384 BEE-KEEPING IN IRELAND. 
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export of eggs, founded in 1895, and counting, in 1899, 22,000 
members throughout the country. The following interesting 
tabie shows that the recent great increase in the exports has 
been accompanied by a rise in price, attributed to the 
improvements effected in the trade :— 

Price per 20 Eggs. 


Years. C h 
openhagen - 5 
Nein I-xport Price. 
Sigs Sed. 
Average, 1880-84 - E65 —— 
. 1885-89 - - I of — 
ee LOOO.95 - - - ae = oe. 
1895 - : = : i '2 1 
1896 ae ee 
1897 - Ph 1 1? 
1898 1} e2 i. 23 
1899 - ie I 33 

It is anticipated that the exportation of eggs from Denmark 
will continue to increase, and that a trade in fattened fowls 
will shortly be added thereto. 

BEEKEEPING IN [RELAND. 
The annual report of the Congested Districts Board of Ire- 
land states that the unusually long, dry, and warm summer of 
1899 was a most prosperous honey season. Many of the bee- 
keepers in the congested districts were beginners, yet the 
average produce per hive wasremarkably high (nearly 663lbs.), 
and owing to the rapid growth of the industry the number of 
hives was much larger than in any former year. The produc- 
tion far surpassed all previous records and the statistics show 
that 59,936 lbs. of honey were sold by the beekeepers who 
work in connection with the Board. In the previous year the 
production of honey was 22,225 lbs. and the average only 
544lbs. per hive. These tigures, moreover, include only one- 
third of the honey produced in the congested districts. 
No records are available showing the progress made in the 
