British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . cal flower show in 1902. Inthe autumn of that year I purchased astock in a frame-hive, not knowing any-thing about bees, and in the followingspring they were found to be queenless,and died out. But this did not put a stopto the fascinating hobby. My ambitionwas to become not only a bee-keeper, but a courage to face the ordeal. The bees hadbuilt their combs to a slate laid on the topof the chimney. I got badly stimg, butmanaged to secure 60 lb. of beautiful lightclover honey for my trouble, and I esti-mated that 30 lb. or 40 lb. fell down thechimney o
British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . cal flower show in 1902. Inthe autumn of that year I purchased astock in a frame-hive, not knowing any-thing about bees, and in the followingspring they were found to be queenless,and died out. But this did not put a stopto the fascinating hobby. My ambitionwas to become not only a bee-keeper, but a courage to face the ordeal. The bees hadbuilt their combs to a slate laid on the topof the chimney. I got badly stimg, butmanaged to secure 60 lb. of beautiful lightclover honey for my trouble, and I esti-mated that 30 lb. or 40 lb. fell down thechimney out of reach, and was lost. Imake all my own hives from disused boxes,and also drive condemned bees belongingto cottagers to save them from the sulphur-pit ; these I unite with my own, and thushave my stocks strong when put up forwinter. Our honey seasons have been very dis-coiiraging here for the past two years owingto the excessive drought. Our main sourcehere is white clover and It is, enthe whole a good district, but rather MR. A. G. SKIPPENS APIARY, SPRINGFIELD, ESSEX. bee-master, and my first failure did notdaunt me. I next bought four stocks, andjjurcliased a copy of Mr. Cowcvns GuideBook, and began to take your valuablejournal, witliout which I could never havegained my ])resent success. My stocks nowonly number eight, having sold several,but my present intention is to build apiary to a fair size this year. The firstdifficult jnh I tackled was to take a swarmwhich had been located in a disused chim-ney for eiglit years, and had never sentout a swarm during the whole time. Thetenant of the house was afraid to walkabout in his garden, so I started on thetask, witli two bee-keepers watching mcfrom a distance, who could not pluck up However, I cannot complain, for laskyear I secured sixty well-lilled sections offine quality from my best stock. I havenever had foul brood, and hope I nevershall. In conclusion, I should like to offera word of advice to begin
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