1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CUI.TURE. 



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designed and built by Mr. Howard, with a 

 front of glass, so that a good-sized and safe 

 auditory within could witness the opening of 

 a modern frame-hive, and see the bees and 

 their work, as shown and explained by him 

 from the outside. 



In giving us some detailed particulars re- 

 garding his apiary, Mr. Howard writes: " The 

 manipulating - house faces due south, doors 

 being so arranged that I can enter ilirect from 

 any path in the apiary. All windows swing 

 on their center, so that bees finding their way 

 into the house may be turned outside at once. 

 The hive fronts face southeast and southwest. 

 The view looks from east to west. 



"In 1897 I secured 100 one-pound sections 

 from the single hive seen third from the end 

 of the center row, immediately in front of 

 where I stand in the photo." 



Among particulars as to his past and pres- 

 ent bee- work Mr. Howard savs: " Before the 



adjoining my house. For at ' Holme ' not 

 only bees, but flowers, fruits, and vegetables 

 get attention." 



"In the center of the Model apiary," our 

 friend continues, " you will note Mrs. Howard 

 has ventured — note also how carefully she has 

 marked out her line of retreat ! for somehow 

 bees always leave such ' well-marked ' evi- 

 dence of any close attention they may pay 

 her that this bee-master's ' model ' wife pre- 

 fers confining her bee-work to apiary products 

 and putting them up for show and market, 

 rather than coming in close ' touch ' with the 

 bees. Still, my better half is now more in 

 sympathy with bee-life than when she first 

 became Mrs. H , and thought that ' bees had 

 no mission but to sting ! ' My foreman, stand- 

 ing after a manipulation hard by the manipu- 

 lating-house, completes the figures in the 

 picture." 



With the multitude of things to be seen to 



APIARY OF J. H. HOW.ARD, HOI,ME, PETERBORO', ENGLAND. 



manufacturing business pressed heavily on 

 me, as it now does, I went about a good deal 

 showing products from my apiary, which 

 have won me not a few medals and prizes. 

 Here also I have gained and am still gaining 

 that practical experience which is so necessary 

 to guide the teacher and the taught aright in 

 giving advice asked for by my many corres- 

 pondents." 



Mr. Howard then characteristically adds : 

 "So far as the picture of my bee-garden, I 

 may say that in the view, and opposite to 

 'Churchwarden' Howard, stands the ' Pari.sh 

 Clerk,' fork in hand. This is the 'official' 

 who, directed by his superior officer, attends 

 to the apiary garden and the other garden 



daily, and the many public offices he fills, Mr. 

 H. is a less frequent operator in the apiary 

 now than formerly, especially during the past 

 season of 1897. For, having purchased and 

 imported special machinery, he has had per- 

 sonally to see to the work of turning some 

 tons of beeswax into comb foundation by the 

 " Weed " process, for which he is sole patentee 

 and manufacturer in Great Britain. 



[This is the second of a series of illustrated 

 articles, the plates for which, as well as the 

 material for the wr.te-up, were obtained from 

 the British Bee Journal. 



We have had quite an extensive business 

 deal with Mr. Howard, and it gives me plea- 



