. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. March 10, 1904.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL^ ^5 HOMES OF THE HONEY BEE. THE APIARIES OF OTTE BEADEKS. We are glad to illustrate below the neat and orderly apiary of onr friend Mr. Sawyer, who may be taken as a bee-keeper of the right type, , one who makes a success of the pursuit. The man who is handicapped with difficulties at the outset, and sets about overcoming them by reading and studying the subject, will never go far wrong, as the following notes, which need no addition from us, plainly show. He says : â " I owe my start in be
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. March 10, 1904.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL^ ^5 HOMES OF THE HONEY BEE. THE APIARIES OF OTTE BEADEKS. We are glad to illustrate below the neat and orderly apiary of onr friend Mr. Sawyer, who may be taken as a bee-keeper of the right type, , one who makes a success of the pursuit. The man who is handicapped with difficulties at the outset, and sets about overcoming them by reading and studying the subject, will never go far wrong, as the following notes, which need no addition from us, plainly show. He says : â " I owe my start in bee-keeping to read- ing an article on the subject in a maga- zine in 1894, and to being fond of honey. The double impulse prompted me to accept which I at once got. Then followed the ' Guide Book,' and, subsequently, I be- came a reader of your weekly the B; and the Becord, along with other bee literature, which I thoroughly studied. I had now fairly got the bee-fever, and being like most boys anxious to ' see how the figure worked' mustered up enough courage to open the hive. The first thing I found was that it contained only four frames and three sections, which formed the brood- chamber, a sufficient proof of the need for getting competent advice before purchas- ing. Having a wholesome dread of stings I donned a pair of thick leather gloves, only to discover that the bees had adopted the policy of retaliation, for in spite of gloves I had to seek medicail aid, and carry. MR ALBERT E. SAWVKR S APIARY, CIRENCESTER, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. an offer of a stock in a frame-hive, which I placed in my garden. Knowing nothing â vyhatever about bees, I had to depend on the vendor for guidance at the start. What his advice was worth may be judged from the fact that in the spring of '95 he told me to ' buy a pennyworth of sweets, and put in the hive-entrance, as he thought the bees were getting short of stores.' The hive was supposed to contain eight stan- dard frames. I suggested pu
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