTURE. 
Apiarians are sanguine in the belief that bee-keeping is but in its infancy 
as yet. Great improvements have been made in the art. of late years, 
and there can be little doubt that further advances in it will be witnessed ere 
long. The march of progress has not reached its limit ; science and skill are 
busily engaged in experimenting, and it is reasonable to expect that, in a few 
years, apiaculture will take a much higher place tuan it now does among ruial 
industries. 
STARTING AN APIARY. 
Bee-keeping is an art requiring both study and practice. No one should 
attempt it who is not resolved, in the first place, to master the principles 
on which it is based. To do this, a good manual on the subject should be 
obtained, and thoroughly studied. Next, it will be well to visit some skilled 
apiarist, and watch his methods. Indeed, a short apprenticeship would be a 
wise course on the part of any and all who think of going into bees extensively. 
Those who only meditate keeping bees on a small scale, maji ventuie, after 
studying a manual, and visiting a good bee-keeper, to start with a hive or two. 
More are not desirable, at the outset, as in case of failure and mishap, the loss 
might be serious. In buying stocks, care should be taken to have them 
6trong, and from the start, the motto will be found to be a wise oue, “ keep all 
colonies strong.” 
HIVES. 
It is to be presumed that no intelligent person will go into bee-keeping 
now-a-days with any intention of using the old-fashioned box-hive, still les3 
the time-honored and picturesque-looking straw “sleep.” The movable 
frame principle is essential to any success worthy the name. A great many 
styles of hive have been put on the market, many of them too complicated 
and costly for practical bee-keeping. A simple, cheap hive is as good as the 
best ; in faot, is the best. Mr. D. A. Jones, of Beeton, Ontario, the most 
renowned and successful bee-keeper in the world, at the present time, after a 
trial of all the hives of any note in America, and an inspection of the leading 
apiaries of Europe, has settled down on a hive, which is the simplest, cheapest, 
and most easily managed of any hive nowin use; while it is as effective as 
any. It is made in two styles, single-boarded and double-boardefl. The 
accompanying engraving will give an idea of the double-boarded hive; 
