. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Feb. 4, 1904.] THE BB,11?lSH BEE JOtJR^AL. 45 HOMES OF THE HONEY BEE. THE APIARIES OF OTJR READERS. Mr. Fake, whose apiary appears below, may be said to have become a bee-keeper by right of marriage, having obtained his first hive of bees, along with a good wife, from his father-in-law, Mr. Norman, who is an old , reader, and whose apiary was illustrated in our pages some years ago. We are glad to note that our young friend has proved an apt pupil, and that he is already making a success of his new hobby, as the following notes will s
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Feb. 4, 1904.] THE BB,11?lSH BEE JOtJR^AL. 45 HOMES OF THE HONEY BEE. THE APIARIES OF OTJR READERS. Mr. Fake, whose apiary appears below, may be said to have become a bee-keeper by right of marriage, having obtained his first hive of bees, along with a good wife, from his father-in-law, Mr. Norman, who is an old , reader, and whose apiary was illustrated in our pages some years ago. We are glad to note that our young friend has proved an apt pupil, and that he is already making a success of his new hobby, as the following notes will show. He says : " The apiary as seen in the photo is situated in North-West Norfolk. I com- menced bee-keeping in the year 1900 with one hive, but now, as will be seen, I have increased to eleven. At the date of my ib happens to be a good season at all, must ensure the Norfolk apiarist a good return of honey. I will leave readers to guess for themselves what kind of a disti'ict it is, when I say that last year my father-in-law (Mr. Norman, of Harpley Mills) and myself secured no less than ISg cwt. of honey from thirty-two hives; our respective apiaries being only 1^ miles distant from each other. The means I have of disposing of my surplus honey is very pleasant and advantageous. I have a special permit to stage honey at the Sandringham Horticul- tural Show (near the King's Norfolk resi- dence), mostly held in July, when I learn that it is carried to all parts of the country. Hunstanton, Cromer, and Norwich are very handy, and many a pound I sell in my own. MR. WM. FAKE S APIARY, GT. MASSINGHAM, KING's LYNN, NORFOLK, first inspection all hives were occupied and well packed for the winter, but on examina- tion later I found one hive (a fifteen-frame one) completely destroyed by wax-moth. And what a jumbled affair it was ! I should think, without exaggerating in the least, there were as many moth-worms as there had been bees formerly. That was about my first reverse as a bee-
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