British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . the way of home-made appliances as our friend, and judgingby the photo, he does his work well. Hesays : — I am only a young bee-keeper yet, so Imust not be giving advice, which is, ofcourse, better left to older members of ourcraft. On the other hand a few notes con-cerning my bee-doings may not be unin-teresting. I cannot remember when I was soon after hearing of it I joined, and, withthe help and advice of the hon. sec. andthe experts, I got on very well hives seen (numbering twenty-three),including one Wells hive and an Ob-servatory, ar
British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . the way of home-made appliances as our friend, and judgingby the photo, he does his work well. Hesays : — I am only a young bee-keeper yet, so Imust not be giving advice, which is, ofcourse, better left to older members of ourcraft. On the other hand a few notes con-cerning my bee-doings may not be unin-teresting. I cannot remember when I was soon after hearing of it I joined, and, withthe help and advice of the hon. sec. andthe experts, I got on very well hives seen (numbering twenty-three),including one Wells hive and an Ob-servatory, are all my own make, and weremade by myself during the long winterevenings. They are after the pattern, which I like best, and are all inter-changeable. I am a tinsmith by trade, and I havemade a point of covering all the roofs withzinc. I have also made my own extractor,honey-ripeners, smoker, etc., so I got allthese items on the cheap. The green-house seen in the backgroujid (which. I usefor honey-extracting and bottling) was also. MR. F. W. GELDERS , STURTON-BY-STOW, LINCOLNSHIRE. (first smitten with bee-fever, but recollect,when a very small boy, catching bees andputting them into an empty skep in myfathers garden, and then wondering whythey didnt get on with their work! Myfirst situation was at a place where beeswere kept, and the hives were put in mycharge, and when the time came for takingthe honey I had a bee-expert to help operation suited me so much that mysmall savings were invested at a sale by auc-tion, one lot being a stock of bees in a skep,of which I became the possessor, along witha lot of out-of-date bee-goods. I made awooden hive to fit over the skep (the firstone oin the photo.), and most of the othershave sprung from it. Previous to this timeI knew nothing of the Lines. , but erected by myself, and here, under theshade of a Marechal Niel rose tree—plantedinside the house—I have extracted manycwts. of honey. With regard to my
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