. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. July 9, 1903.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 275 my subscription, and all I got that year and next were the receipts for my money. In 1898 I bought a frame-hive, and subscribed to the Bee-keepers' Record, then later on to the British Bee Journal ; and to these two papers and the ' Guide Book' I owe all my knowledge of bee-keeping. The same year I secured a 2nd prize at the local flower-show, and also successfully transferred the bees and combs from two skeps into fiame-hives. In 1899, after subscribing three years to the Association, I received
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. July 9, 1903.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 275 my subscription, and all I got that year and next were the receipts for my money. In 1898 I bought a frame-hive, and subscribed to the Bee-keepers' Record, then later on to the British Bee Journal ; and to these two papers and the ' Guide Book' I owe all my knowledge of bee-keeping. The same year I secured a 2nd prize at the local flower-show, and also successfully transferred the bees and combs from two skeps into fiame-hives. In 1899, after subscribing three years to the Association, I received a visit from the expert, who was, I believe, a disciple of Dr. Dickel. He also, in my absence, gave a rack of sections to one hive without using excluder-zinc be- tween brood-chamber and section-rack ; conse- quently when I expected to take off some sealed two miles from here, there is some heather. I have on two occasions taken a hive to the heather there, but the bees failed to store any honey. I notice that most J. readers had a poor season in 1902, but I had no reason to complain, having taken two boxes of shallow- frames from each of my best stocks. I totalled up 146 lb. of extracted honey, thirty-six well- filled sections, and some others partly filled. Strange to say, my strongest stojk gave me no surplus or profit of any kind last year. It swarmed on Coronation Day, and the swarm was safely hived in a skep prior to returning the bees to the parent hive in the evening ; but when all was ready for this it was found that the swarm had decamped and was lost. The parent hive was also afterwards discovered to. MR. W. IVAN R. SUEPPARD S APIART, CHEWTON MENDIP, BATH, SOMERSET. honey I found all the sections filled with brood and pollen, and I have never since supered a hive without excluder-zino. I have been fairly successful on the show bench, for out of twenty-two entries I obtained in prizes eight Ist's, eight 2ad'3, one reserve, one , and two commends ; only two of
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