. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. April 20, 1905.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 155 HOMES OF THE HONEY BEE. THF, APIARIES OF OUR READERS. Mr. Waller, whose apiary appears below, sends the following useful notes detailing his methods of working, which need no addition from us : — " At your request I have much pleasure in sending a few notes of my bee-keeping experience. Some eight years ago my brother-in-law went abroad, leaving his apiary behind intact. Having assisted him with his bee-work on several occasions I re- moved the hives to my own garden, deter- mined to manag
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. April 20, 1905.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 155 HOMES OF THE HONEY BEE. THF, APIARIES OF OUR READERS. Mr. Waller, whose apiary appears below, sends the following useful notes detailing his methods of working, which need no addition from us : — " At your request I have much pleasure in sending a few notes of my bee-keeping experience. Some eight years ago my brother-in-law went abroad, leaving his apiary behind intact. Having assisted him with his bee-work on several occasions I re- moved the hives to my own garden, deter- mined to manage them myself, as I con- sidered it would be a nice break in my occu- pation (that of a tailor and outfitter). Thus my business made me a dresser of men ; the ' Cowan ' type of roof, and was deter- mined to have everything interchangeable. Success resulted, and my hives are all of the same stamp. I make all my own hives, and also the small hives for holding nuclei as seen in front of the full-sized ones, for in the slack season I am also careful to thoroughly clean and paint my hives early in March, and about the middle of the same month I begin stimulating my stocks in order toi build them up ready for the honey- flow and forming nuclei. I also then select my two best stocks for rearing queens and drones respectively. " About May or June, according to the weather, I start my nuclei, placing one in front of each hive, and paint each of. MR. JNO. WALLERS APIARY, HOLBEACH, LINCOLNSHIRE, but well do I remember the many severe ' dressings ' the bees administered unto me at first owing to my clumsy manipulation and rough handling. However, a little ex- perience revealed to me my faults in this line, and I scon found resolute quietness a necessary essential. At that time I had only two stocks in frame-hives made by a local man ; but I then began to take the , and Record, joined the Lines. , and in due course was visited by an ' expert,' who recommended me to read th
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