78 HANDY BOOK OF BEES. 



Eeid, Carluke, were published in the ' Hamilton Adver- 

 tiser ' of that year : — 



" Old stock, or mother, was 92 lb. weight. 

 First swarm from it, 160 „ ,, 

 Second swarm „ 76 ,, „ 



Altogether, 328 lb. weight." 



In the year 1865, the first swarms at Carluke weighed 

 about 90 lb. while on the clover ; but when taken to the 

 moors many had lost weight, owing to the weather being 

 unfavourable for gathering honey. 



The heaviest swarm of 1866 at Carluke was 148 lb. 



The account of the success of bee-keeping in 1868 came 

 to me in a letter from my friend Mr Eeid, part of which 

 I win now quote : — ■ 



" Carluke, 25ih Sept. 1868. 



"Mt deae Friend, — We brought our bees home from 

 the moors the week before last ; the weather being fine, 

 we thought they would be gaining weight, but were 

 wrong. Henshilwood got his home about ten days 

 before us. During that time ours lost 8 lb. and 10 lb. 

 each in weight. s_Our heaviest first swarm was 112 lb. 

 — another about 6 lb. lighter. Our best second swarm 

 weighed 75 lb. 



" Eobt. Scouler had three first swarms, which were about 

 120 lb. each; and his best was 130 lb. John Jack had 

 two stocks in spring, which did better than most. One 

 first swarm weighed 161 lb., another 104 lb. ; and a se- 

 cond swarm was 68 lb. I have not heard of the weights 

 of the old ones, but he took 230 lb. of honey from the 

 produce of his two stocks. 



