. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Feb. 21, 1907, THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. <o HOMES OF THE HONEY-BEE. THE APIARIES OF OUR READERS. Beyond congratulating Mr. Wilkes on his plucky and successful combat with foul brood, we may let his useful notes speak for themselves. He says: — "Compared with many readers whose apiaries have appeared in the , I am a novice, having kept bees for five years only, and running fourteen stocks at pre- sent, but during this time I think I can claim to have had my share of the diffi- culties, disappointments, and pleasures which are t
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Feb. 21, 1907, THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. <o HOMES OF THE HONEY-BEE. THE APIARIES OF OUR READERS. Beyond congratulating Mr. Wilkes on his plucky and successful combat with foul brood, we may let his useful notes speak for themselves. He says: — "Compared with many readers whose apiaries have appeared in the , I am a novice, having kept bees for five years only, and running fourteen stocks at pre- sent, but during this time I think I can claim to have had my share of the diffi- culties, disappointments, and pleasures which are the common lot df all. I began with three or four frames of bees, given me by a friend, which were duly fed up for up,' but I believe difficulties are made to be overcome, so the following winter I made eight more hives, and finding my five stocks healthy and strong, thanks to medi- cated food, young queens, and constant watchfulness for the first stages of the disease, I have stamped it out. I now tried my hand at queen-rearing and in- crease. This gave me nine stocks, consist- ing of one Italian, two hybrids, and six blacks. These have given me five swarm 5, including a huge lot which covered sixteen frames and filled two skeps. I purpose this year trying Mr. Rymer's and our good friend 'D. M. M.'s' methods of checking swarming, which I hope will prove MB. ARTHUR H. WILKES'S APIARY, FOUR OAKS BIRMINGHAM. winter. The following year the stock yielded no surplus save one section, contracted foul brood, and were con- sequently destroyed. The following winter I made two more hives, each holding fifteen frames, and purchased three stocks in spring ; these gave me two swarms, one of which contracted foul brood. About this time I read of a well-known bee-keeper advertising an absolute cure for the disease, and tested it during the summer, only to find the number of diseased cells increased. I then tried the ' starvation cure ' ; this resulted in five frames of healthy b
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