. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 294 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [July 23, 1914. that "La Signora's " courtesy and amiability added much to the pleasure of our day. But before passing from their personal descriptions let me introduce to Two of our apiaries are on the mountains, the third, and that also for the raising of queens, we have on the hills near us. But during the summer we transport our. No. 3. GROUP TAKEN IN SIGNOR PIANA'S you Signor Piana "ipse solus"—all alone by himself in No. 4. A typical Italian, his features portray the commerci
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 294 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [July 23, 1914. that "La Signora's " courtesy and amiability added much to the pleasure of our day. But before passing from their personal descriptions let me introduce to Two of our apiaries are on the mountains, the third, and that also for the raising of queens, we have on the hills near us. But during the summer we transport our. No. 3. GROUP TAKEN IN SIGNOR PIANA'S you Signor Piana "ipse solus"—all alone by himself in No. 4. A typical Italian, his features portray the commercial class who have always been the mainstay of Italy, and who, as our Lombard (Street records, spread even to our own shores in times long past, and taught us how to trade. Signor Piana (as his portrait shows) is still young, but he is a keen and shrewd observant o f Nature, and well studied. In taking up queen- rearing as a profession he has brought to it a most co mplete and scientific knowledge' of all that is connected with bee life, and if possible some day he will record his experiences, we should learn much from him. And now for a few words about the apiaries. In the Signor's own words, "We have at the present 200 hives only for the production of honey, but for the rais- ing of queens we have over 300 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London
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