. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 10, 1903.] THU BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 365 tracts of country on the Scotch, Irish, Welsh* and some of the Western English moors. 3. Erica tetralix (Cross - leaved Heath), Fig. 3.— Generally lower than E. cinerca, bushy at base ; short, erect flower in g bunches, leaves in form shorter and less pointed than in preced- ing. Flowers rather larger and more ^ink in colour, forming little terminal clusters or close umbels. Kanges all over Britain, and very com- mon in the West. By preserving these illustra- tions, readers will be enabled to d
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 10, 1903.] THU BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 365 tracts of country on the Scotch, Irish, Welsh* and some of the Western English moors. 3. Erica tetralix (Cross - leaved Heath), Fig. 3.— Generally lower than E. cinerca, bushy at base ; short, erect flower in g bunches, leaves in form shorter and less pointed than in preced- ing. Flowers rather larger and more ^ink in colour, forming little terminal clusters or close umbels. Kanges all over Britain, and very com- mon in the West. By preserving these illustra- tions, readers will be enabled to distinguish between the several heathers by comparing a sprig of bloom with the cuts. Elevation and soil, however, have apparently much to do with the quality of heather-honey, that from the Scottish Highlands being undoubtedly best.— Eds.]. *^ Pig. 3.—Erica tetralix. A BRIEF NOTE FROM TRURO. [6234.] In Cornwall, as elsewhere, the sky has wept copiously during the past season— indeed, we probably got more rain here than fell in the Northern or Midland districts, though we are specially noted for an extra rainfall in ordinary years. Considering the character of the season, it is amazing that the very good average of 57 lb. per hive has been secured in this district by those bee-keepers who kept their bees forward by stimulative feeding and had good queens. Others, who neglected to feed, failed to reap a satisfactory harvest. The honey secured has been of very nice flavour, of medium consistency, and very light in colour, almost crystal; the earlier honey, however, was more highly coloured, as was also a small portion of the later, which con- tained a slight admixture of blackberry honey. Now that the season is over, the bees are bringing in "jam" from a neighbouring factory. I found about 8 lb. of this stored in a super which I had put on to give the bees room to live in a crowded hive. This food asset, however, is more than counterbalanced by the number of bees
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