THE EGMONT APIARY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1754, 31 January 1888, Page 3

THE EGMONT APIARY

Oa our ('• Wj-nganui Ohronlole") i harvesting oorre?r.o:dar.i'B last visit np . the country, ho oallod upon the Kov (» Wilks, of Manilla, and found him at work among hia large army of million* o) workers He was ar. that particularl , moment busy taking „ swarm of beea _.<• vn a 'hie tie and carrying Uto a hive He had half a pailful of befs, whloh h* literally pi-.ured Into tho top storey of a hive, whioh had already a _tronsr stook m the lower «toroy. In reply to a question ac to why be added a fresh .warm to an old stock, ho replied. "To mako a very strong swarm, In order to be able to take surplus honey this year from the hive." The three-quarters of an acre nf garden Is dotted wltn. hives— aboat 100— and it Ktrikea a visitor as looking anoommonly Ike a well filled cemetery, One lady visitor very wittl'y called the plaoe " tho Catacombs," Mr Wilka Informed ns tbat he started this laduPtry about five years sgo as an outdoor pastime: His educational dv Ins being of a trying and worrying nature, he required some light, active, and yet at the same time Interesting outdoor pursuit, and so be commenced anew hia former hobby of bee-keeping The apiary fs undoubtedly one of th " eights" of the Wairaate. P aioo, and w oan confidently say that visitors who cait seasonable bourn will be politely ester-ain-.d, and that 'hey wMi bn able to spano * v\ aeant f.s well as a p. r fit-blo hour » the Kgmont Apiary. Mr Wilka said h obtained noar'y a t>n of h' ney In thseason 1886 87, which he readily sold at a remunerative rate, and thie year ht horea to got a ton and a half or more, aoojrding to the season. Tie said that tho secret of the whole buslneaa lay m tho liberal nse of "foundation comb," 1.c., sheets of wax oa which are Impreised hexagonal cells fur the bees to work on. | Mr Wilka has used about 1000 rquartfeet of foundation comb thia season. This lls looal Industry without doubt. When 1 'asked him how he found time to manago so many hives bo replied, by having prober apparatus, and by making foundation comb, eto , during tho lon^. evenings of : winter His public duties from 8 a.m to 12, and fr.>m 1 p ra. to 4 p.m , take up ! •he beat pirt of five days a weik. bu. oo summer evenlncß and Saturdays he manages to get through hia work. When aiked " How do you get the swarms when you are bn. y with your other duties 1 ' be replied. " The beea hang tbemßilve_ on io the trees and shrubs whioo bave been planted round abont tbe hives, and &waH my h Inure to pat thvm m a new aud comfortable home.

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