. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 393 having been sold in the forepart of the season for $15 and $20 each. She was accordingly introduced, as per the in- structions sent, but the result of the in- troduction was not known until the spring following, when he had the satis- faction of seeing young Italians disport- ing themselves on fine days in April. The subject of our sketch has not been what is now termed "an extensive apiarist," never having owned more. FRANCIS A. GEMMILL. than 75 colonies at any one time. Neither has he always kept bees from 1863 un
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 393 having been sold in the forepart of the season for $15 and $20 each. She was accordingly introduced, as per the in- structions sent, but the result of the in- troduction was not known until the spring following, when he had the satis- faction of seeing young Italians disport- ing themselves on fine days in April. The subject of our sketch has not been what is now termed "an extensive apiarist," never having owned more. FRANCIS A. GEMMILL. than 75 colonies at any one time. Neither has he always kept bees from 1863 until the present time, as circum- stances prevented his always remaining in the same locality ; still he has never lost his old-time interest or enthusiasm for the pursuit, and was preparing him- self to extend his sphere in this line, and establish a permanent out-apiary, when foul brood—the scourge of the apiarist— slightly manifested itself in his apiary in the fall of 1879 ; hence his action, com- bined with a few others, at the meeting of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association, held in Belleville, in January, 1890, urging the necessity of securing Legisla- tion in regard to this disease, with good results, and also took a prominent part in the Act preventing the spraying of fruit trees while in bloom, now in force in Ontario. Mr. Gemmill has used almost exclu- sively the eight-frame Langstroth, and latterly the New Heddon hive ; and has wintered bees, with fair success, both out-doors and in the cellar. He thinks both methods have much to commend them. Cellar-wintered bees, in his esti- mation, should be protected in spring with packing, in order to secure the best results. His present location, although an average one, is, he finds, over-stocked, there being within the city limits (Strat- ford) about 250 colonies. Notwithstand- ing this, he secures fair crops, but nevertheless is in the habit of moving his apiary some miles distant, in order to secure the benefit of a fa
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