. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 28, 1897.] THE BKITISH BEE JOUENAL. 425 HOMES OF THE HONEY BEE. THE APIARIES OF OUR READERS. We present on this page a view of Mr. C Atkinson's apiary at Tockwith, near York, with the owner seen in the background. Mr. Atkinson being a well-known Yorkshire bee- keeper and honey-producer on a compara- tively large scale, we were desirous that readers should know a little as to himself and his apiaries, and consequently made bold to express this much in asking for a few par- ticulars. In response, Mr, Atkinson kindly wrote as follows :—
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 28, 1897.] THE BKITISH BEE JOUENAL. 425 HOMES OF THE HONEY BEE. THE APIARIES OF OUR READERS. We present on this page a view of Mr. C Atkinson's apiary at Tockwith, near York, with the owner seen in the background. Mr. Atkinson being a well-known Yorkshire bee- keeper and honey-producer on a compara- tively large scale, we were desirous that readers should know a little as to himself and his apiaries, and consequently made bold to express this much in asking for a few par- ticulars. In response, Mr, Atkinson kindly wrote as follows :— " Yes, I have served a decently long appren- ticeship ; it must be twenty years since I moors for heather-honey, but that was when the ' fever' ran high, but I still retain pleasant recollections of the former outings. " My average take per stock for the last four or five years is between 50 lb. and 60 lb. ' Do I favour the " Wells " system 1' Yes ; but the bee-keeper must know his work, or he'll often find one end of his hive minus a queen. I invariably work those long com- bination hives—seen in front of the sun-dial in picture—as twin hives. Being compelled to economise space, I never disturb two single stocks in order to establish them in a ' Wells' hive ; but for working up small stocks (nuclei of the previous season with young queens) I find the system work well and the result satis-. MR. CHAS. ATKINSON S APIARY, TOCKWITH, YORKS. first became part owner of a stock of bees in a skep. At present I have between fifty and sixty colonies in frame-hives, and for a few years the number has varied little. I first caught the ' bee fever' after hearing the expert lecture in the bee-tent at the ' Royal' Show held at York, and for some years my bee- enthusiasm gave a quietus to nearly all my other summer hobbies. One needs to be in real earnest, though, to become a good bee- keeper, and without close attention, and a fair knowledge of the subject, success is
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