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About one and a half yrs ago i was talking to one of my customers about 2 of my favorites past times ,fishing and beekeeping. He used to do both but give fishing up to continue with his bees but then stop keeping bees due to being very ill. He offered to look out any bee books that he had and give them to me and he also told me to go and have a look at his old hives and take anything i wanted. I was very grateful but declined the offer of the hives but said i would gladly read any books he had.
Shortly after this he went down hill and i did not mention the books again as i thought that he and his wife had more than enough to cope with. 2 months ago he died and it's always hard to say the right thing to your customers all though this happens a lot it still feels awkward.
On Friday when i visited there home and once i had finished working on there home his wife had a carrier bag in her hand. In this was 6 beekeeping books.
I was so grateful and explained to her that her husband was once going to look them out for me but due to illness could not.She was so pleased to offer them to me .
The books are :
A Case of hives by Len heath
H.O.N.E.Y from source to sale & showbench Jeff Rounce
Economical Beekeeping keep your overheads low Ron Brown (signed)
R.O.B. MANLEY Honey Farming
Pollen loads a colour guide to pollen loads of the honey bee
Bees and Beekeeping Irmgard Diemer
I have had a flick through one book and i have learnt something lol
The Nat hive of today is in fact a modified Nat . The original had a double wall
where the rebate now is.
Shortly after this he went down hill and i did not mention the books again as i thought that he and his wife had more than enough to cope with. 2 months ago he died and it's always hard to say the right thing to your customers all though this happens a lot it still feels awkward.
On Friday when i visited there home and once i had finished working on there home his wife had a carrier bag in her hand. In this was 6 beekeeping books.
I was so grateful and explained to her that her husband was once going to look them out for me but due to illness could not.She was so pleased to offer them to me .
The books are :
A Case of hives by Len heath
H.O.N.E.Y from source to sale & showbench Jeff Rounce
Economical Beekeeping keep your overheads low Ron Brown (signed)
R.O.B. MANLEY Honey Farming
Pollen loads a colour guide to pollen loads of the honey bee
Bees and Beekeeping Irmgard Diemer
I have had a flick through one book and i have learnt something lol
The Nat hive of today is in fact a modified Nat . The original had a double wall
where the rebate now is.