Title: British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser
Identifier: britishbeejourna1917lond (find matches)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
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Subjects: Bees
Publisher: London
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Sept. 27, 1917. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 301
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A ROLL OF HONOUR. Although bee-keeping is considered a minor pursuit, we venture to say that it has provided more fighting men than the usual average of any industry. To place on record the part the members of our craft have played in the present war we propose to make a " Roll of Honour," and shall be pleased if our readers will for- ward us the Names and Addresses, together with the Regiment and Rank, of any bee-keeper serving his King and Country at home or abroad; also if killed or wounded. We print a further list of names to those sent in, and shall be pleased to have other names as soon as possible. Cpl C. R. Forse (Hon. Sec. Stafford-, shire Bee-keepers' Association), School House, Trentham, Staffs—B.E.F., France : R.G.A. Berrisford, Haughmond, Cannock, -B.E.F., France : A.S.C.M.T. Bird, Whittington, Lichfield— Cpl. Staff s- Cpl. R.F.C Pte. Harris, Hilderstone, Staffs—India : 2nd North Staffs. Pte. G. A. Weetman, Harlaston, Tarn- worth—R.E. : Died of heat stroke, July 20. 1917, in Mesopotamia. Pte, C. Jones, Salt, Staffs—B.E.F., France : Sapper, Roval Engineers. Pte. T. H. Dean, Eccleshall—Light Infantry. BRITISH BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIA- TION. The monthly meeting of the Council was held at 23, Bedford Street, Strand, Lon- don, W.C.2., on September 20, 1917. Mr. W. F. Reid presided, and there were also present Miss M. D. Sillar, Messrs. C. L. M. Eales, J. Smallwood, A. Richards, G. R. Alder, G. J. Flashman, T. Bevan, W. H. Simms, J. Herrod-Hemp- sall. Association representatives :—W. Vallon (Staffordshire), Rev. T. E. Peters (Bucks), and the Secretary, W. Herrcd- Hempsall. Letters of regret at inability to attend were read from Sir Ernest Spencer, Messrs. T. "W. Cowan, F. W. Harper, and Major F. Sit well. The minutes of Council meeting held on Inly 19, 1917, were read and confirmed. The following new members were elected .-—Mrs. S. A. Peter, Mrs. D. Chaffey Giddins, Mrs. R, Bryans, Miss F. M. Trayner, Rev. R. Tarbuck, Messrs. W. C. Peck, J. C. Fawcett, W. Hyde, C. A. Radice, C. J. Chapman, E. L. Vaughan, P. E. Wagstaff, E. C. Duchesne, and S. A. Peter. The report of the Finance Committee was presented by Mr. Smallwood, who stated that payments into the bank for July were ,£20 6s. 4d., for August £5 os. The bank balance on September 1 was £127 18s. 7d. Payments amounting to £40 were recommended. Reports on Preliminary Examinations held at Yeovil, Studley, Henwick and Stone were presented, and it was resolved that the following be granted certifi- cates .-—Mrs. M. G. Brett, Mrs. Tennant Bruce, Mrs. Chaffey Giddins, Misses Audry Argall, Madeleine Batchelor, Eliza- beth Gardner, Muriel Godson, Hilda Glover, Aris Humphrey, Irene Johnson, Olive Menteth, Helen Sutherland, Molly Ball, Helen Cruikshank, Kitty Carden, Phyllis Daltry, Kathleen Forrest, Marjorie Fleming, Margaret Hazel, Edith Martin, Antonia Newman, Edith Nicholls, Enid Ormston, Joy Tillie, Elizabeth Wright,. Messrs. E. J. Gosney, W. Bowers, W. Griffiths, E. Jacques, W. Vallon, and C. F. Weetman. . The report on the lecture test for the Expert Certificate (Final) held earlier in the day was presented by the chairman, and it was resolved to grant certificates to Mrs. E. Bisset, Messrs. S, Leedham and F. Hodgson. It was resolved that no conversazione be held in October this year. The Intermediate Examination was fixed for November 23 and 24. Next meeting of Council October 18, 1917, at 23, Bedford Street, Strand, London. W.C.2. A DORSET YARN. The great number of eggs a queen bee will deposit in the cells in one day and every day in the breeding season seems like reading a fairy fable; text books will tell you the number, and reckoning their weight she will lay in one day nearly double her own weight. Many a listener, in the course of my long life, has told me they don't believe it, and challenged me to prove it. I could only show them some empty brood combs and let them reckon up the number of square inches, and then show them another one from a strong hive where the bees were just coming out of their cells, and show them as soon as empty they were again a cradle for another egg, soon to be another bee. No wonder at the average man, who knows nothing of the fecundity of the queen bee, not credit-

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