. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Mar. 14,1907.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 105 who lends a willing hand when help is wanted. Five years ago I bought my first stock in a skep, and transferred them to a frame-hive the following season. Since then I have slowly increased until my apiary now contains thirteen stocks, in- cluding skeps. The hives are located close on the main road at Yarnton, four miles from home, and all manipulations have to take place before or after 8 , except Thursdays, when I am sometimes at work amongst the bees by But, although pr
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Mar. 14,1907.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 105 who lends a willing hand when help is wanted. Five years ago I bought my first stock in a skep, and transferred them to a frame-hive the following season. Since then I have slowly increased until my apiary now contains thirteen stocks, in- cluding skeps. The hives are located close on the main road at Yarnton, four miles from home, and all manipulations have to take place before or after 8 , except Thursdays, when I am sometimes at work amongst the bees by But, although pressed for time, the bees are always a source of great pleasure, and yield a satisfactory profit. My best 'take' was 96 lb. of super-honey from one colony—a good result consider- ing the short duration of the honey-flow blacks' from an old house. It needs to be fearless of stings when occupied on a job of this kind. Over fifty stings within an hour are what two of us got; but we had some consolation in securing honey and bees too. Last summer a farmer coolly requested me to take a swarm for him. I should have done this willingly, but had to pause when he pointed out where they were to be taken from. ,He pointed me to his drawing-room. The bees had gone through the open window and up the chimney! "It seems impossible to produce that almost colourless extracted honey we see staged at the large exhibitions from our district: but I have secured many first prizes at local shows. With regard to. MR. WM. G. R. ARCHER'S APIARY, KINGSTON ROAD, OXFORD. in this district. I have had good with every form of work con- nected with bees, including queen-rearing and mating with baby nuclei. The latter method I found very successful and most interesting in every way; but the little boxes needed more regular attention than I could give to keep them going; besides, I had no use for the many splendid spare queens I produced. I think a teetotaler has a better chance of successfully graft- ing
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