. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. May 25, 1899.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 203 HOMES OF THE HONEY BEE. THE APIARIES OF OUR READERS. We are very glad to present a view of Mr. Blackwell's bee-garden as one of " The Apiaries of Our Readers,'' not only for the pleasure of showing into what distant parts of the world the , goes, but of hearing from our good friend some account of his bee-keeping at the other side of the globe. In forwarding the picture, he says :— " The photo shows part of my apiary on the Pahi Creek, Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand. It consists at p
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. May 25, 1899.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 203 HOMES OF THE HONEY BEE. THE APIARIES OF OUR READERS. We are very glad to present a view of Mr. Blackwell's bee-garden as one of " The Apiaries of Our Readers,'' not only for the pleasure of showing into what distant parts of the world the , goes, but of hearing from our good friend some account of his bee-keeping at the other side of the globe. In forwarding the picture, he says :— " The photo shows part of my apiary on the Pahi Creek, Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand. It consists at present of thirty-six colonies, chiefly Italian and hybrid bee;!, in eight-frame hives that can be kept. There is a belt of mangroves about 200 yards wide on the edge of the water, and in some seasons the bees work on the flowers of them. Immense numbers of bees are lost in the water which is about three-quarters of a mile wide. The average crop of honey in a fairly good season is 100 lb. per hive, and the price realised 2^5. to 3d. per lb. It makes my mouth water to read of the prices obtained by readers of the , for their honey. My honey is got mostly from bush trees, and is very thick, more a jelly than a liquid, so that I have a great difficulty in extracting. I have a Cowan reversible extractor and wired frames with heavy foundation, but the honey is so. MR. FRANK B. BLACKWELL's APIARY, PAPAROA, KAIPARA, AUCKLAND, Langstroth hives, aad is run munly for extracted honey, as the local market will not take section honey. The hives and frames are all home-made, on a home-made circular-saw bench. I use the American style Hofi'man self-spacing frames. The figure to the right is ' yours truly,' and the one to the left an assistant on the farm and apiary. The hive in the foreground is a model weather-board cottage with shingle roof and verandah, which took first prizj at the local show here. The trees are native " bush," except the one on the extreme left, whic
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