. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. July 4, THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 265 he midst of a population of about 6,000. My first introduction to bee-keeping took place about five years ago when visiting a friend, a bee-keeper at Croxley Green, Rickman3worth. It was not long, however, after my visit when I found I had an attack of bee fever, and very soon became the possessor of a stock through the medium of above friend, to whom I am very much indebted for sound practical advice and assistance during my infancy in the craft. So, having made a beginning, and finding no "
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. July 4, THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 265 he midst of a population of about 6,000. My first introduction to bee-keeping took place about five years ago when visiting a friend, a bee-keeper at Croxley Green, Rickman3worth. It was not long, however, after my visit when I found I had an attack of bee fever, and very soon became the possessor of a stock through the medium of above friend, to whom I am very much indebted for sound practical advice and assistance during my infancy in the craft. So, having made a beginning, and finding no " rosemary growing in our garden," I have been allowed my own sweet way, and am now the happy possessor of eight stocks, with several other hives for con- tingencies. Seven of the above stocks are fairly ' bubbling over' with bees, the eighth find, are always taken to in preference to sections ; so I have to place sections under shalloiv-frames when more storage room is required. "I am by occupation a collector, regularly doing eighteen to twenty miles daily, but manage to find time during the evenings to make some of my hives, section-racks and shallow-frames, crates, &c, besides giving a helping hand to less experienced bee-keepers, several of whom I have started in the craft. " I find a good deal of ignorance exists amongst bee-keepers of the skeppist class. I was introduced to one a couple of weeks ago who has kept bees for forty years. I found three out of his six skeps overflowing with bees, and on my offering to make artificial. MR. F. DOUBTFIRE'S APIARY, WEALDSTONE, MIDDLESEX. being a cast of last year which I had from a friend. My best take of honey from one hive was 120 lb. of 'extracted' last season from an artificial swarm of the previous year. This swarm deposed the old queen soon after they got established, and the young queen getting mated successfully, the colony be- came very strong early in the autumn. Above stock was in a hive of my own con
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