. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Communications to the Editor to be addressed ' Strangeways' Printing Office, Tower Street, St. Martin's Lane, ' [No. 243. Vol. XV.] FEBRUARY 17, 1887. [Published Weekly.] (Sfottorial, Unfixes, $r. OUTLINES OF BEE-KEEPING FOR BEGINNERS. {Continued from page 43.) II. HOW TO COMMENCE BeE-KEEPING. 1. The beginner should never make a start on a large scale. He had better commence with one or two hives, and increase as he gets experience, not forgetting that there is a great deal to learn— although not more than any one of ordinary intelli- g
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Communications to the Editor to be addressed ' Strangeways' Printing Office, Tower Street, St. Martin's Lane, ' [No. 243. Vol. XV.] FEBRUARY 17, 1887. [Published Weekly.] (Sfottorial, Unfixes, $r. OUTLINES OF BEE-KEEPING FOR BEGINNERS. {Continued from page 43.) II. HOW TO COMMENCE BeE-KEEPING. 1. The beginner should never make a start on a large scale. He had better commence with one or two hives, and increase as he gets experience, not forgetting that there is a great deal to learn— although not more than any one of ordinary intelli- gence can manage—before he can expect to be a successful bee-keeper. 2. The best time to commence is in the spring, and it can be either by the purchase of a swarm, or a stock of bees, in a skep or a wooden hive. If the bee-keeper decide on the purchase of a hive, he should secure this from the nearest bee-keeper of his neighbourhood in the beginning of April. If he is not able to afford the cost of such a hive, he will have to begin with a swarm, which he should secure in May or the beginning of June. 3. If he has had no previous experience in keeping bees, it would be better for him to consult, and get the help of, the county expert; or if he is not able to do this, to enlist the services of a practical bee- keeper in his district. 4. Should he not be able to get any such help, he must try and get a swarm from a hive which was known to have swarmed the previous season, because the queen of such a swarm would be a young one and in her prime. The larger the swarm, the better. The bee-keeper can judge the strength of the swarm by its weight or measure. Three pounds of bees, or a little more than a gallon, would be a medium swarui; and five pounds, or about seven quarts, would be a good swarm. 5. Much greater care should be exercised in purchasing an old hive, and it should be well examined before it is taken. If in a skep, blow in a little smoke at the entrance, and after a f
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