. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Nov. 23, 1916.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 365. â Jill-: â¢' i-'REEMASONUY " OF BEE-KEEPING. The goodwill and helpfulness of bee- keepers towards one anothei' is well known, and is so general that it may be said to be a featjire of the craft. The jiovice who is just commencing is almost invariably most agreeably sur- l)rised at the amo^unt of help and advice lie receives from experienced bee-keepers, and those who are not bee-keeuers. but liave come into close contact with bee- keepers and bee-keeping, have beensimply astonished at the
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Nov. 23, 1916.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 365. â Jill-: â¢' i-'REEMASONUY " OF BEE-KEEPING. The goodwill and helpfulness of bee- keepers towards one anothei' is well known, and is so general that it may be said to be a featjire of the craft. The jiovice who is just commencing is almost invariably most agreeably sur- l)rised at the amo^unt of help and advice lie receives from experienced bee-keepers, and those who are not bee-keeuers. but liave come into close contact with bee- keepers and bee-keeping, have beensimply astonished at the '⢠camaraderie " pre- vailing among the fraternity. We wonder sometimes how it is there has never been a guild or " Worshipful ('ompany " or bee-keepers established years before our present associations. Had the pursuit of bee-keeping been suitable for a town or city no doubt there would have been one, the affairs of which would Imve been carried on with becoming dig- nity and decorum, for Avho ever knew a bee-keeper worthy of the name to be a loafer, or to speiid the bulk of his spare time drinking or gamblingâor both? An old proverb says " There is a black sheep in every flock," and one does occa- sionally drop across a griimpy, selfish bee- keeper. One of our most valued readers has had this unpleasant experience, of which he sends us the following account, names and places being suppressed for obvious reasons :â " Dear Sir,âI heard I had a neighbour bee-keeper about a mile away, so I, as a brother bee-keeper, paid him a visit. I found he had ten or twelve stocks in lard boxes. Xo frames, but used just the same as a straw skep. '⢠He told me he should destroy all his bees at the end of the year, except one small straw skep, which was scarce large enough to hold a â¢21b. loaf of bread. His idea is that by destroying his bees he will keep his apiary clear of ' Isle of Wight disease, and Mill rear stock from the small skep. " He
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