. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 7, 1900.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 225 HOMES OF THE HONEY-BEE, THE APIARIES OF OUR READERS. The " Notes'' sent by Mr. Robinsoa (seen in his bee-garden on this page) are interesting and useful as introducing to us an artisan of the best type, one who makes a "hobby'' of entomology, and becomes an enthusiast ia the pursuit It also says much for bee-keeping that our friend now finds more interest in bees than entomology, and we commend to the notice of other good " good wives'' the happy idea of that present of a couple of
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 7, 1900.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 225 HOMES OF THE HONEY-BEE, THE APIARIES OF OUR READERS. The " Notes'' sent by Mr. Robinsoa (seen in his bee-garden on this page) are interesting and useful as introducing to us an artisan of the best type, one who makes a "hobby'' of entomology, and becomes an enthusiast ia the pursuit It also says much for bee-keeping that our friend now finds more interest in bees than entomology, and we commend to the notice of other good " good wives'' the happy idea of that present of a couple of skeps, and its happy results as detailed by Mr. Robinson, who writes :— "As requested I send a few notes of my pleasure, but began to think they could be made one of profit, and, not being satisfied with straw skeps, I set to work to make a frame-hive according to the instructions given me by an old (shall I say expert ?) bee-keeper. " After working this hive for some time I found that everything about it was made the wrong size, and in explanation of the mis- measurements he told me that ' the size of hives must have been altered.' I therefore set to work again and made some to the ' new size,' only to find myself wrong again. This was fifteen years ago, and it was not until I fortu- nately discovered a periodical called the British Bee Journal that I got into the right path, and I have been thankful for the. MR. H. ROBINSONS APIARV, COVENTRY, WARWICKSHIRE. bee doings, bat am afraid they are hardly worth occupying your valuable space. " I am by trade a ribbon-weaver, and like many others, very fond of outdoor ' hobbies,' one of my first being entomology, which I followed closely for upwards of twenty-five years. The result was my possessing one of the finest collections in Warwickshire. To obtain these specimens took me from my home many days and even nights, a state of things that did not quite meet with approval from my good wife, who grew tired of my hobby
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