. A manual of bee-keeping. Bees. 74 A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. best varieties. Now, the straw skep, although very far from the best hive, is not to be despised ; indeed, it is a very useful hive, and however advanced the Bee-keeper may be, generally, he is not wholly without it in one pattern or the other. If a census were taken of the Bees' dwellings throughout Britain, the skeps would far outnumber all other kinds put together. A well-made straw hive is warm and healthy for the Bees, and cheap to their owner ; indeed, most cottagers make their own, costing almost nil, and affording employment
. A manual of bee-keeping. Bees. 74 A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. best varieties. Now, the straw skep, although very far from the best hive, is not to be despised ; indeed, it is a very useful hive, and however advanced the Bee-keeper may be, generally, he is not wholly without it in one pattern or the other. If a census were taken of the Bees' dwellings throughout Britain, the skeps would far outnumber all other kinds put together. A well-made straw hive is warm and healthy for the Bees, and cheap to their owner ; indeed, most cottagers make their own, costing almost nil, and affording employment for a wet winter's day when other work is scarce. I like a skep, it is so nice and handy; and if its interior were not like a sealed book it should have an honoured place in my Apiary; but its great disadvantage is the impossibility of investigating its internal economy with Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hunter, John. London, W. H. Allen
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