. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 21, 1899.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 373 year 1887. My regular occupation is ia the chemical department of the Lugwardine Art Tile Works, where I have been employed in various branches of the trade for about thirty-four years. "Hours of labour being short, ample time has been on hand to fol- low various hob- bies, and though of somewhat feeble constitu- tion, a kindly Providence has endowed me with a fair share of energy and enthusiasm, con- sequently some amount of skUl has been ac- quired in various pursuits. In earlier life mu
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 21, 1899.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 373 year 1887. My regular occupation is ia the chemical department of the Lugwardine Art Tile Works, where I have been employed in various branches of the trade for about thirty-four years. "Hours of labour being short, ample time has been on hand to fol- low various hob- bies, and though of somewhat feeble constitu- tion, a kindly Providence has endowed me with a fair share of energy and enthusiasm, con- sequently some amount of skUl has been ac- quired in various pursuits. In earlier life music, photo- graphy, electri- city, and car-. others, only dating back to 1894, when I became the trembling possessor of a skep. Having made a frame-hive in accordance with instruc- tions published in Amateur Work (from the pen of our worthy friend, Mr. Alfred Watkins), I laid the skep on the top of frames, in the manner so often recom- mended by our editors, and in due season the bees had trans- ferred them- selves below into their more modern dwel- ling, and since that time I have been fairly 'gone' on bees. Increase has been made from this, two other stocks, and a swarm, mainly MR. JAS. G. Godwin's apiary, cottage, withington, near Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London
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