. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. April 4, 1912.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 135 reliquefied. It loses both mellowness and consistency. Heather-honey as a winter food seems to be a vexed question lately started in the " B'.; Some declare it is deadly, others that it is excellent as such. I think that it only adds one more to the many puzzles that a study of heather-honey con- fronts one Avith. In some localities, and Avith certain grades of heather-honey, it may be a bad Avinter food, but most assuredly in others it has been for years the staple store, Avith no
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. April 4, 1912.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 135 reliquefied. It loses both mellowness and consistency. Heather-honey as a winter food seems to be a vexed question lately started in the " B'.; Some declare it is deadly, others that it is excellent as such. I think that it only adds one more to the many puzzles that a study of heather-honey con- fronts one Avith. In some localities, and Avith certain grades of heather-honey, it may be a bad Avinter food, but most assuredly in others it has been for years the staple store, Avith no ill effects. (To be continued.) HOMES OF THE HONEY BEE. APIARIES OF OUR READERS. VieAA-ed merely as a picture, Mr. • A. Sandy's apiary, AAhich we present this Aveek, may leaA'e something to be desired, tion and interest Aveek by AA"eek, as it touches uiion every conceivable point in practical apiculture. T^nfortunately, Iioaa- ever, I came to grief, losing my whole apiary through an outbreak of foul brood. This gaA^e me experience. For the space of six j^ears my interest, Avhile never abating, Avas not gratified until, in 1896, I reneAved my acquaintance Avith bees by taking a stray colony from a hollow elm tree, with about 121b. of honey. The honey was converted into money, and then into syrup, foundation and a modest array of ajjpliances. A hive in Avhich to house the SAvarm I constructed from grocers' boxes and similarly fotir other hives Avere made the next season, and \Aere stocked in the autumn Avith driven bees. In the spring of 1898 I had five strong- colonies. By this method my aiiiary has paid its way in advance. Three of my hives have obtained prizes in shows. In. A. SANDY S APIARY, DRAYT0>\, ABINGDON, BERKS. but as a neatly arranged and business- like bee-farm its appearance*is admirable. The long roAv of hives, skeltered from bleak Avinds by trees, apparently are all of uniform pattern, and the bees liaA-e an un- impeded flight o\-er a grassy expans
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