. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 10, 1897.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 225 greenhouse in centre of picture was built by himself more as an extracting-rootn than for horticultural purposes, and he finds it answer very well with care in keeping out the bees at certain times. " Though some," he says, " may think such a place would be too hot for the purpose, I don't fiud it so. I shade the glass in summer and put a good thick coat of colouring and this makes it all right, and the honey extracts freely ; then when extracting is over, the honey is moved indoo
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 10, 1897.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 225 greenhouse in centre of picture was built by himself more as an extracting-rootn than for horticultural purposes, and he finds it answer very well with care in keeping out the bees at certain times. " Though some," he says, " may think such a place would be too hot for the purpose, I don't fiud it so. I shade the glass in summer and put a good thick coat of colouring and this makes it all right, and the honey extracts freely ; then when extracting is over, the honey is moved indoors to a cooler place, and my plants occupy the greenhouse till the following ; Mr. Gardner tells us he makes no pretence to the big average "takes" of honey reported by some readers, who live in better bee-districts than himseK, but,'' he adds, " many cannot help ; Then, and in order to illustrate his point, he men- tioQS the case of a "brother bee-keeper,'' located in a beautiful district for honey pro- duction, but living in'a lone cottage right away from the village, and, in consequence, "not able to retail half a dozen pounds of honey in a year from his ; He goes to the shopkeeper, who drives so hard a bargain as to make the bee-man, in its truest sense, " grin and bear it'' as best he may. But it only needs to put on a good " business front,'' and seek out tradesmen whose customers wUl pay a proper or fair price for a really good article, and no bee-keeper will consider 5d. per lb. a fair price for such fine honey as is stated to. MR. HARRY GARDNER'S APIARY, TURVEY, BEDS. but he is content with a moderate harvest and to take good seasons along with bad. Starting bee-keeping as he said " when quite a lad with a single skep," he chanced to see a friend's bees in a frame-hive and the beautiful honey taken on the modern plan, he " resolved to go in for it, and has never regretted ; Our fr
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