. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. 29, 1904.] THE BRITISH BEE JOtTRKAll 515 as much as possible, owing to illness. So in the summer of 1901 I looked about me and succeeded in hearing of a dozen stocks for sale, half in frame-liives, the remainder in skeps, and bought the lot—thus making my first mistake, as I knew nothing about either bees or hives. After some trouble I found a so-called 'bee-master,' who pro- fessed to be able to do everything re- quired in removing the hives to my own home, six miles away. I gave him the job to do in his own way. He was to bring two
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. 29, 1904.] THE BRITISH BEE JOtTRKAll 515 as much as possible, owing to illness. So in the summer of 1901 I looked about me and succeeded in hearing of a dozen stocks for sale, half in frame-liives, the remainder in skeps, and bought the lot—thus making my first mistake, as I knew nothing about either bees or hives. After some trouble I found a so-called 'bee-master,' who pro- fessed to be able to do everything re- quired in removing the hives to my own home, six miles away. I gave him the job to do in his own way. He was to bring two of the frame-hives on the first journey, and, although it was the month of July, he simply put the hives into a cart with no packing, entrances closed up, and nearly everything left to take its fair way of getting the bee-fever. Being an, engijie-fitter by trade, I thought I could make my own hives, etc. I began by pur- chasing wood for six hives of similar pat- tern to those I first bought, and had got all the wood cut up when the ' Guide Book' came to hand. I then found I was all wrong, for my pattern was a nine-frame hive with single walls. However, having gone so far, I finished them off and pre- pared them for use the following year. As I intended the bees in skeps to transfer themselves to frame-hives, I put the skeps on top-bars of frames, covered all warmly, and thought all safe for next year. During the winter I studied the ' Guide Book' and made preparations for the spring by. _MR. F. J. RICHARDS S APIARY, PLYMOUTH, DEVONSHIRE. chance ; so that when my bee-man and his load got to my place, the honey was run- ning out at the cart-tail! In this way the first look I ever had of the insides of hives was to behold a mass of comb-honey and dead bees in the bottom of each. Here were two stocks gone for a start. Novice as I was, I removed the remainder myself and got them home all safe. About this time I had the good fortune to come across Mr. Cann—expert of the Devon
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