July 1967 School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

July, 1967

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

July, 1957

In our district we have large numbers of dragon flys which take tbll of field bees on the wing. we also have to plice odr hive on a stand to prevent a giant variety of toad eating be-es. Each bee family must protect its store of honey and to do this work-ers suard the entrance of the hive. Like army sentinels they stand ready .for immediat-e take-off. Every bee arriving i, -l;;;t;a to see if it is a citizen of the corony. Ali foreicn bees- are it,i"n io d9.at\ o5 -drive-n away. Not only are foreign t"ees, *ispi, ;l;;'";; attacked, but also the greatest honey thief oT all _'man.' .Nature's plan,for all her cre,atures is always the same: to preserve and reproduce the -species. All bees in a colony, of ;lI -a;;t-;r; ctependent upon each other, therefore the only way to reprdduce is to start -a new colony and that is what the beei do when tliey swarm. The workers start to build Queen cells when the colony is too iarge-a;a they feed these larvae a 'royal jelly' until they show "all the iiiiiluG of a Queen, then the old Queeh leaves the [ive and with her !o ai least half the colonv. Before they go the bees fil themseivis-wiiii honey to- supply them until . they-filra tneir new home. O".ing th; year we have had the _bee-hive, we have seen two swarms, onJ was from our hive. We settled the swarms on trees in the bush'b"ti"a ui but because we lacked knowledge at the time we were unable t" ii."p them in a box. After the swarm has settled scouts are sent out anh_ return with information of new sites. The best is decided and the swarm flies there and a new colony is begun. We have spent many hours studying the bees and their wondrous habits and .I in-te.nd spending many moie observing and increasing my knowledge in this most absorbing hobby.

Origrro[ Cortuif,wtions VIEWPOINT - CONCERT, 1967

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Dear Editor, What we feel our concert lacks is v/armth and audience pa-tticipation. Ve need a compere to relax the atmosphere and to fill the necessary breaks between items. She could ulro urnorrn." following items thus eliminating the necessity of trying to read a programme in dim lighting. Combining this and more original items by the girls them- selves, the concert rvould be really enioyable, _*r., ,.r., u,r. I feel that aithough the concert was of a very high standard, it was a little impersonal, and should have included some itemi organized by the gids themselves, and not by a member of staff , To make back-stage work easier, and to avoid the long delays between items, I think that there should have been a stage munug.r appointed with a crew of back-stage workers who knevr u'hat thev had to do BEFoRE the dav of th" t"t::t:'., 68, Grirrith House. , _ Many gids in this form had no particular feelings, but most had many comments to make. - Ol. girl felt that no-one should be allowed to leave, before the end of the concert, especially during special items, such as the tluv._ The_ s_ary_e girl thought the ballet items were good, especially the classical ballet. Pethaps there could be more of this. Two other girls were rather inclined to think the concert could have more modern individual items. Some gids felt that the concert was good and should be continued, - as it_ shows good school spirit and a lot of talent, especially for a few people who don't have a chance to stand oui in sport, but can act, sing or play the piano. _ Jfowever_, most girls feel that the class singing, if included, should suit the girls' range of voices better. Many felt there could be a little more comedy and a little less music on the whole. ( Perhaps the Madrigal and School Choirs are enough as Choirs ). These are the feelings of our form; the girls generally thought that the concert was good, but could be improved in the above

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-GERALDINE

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