. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THE BEE-KEEPERS' RECORD AND ADVISER. No. 399. Vol. XVIII. N. S. FEBRUARY ;,, 1890. [PMished Weekly. <Biiiizxm\, flotms, ^t. EMINENT BEE-KEEPERS. No. 22.—ME. JOHN LOWE. Amongst those who have by their works contributed to the advancement of bee-keeping in Scotland stands prominently the name of Mr. John Lowe. Mr. Lowe was born in the parish of Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, on the 18th of May, 1813, and there re- ceived the rudiments of his education. When he left school he was sent to Edin- burgh, where he gra- duated as a stude
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THE BEE-KEEPERS' RECORD AND ADVISER. No. 399. Vol. XVIII. N. S. FEBRUARY ;,, 1890. [PMished Weekly. <Biiiizxm\, flotms, ^t. EMINENT BEE-KEEPERS. No. 22.—ME. JOHN LOWE. Amongst those who have by their works contributed to the advancement of bee-keeping in Scotland stands prominently the name of Mr. John Lowe. Mr. Lowe was born in the parish of Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, on the 18th of May, 1813, and there re- ceived the rudiments of his education. When he left school he was sent to Edin- burgh, where he gra- duated as a student at the College, probably with a view to quali- fying him for one of the learned profes- sions. If this intention, however, was enter- tained it was not car- ried out, for we find Mr. Lowe accepted a situation in the Edin- burgh and Glasgow Bank, which subse- quently became merged in the Clydes- dale Bank. He filled this • situation, with great advantage to his employers and much honour to himself, for Although a city, or. MR. JOHX LOWE. about half a century. its immediate suburbs, is not the best of places to carry on bee-keeping, and notwithstanding the difficulty of getting a suitable location for bees, Mr. Lowe managed to secure a small piece of vacant ground not very far from where he was living, on the eastern side of Dean Bridge. Here he determined to establish an apiary, but the limited area of the ground and its surroundings necessitated his adopting the non-swarming system of bee- keeping. For a considerable time he devoted his attention principally to the production of honey, sending his stocks otf to the heather, like other bee-keepers, as soon as the clover harvest had ended. He was not satisfied with practical bee- keeping only, but was fond of experimenting, being anxious to become acquainted with the internal mysteries of the hive. In these experi- ments he was assisted by his then brother, the head master of the Grammar School at Dunkeld. Most of his day
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