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Title: British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser
Identifier: britishbeejourna1911lond (find matches)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
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Subjects: Bees
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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Nov. 23, 1911.) THE BRITISH BEE JOURISrAL. 465 HOMES OF THE HONEY BEE. APIARIES OF OIR READERS. Mr. Haynes' apiary presents a charming picture, combining both beauty and utility. The situation of the hives is an ideal one from the bees' point of view, with its sheltering ti-ees in the rear and an unimpeded flight over the trimly-kept grass plot, to where the most abundant forage can be found. The excellent re- sults recorded by Mr. Haynes show that under cajjable management bees can be made to pay, even in a "second-rate" honey district. He is to be congratu- lated on the long immunity from disease his apiary has enjoyed, and we trust that this happy state of things will continue. has ever troubled me; perhaps strict attention to cleanliness and the free use of disinfectants have done something in keeping the arch fiends at bay. At the time of beginning I was told I should never get any honey. " Well, perhaps not," I said, "but wait and see," and then when I brought it in by the hundred- weight I was told again, "t should never dispose of it all." Suffice it to say I have never had any difficulty in selling all my produce at good prices (wholesale only), because of the attractive way I put it up. I work maiiily for section honev; the largest surplus I have ever taken from any one hive being 1321b., and this from a second-rate district is a fairlv
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MR. C. H. haynes' apiary, HANLEY CASTLE, WORCESTER. In the notes sent to accompany the picture, M)-. Haynes says: — At the invitation of the Editors, I have pleasure in offering a few notes on my bee-keeping experiences. I commenced the hobby as far back as the year 1880, through reading a leading article on apiculture in the London "Standard." My first happy thought was to write to the late Rev. H. R. Peel, who kindly ad- vised me what to do and hoAv to do it, and with the help of the Bee Journal and " C4uide Book," I became fairly launched on the road to success. Foul brood has only paid me a visit once during thirty- one years, and then " cleansing fire " banished it. Xo " Isle of Wight" disease good return. Of course, it goes without saying that I have had some novel ex- periences with bees, one of which was a swarm hived in the iisual way, which after a brief stay decamped and entered a hole high up in an elm tree. After a little cogitation as to the best way to circumvent it, I induced my gardener to erect a thirty-rung ladder and go up " armoured" with a bottle of carbolic solution and sprinkle some of the con- tents in and about the place of entry. In less than an hour the truants came forth and settled low down on a bush, and I had no further difficulty with them. I could go on relating my experiences connected with mv bees and their erratic doings, but

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