THE "WELLS" SYSTEM. 79 



being sure, of course, to put one of the old queens in each 

 side. 



By the "Wells" system experienced bee-keepers often 

 obtain very large yields of honey, but it is not to be 

 recommended to tyros. In the latter's hands it too often 

 ends m the queen disappearing from one side of the hive, 

 and practically all the bees being found in the other. 



A few years ago the "Wells" system was very popular, 

 and practically every manufacturer of bee appliances made 

 his own particular variety of " Wells " hive (that shown in 

 our illustration was made by Mr. W. P. Meadows, of Syston, 

 Leicester), but at the present moment this hive is only listed 

 by Mr. S. J. Baldwin, of Bromley, Kent, and Mr. Geori?e 

 Rose, of 22 Bolton Street, Liverpool. 



I would strongly advise anyone who seriously intends to 

 try the " Wells " system to first get Mr. Wells' pamphlet and 

 study it carefully, for it not only tells what to do and what 

 not to do, but it also shows why attention to certain details 

 secures success and why failure to attend to other apparently 

 unimportant details leads to complete failure. 



