. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. March 27, 191'5.] THK lUJITISH liEE JOriiXAL. 125 twenty miles round, who does not'know "Tom Gardner," as lie is affectionatt'ly called, iind they will put themselves to any amount of trouble to have " A wee bit cracken wi' ; Mr. Gardner, who was one of the founders of tlie Northumberland and Durham Association, is an ideal bee- keeper, his bee-house being a model of cleanliness and neatness; it is so arranged that the hives can be pushed back for great'er shelter during the winter, and brought forward, as seen
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. March 27, 191'5.] THK lUJITISH liEE JOriiXAL. 125 twenty miles round, who does not'know "Tom Gardner," as lie is affectionatt'ly called, iind they will put themselves to any amount of trouble to have " A wee bit cracken wi' ; Mr. Gardner, who was one of the founders of tlie Northumberland and Durham Association, is an ideal bee- keeper, his bee-house being a model of cleanliness and neatness; it is so arranged that the hives can be pushed back for great'er shelter during the winter, and brought forward, as seen in the picture, for the summer season. Mr. Gardner takes his bees to the moors, each hive in Natal, in 1879, and onwards for three years, but did not keep bees whilo there. The only hives I saw there seemed to have no joints, and the bees went in and came out of the hives in all directions. The bees did not store surplus for the winter, and all the bee-keeper could get was little bits of clean honey '' when ' he could catch it. I take my bees to the moors, a distance of thirty-two miles, on a flat cart, .starting about 9 and arriving there about 5 , after, of course, having rested and fed the horse on the way. In 1911 I took list, of heather honev from seven hives (this is. HEATHER SURPLUS FROM SEVEN HIVES. having a neatly arranged floor-board for giving ventilation. He gave us a tip when last visiting him, which is well worth noting by those who take their bees to the heather. A piece of thick string is laid along the entrance in front of the perforated zinc, and tacked at either end to hold it in position. During the journey this is wetted from time to time with a weak solution of carbolic acid : in this way the bees are prevented from crowding at the entrance, and so stopping ventilation. In reply to our request for particulars onnd. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - co
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