. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Jan. 3, 1901.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL a frame-hive, and put a swarm therein on June 15 following. This swarm yielded over 50 lb. surplus the first year. I also obtained a copy of ' Modern Bee-Keeping,' and for a begin- ner I consider that work an epitome of useful, practical instruc- tion. For my part, I believed its teaching, and implicitly fol- lowed out its di- rections, in every case with more or less success. " If I am not growing tiresome, 1 should like to tell you an expe- rience I had with foul brood, which may induce other b
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Jan. 3, 1901.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL a frame-hive, and put a swarm therein on June 15 following. This swarm yielded over 50 lb. surplus the first year. I also obtained a copy of ' Modern Bee-Keeping,' and for a begin- ner I consider that work an epitome of useful, practical instruc- tion. For my part, I believed its teaching, and implicitly fol- lowed out its di- rections, in every case with more or less success. " If I am not growing tiresome, 1 should like to tell you an expe- rience I had with foul brood, which may induce other bee-keepers to relate their ex- periences. "The 'Wells' h i v eâb e h i n d */P^rcHV L»ipff!fc M '"^â¢â¢'i^^ wffir Sfi&^ifJjPj 1 â â * BC â ⢠gj *::«W KSls K£MHRH decided to starve the affected bees and put them on clean frames. In my attempt to do s^ the bees (a good strong stock) joined of themselves to the excellent colony which occupied the other com- partment of the hive. A few days later a large swarm issued from that side, which I hived in the empty half and soon after- wards supered. I secured a good yield of honey from it, and there is now not a trace of foul brood in the hive. Moreover, this ' Wells' hive in the past season of 1900 yielded per colony more honey than the average of any hive in my whole apiary. MR. LANCELOT QUAYLE's AHARY, GLENMAY, ISLE OF which I am seen standing in photoâwas badly diseased in one of its compartments in the spring of 1899, and at the end of May I " My hives are arranged to take twelve or thirteen Standard frames (parallel with entrance) in brood-chamber, as I consider that. 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 London
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