. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. April 28, 1898.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 165 space for moving about amongst them, besides providing ample accommodation for at least 100 colonies. In the bee-house shown there are about a dozen stocks, and the one omitted from the picture holds twenty. Both houses are roomy enough to work more hives, but being located twenty miles from the owner's residence, room has to be found for certain multifarious but indispensable requirements and necessaries needed on a bee-farm so far away from home. Then there are also the miscellaneous items co
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. April 28, 1898.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 165 space for moving about amongst them, besides providing ample accommodation for at least 100 colonies. In the bee-house shown there are about a dozen stocks, and the one omitted from the picture holds twenty. Both houses are roomy enough to work more hives, but being located twenty miles from the owner's residence, room has to be found for certain multifarious but indispensable requirements and necessaries needed on a bee-farm so far away from home. Then there are also the miscellaneous items comprised in the bee-gear and appliances Among these latter is a cupboard (already too younger and nearer of the two individuals is Mr. Brice himself. All hives seen (save the small nucleus- boxes or hive3 scattered here and there) are of the " W. B. C' pattern, except a lew queen-rearing hives, which vary in size according to requirements. This out- apiary is what the owner calls his haven of rest, but most of those who know him are inclined to ask, ': Does he ever rest 1" Any- way, each week-end during the season sees Mr. Brice and his son (whom we should call the youngest expert queen-raiser in England) trundling their " bikes" for about twenty. MR. H. W. BRICE'S APIARY, NEAR FARNINGHAM, KENT. small) holding about 300 store combs, in addition to the hives containing bees. Last, but not least, provision must be made for th« " inner man," which not seldom means several men, as the writer can testify. In fact, Mr. Brice surreptitiously laid his plans to get the junior editor of the , into the picture, and, as the illustration shows, he succeeded. But we take especial pleasure in spending an occasional Saturday afternoon "on the hill" among the bees. The music reminds one of busier days when we were more at liberty to work among them. Two figures are, however, shown, and so to those unacquainted with the lineaments of either we may exp
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