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Some Experiences of a British Bee-keeper in India

Volume : 32
Issue: Jan-feb
Pages: 8 - 10
Published: November 13, 2023
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When our first Indian beehive, coroplete with bees was deuvered to us in February, I must say that at first sight of the hive I was very distrioninded. It hardly seemed to be bigger than an English punleus box, although I was very pleased with the neat finish of the hive itself. Now that I have got to know a little about Indian bees I realize the unormous advantage they have over the larger hives used in Britain. The size of the frames to is liny in comparison with the ones I have been used to work with (Langstroth-17 in. length and 9 in. depth). As for the Indian bee itself (Apis indien), I think now that they compare very favourably in all aspects with their italian and German cousins, who work in a much more favourable climate with hardly an enemy beyond an occastonal hornet or wasp. When I consider the enemies of Apis indics, 1 olten wonder how they manage to thrive the way they do.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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