BEE CULTURE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1940, 11 December 1884, Page 4

BEE CULTURE.

Wh clip the following fiom the N.Z and A.B Journal forDecombcr :~"Sincc oui last issue a slightly favouiable change in the weather has taken place. Fiom the 15th to tho 22nd of last month we had what may truly be termed honey weather ; warm bright clays with a moist atmosphxie during the nights. The clover here which pre\ ionsly had a hard struggle to make any growth at all, shot up amazingly, causing considerable excitement amongst the bees -while gathering the nectar from the blossom? Unfortunately an unfavourable change set in on the last named date, since which to the piescnttime (23th) we have had it cold, boisterous and wet, putting a stop entirely to honey gathering. We had just commenced extracting, hoping that we should bo kept pretty busy at that particular work ; but only secured about 10001 bs. before we weie obliged to desibt. Reports of unseasonable weather have come in from several quarters showing that it is not confined to any particular locality ; however, we trust that before the season is much further advanced we may get a favourable spell. In the face of the pie3ent outlook it will be advisable to keep dou'ii increase as much as possible, especially wlieic suiplus honey is the mam object. Aftpr swarms — except when inciease isdeshed and the season remarkably good — should never be allowed. Fiibt swarms in seasons like the picsent one m ly be assisted considerably by giving them some voikcd-out combs or a fiame of honey, and one of biood. The extiaotoi should be brought into use, as soon as honey is coining in freely, and sections remo\ed fiom the hive as soon as finished. Tins for the honey should be in readiness so that theie may be no delay) in mniketing the ai tide when obtained. In consequence of the backward season and bad weather our quecnrearinj; woik is a lons way behind what we expected it would be at this time, but after our experience la«t season we concluded not to commence until the -weather became buttled. To open hi\ cs v lien raining and blowing day after day is out of the (jnrstion, and when batches of queencells have to bo attended this must be done at the pioper time, or lose the cells, besides ha\ mg all the tiouMc foi nothing. "We have iecei\ed some veiy encuuiagmu lepoits from those who puichased queens of us last season as to the value of them.

A svvnu; h.iilstoim was recently c\penc'i)c od in tli<j Ipswich diotnet of Queensland. At Tivoli tlio lull was of an eiiprmons f>a'iM, and in one hou^c which \v'.»b coveied with g.ilvanNed iron there vas not a bound sheet left. Some of the lumps o.unc thiough and bioke the crockery on tlie shelves, ami the inmates took refuge under the bod Tnr,XonTiiKii\Mn-.T Point or Kunopn. —Hithutoitlus been alw.ijsgianted that the Noitli Cape, on the inland of Mngeroe, at the exticmity of Noi way, was the most northun point of Kurope. But observations lately mude by detain fcsorensen go to show that Cape Knivsjaerodden on the s.nne island, to the west of Noith Cape, lies still more to the noi th. The latitude ot Nortli Cape is set down at 70 deg. 10 mm. 43 sec, and thatof itsmal at 71 deg. -10 nun. 15 sec, being a dillc-renoe of ncaily 30 minute? in taw/iir ot the new claimant of extiemc noi them liononi<«.

Th 3 Bad and Worthless are never inntultd or vountfrjcitid. This is especially true of a family medicine, and it is positive proof that the lemedy unitittd is of the highest \alne. As soon as it had been tested and pioved by the whole woild that Hop Bitters was the was the pmi'St, best and most \alunblv family medicine on eaitli, many imitations bpniD" up and be^an to steal the notices in which the pi ess and the people of the rountiv lnitl t\pios&cd the mmts of 11. 13., and m esuy way tiymg to induce Millet ing nnaluls to use theii stull instead, e\poctmu to make money on th<M:iedit and good name ot [I. B. Many otheis staited nosliinns put up m similar style to 11. B , with \anoiisly devised names in which the woid "Hop" oi " Hops" weie used m a way to induce people to believe they weie the same as Hop Bitteis All s n.h pieteuded icmedies or cures, no m itter wliat their style oi name it., and i'&pctially those with the •\\oid " Hop" oi Hops' 1 iv llie.ii name oi m any way connected with them or their name, aie imitations of eounteifeits. Picwaio of them. Touch none of them. Usp nothing but genuine Ameiican Hop Uitteis, itli a bunch or cluster of fjtcen Hops on the whiNj label, and ])v Soule's name blow nin the [dass. Tuist nothing else. Uing«ists and Chemists aic w.nned again.st dealing in imitations' ol counterfeits.