. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. March 25, 1909.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. Ill Editorial, Notices, &c. PROMINENT BEE-KEEPERS. H. J. O. WALKER. In accordance with a promise made at the beginning of the year, we have much pleasure in commencing our series of por- traits of "Prominent Bee-keepers," and thus afford our readers an opportunity of seeing the faces of those with whom they have become familiar through their writings. This week we present the por- we cannot do better than give in Colonel Walker's own words his reply to our in- quiry for
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. March 25, 1909.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. Ill Editorial, Notices, &c. PROMINENT BEE-KEEPERS. H. J. O. WALKER. In accordance with a promise made at the beginning of the year, we have much pleasure in commencing our series of por- traits of "Prominent Bee-keepers," and thus afford our readers an opportunity of seeing the faces of those with whom they have become familiar through their writings. This week we present the por- we cannot do better than give in Colonel Walker's own words his reply to our in- quiry for information. He says: — "From boyhood bees had much at- tracted me, and while serving I used to examine microscopically such varieties as I came across. It was Cheshire's fas- cinating book ' Bees and Bee-keeping,' published in 1886, that first caused me to think of keeping them, especially as I soon had the advantage of making the author's acquaintance. Hence on settling down near Budleigh Salterton, on the south coast of Devon, I lost no time in starting a small apiary of two colonies in. H. J. O. WALKER. trait of an old and valued contributor to the Journal, for Colonel H. J. O. Walker is well known to our readers, and his carefully considered articles are always interesting and instructive. Born in 1843, Colonel Walker was educated at Rugby and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He served in the Garrison, Field, and Horse Artillery at home and abroad from 1864 to 1887 in Canada, East and West Indies, &c. It is always interesting to know what first in- duced anyone to take up bee-keeping, and long ' Combination' hives, a pattern still quite to my liking. The next year brought me a neighbour's present of two more colonies and the experience of foul brood—perhaps a blessing in disguise, for I learnt how to deal with it. Four years later, when I had as many hives as I could manage, and matters might have been more serious, disease showed itsel
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