British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . well, for when, at the railwaystation, the guard picked up one by takinghold of the roof the nails gave way,the heavy weight being too much for them,and out came the bees with a rush. Theguard, who was an old school-chum jfmine, beat a hasty retreat, and I had tofix the bees uji as best I could, and getthem into the guards van, in which therewas an Irish terrier in the corner, who Scotland and elsewhere. I packed themin boxes with a piece of perforated zinc,after feeding them well with syrup, andthey went all right. One year I made some exliibite. at
British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . well, for when, at the railwaystation, the guard picked up one by takinghold of the roof the nails gave way,the heavy weight being too much for them,and out came the bees with a rush. Theguard, who was an old school-chum jfmine, beat a hasty retreat, and I had tofix the bees uji as best I could, and getthem into the guards van, in which therewas an Irish terrier in the corner, who Scotland and elsewhere. I packed themin boxes with a piece of perforated zinc,after feeding them well with syrup, andthey went all right. One year I made some exliibite. at ourlocal flower show, and took two secondprizes for honey; this I easily sold atIs. 5d. per lb. Having an observatoryhive, I stocked it with bees aiid queen, andjjut it with the collection of honey. Thedisplay was greatly appreciated by thevisitors, who seemed much interested. In 1904 Ileft my location and came toBissex, near Ejjping Forest, but this is notso good a district for honey as Sussex. Ilost one swarm last year. I was away tlie. MR. MAKK GKEAVES APIARY, UPSHIRE, WALTHAM CROSS, ESSEX. didnt take kindly to the bees at all. Itravelled in the van with the guard, andthere were bees everywhere. However,when we changed trains, I got the hivesout and made the bees secure before re-starting our journey. You mav imaginemy horror on arriving at our destinationto find one hive on its side, and bees andcombs all smashed in a heap, the hivebroken, honey running from it, and a totalwreck! I put the matter before thestation-master, and put in a claim, andreceived the amount asked for living in Sussex, I drove 80 lotsof bees ; some I kept for my own use, andthe rest weie sold through an advertise-ment in the I had orders from day before, and on going down next morn-ing, at 9 , I was just in time to seethem fly away. I could not follow them,so I divided up the stock into nuclei, amireared two young queens; these I madeuse of in re-queening the old stocks, t
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