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large enough to admit bees from one side or the other. In working the hive 
two colonies of bees with their queens are established, one in each division Y 
the brood chamber, each colony making use of its own entrance to the interioh 
and, as the bees are close to each other against the partition, the system stimula” 
breeding and rapid multiplication of the number of bees. When the bony | 
season arrives, the brood chamber, being fully occupied by the bees, the supe) 
put on and arranged as described, where both colonies work together 
harmony. Being strong in numbers they build comb and. store honey a | 
quickly than they would were the colonies working independently, especially | 
in poor seasons. 
As may be supposed, the queen must on no account be allowed to a 
from that division of the brood chamber to which she is allocated to the oF i | 
which implies that the hive parts must be accurately fitted together, 2 i fa 
consequence of the queens meeting would be a pitched battle and the death © | 
one or other of them, the survivor receiving the allegiance of the two colony | 
which would then unite. Itis not advisable for a beekeeper to adopt the ye 
system until he has gained practical experience with bees and bee manipulatioy | 
for, as will be oathered by the above remarks, the bees are kept unde | 
conditions imposed on them by art and such as their natural government ae | 
not approve. 
HONEY AND BEESWAX IN VICTORIA. 
Tie following statistics in relation to apiculture in Victoria will be of interes 
to Queensland beekeepers, showing as it does the increase of the industry ! 
1899 over the results of work in 1898 :-— 
Shires. Beekeepers. Beehives. Honey. Wax 
we * te sai See 
: Lb. Lb. 
A VOCAGE Ste ee ha ae 99 909 86,645 2,358 
Molvorses 0 or. weet aaa 58 798 82,891 1,30) 
Wadongat met ak ih aye ane 13 260 49,130 i 
Wimmera .... ce ca arp: 20 310 49,097 oot 
Strathfieldsaye ws, 45 601 48,964 rs 
Beechworth ... ae fs ree 43 638 39,638 x 
Korong ahh Mat, Magigg tase) 84 759 29,152 07) 
Karatkaratytice avian es 56 438 28,560 1,270 
Stawell ge ee gc, air 53 273 28,476 Hea 
Tah eR A ted Rec aT 8 15 205 97,560 dl 
Oxlayatct ei ctuatiee oe Be 106 438 26,333 oe 
Rodney ied shaper ersgt Gt 102 526 21,247 t 
Mildura Ww, “as we a: 15 201 19,235 22 
Mafra tse ESM aes tay Ak 10 359 17/121 ae 
Newstead {hace Mie sah ait 70 499 15,214 G16 
Arapiles ist , ceil Se 7 199 14,046 ee 
Metcalf Ly WA are ee | 52 319 12,520 AC, 
NorthiOvens).. sib Ades ee. 69 371 12,036 Ha, 
Benalla ar Heyes 57 312 12,022 3 
Taxtontp ie nn de 66 297 11,186 ie 
Tallarcop ern nee ee Mee ee 51 254 11,450 cee 
Other Municipalities ..... | _2,004 19,251 243,398 8,19 _- 
Total 1898-99... ... | 3,095 19,140 881,221. 22,218 
MEET 997108 Oe een ee |) E57, 14,225 195,163 7,782 
Pipa | Santoatgese : i soe 
Increase gen nh ct eco eh] ee 1288 4,915 686,058 14,481 
Nore.—Of the 1898-99 total, 16,334 hives were returned as producing honey. 
