1893 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



807 



on the old stand, and none will go back to be 

 lost. 



This is by far the easiest and quickest way 

 of uniting bees which I know of, and in all of 

 my practice no queens have been killed, no 

 fighting resulted, and no bees lost by adhering 

 to the old stand. G. M. Doolitti.e. 



Borodino, N. Y., Oct. 18. 



[We have been using for queen-rearing an 

 ordinary 8-frame Dovetailed hive. A thin, 

 tight-titting division- board, that may be re- 

 moved easily when desired, divides the hive 

 lengthwise through the middle. A nucleus is 

 put in each compartment, with an entrance to 

 each — one at/ each end of the hive. This sort of 

 hive economizes the heat of the two nuclei, 

 as Doolittle says. In fall we draw out the 

 division-board and let the nuclei unite. The 

 plan so far is very satisfactory.] 



special pleasure that we are able to present 

 him to our readers. We will now make an ex- 

 tract from that delightfully written article 

 referred to in last issue from Arthur Smith. 

 Indeed, we believe we will let him tell all the 

 rest of the story. 



Born at Welw} n in 1853, Mr. Tliomas B. Blow 

 soon advanced to the front rank of progressive bee- 

 farmers. The actual manipuhition of bees was 

 commenced by liim at tlie age of fourteen, when he 

 accomplished tlic delicate task of taking- up twenty- 

 stocks In straw skips by means of an Improved 

 method of apiilyins' the sulphur fumes, and using a 

 pair of common house-bellows, with a hollow ball in 

 the nozzle containing the burning sulphur. The 

 Idea of saving the bees' lives was then being enter- 

 tained, and very soon afterward he made his first 

 wooden hives with his own hands, beginning with 

 driven bees with very successful results. These 

 hives were built on the Woodbury principle, being 

 rather massive and cumbrous, weighing- one hun- 



MR. THOMAS B. BLOW, F. L. S. 



ENGLISH APICULTURE ILLUSTRATED. 



A GLIMPSE OF THE MANNER IN WHICH OUR 

 ENGLISH COUSINS MANAGE BEES; THEIR 

 HIVES AND GENERAL APPLIANCES; AN 

 INSIGHT INTO ONE OF THEIR LARG- 

 EST BEE-HIVE FACTORIES. 



Continued from page 775. 



We take great pleasure in introducing you to 

 our friend Mr. Thomas B. Blow, a bee-keeper 

 and dealer in supplies in England, of no ordina- 

 ry distinction. As he probably has the largest 

 supply-establishment in England, -it is with 



dredweig-ht. Year by year increasing interest was 

 taken in beekeeping, smd wc soon find Mr. Blow 

 laying- the f()und:Lti()ii of his present large business 

 by commencina- the nianufai-l are of appliances. 



Mr. Biow was one ot the tirst to take the position 

 of an expert, and in this capacity he assisted the 

 late Mr. Peel in tl»e active work of organizing the 

 Hertfordshire Bee - keepers' Association. Many 

 pleasant years of work were carried on without a 

 hitch, until the death of Mr. Peel in 1887. This part- 

 neiship with liis colleague was made by Mr. Peel 

 more especially to promote the industry in the 

 county of Herts, though he himself actively assisted, 

 by means of lectures, etc., to form several similar 

 associations in other parts of the kingdom. At the 

 end of three years the Hertfordshire Association 

 numl)ered several hundred members; it was refer- 

 red to everywhere as a model for others, the secret 

 of success being tlie individual attention given to 



