. British bee ufficiale & gli apicoltori consigliere. Le api. Aprile 14,1910.] Il BRITISH BEE UFFICIALE. 143 editoriale, avvisi, &c. Prominente gli apicoltori. MB. WM. MC NALLY. Il tema della nostra comunicazione è nato il 17 maggio 1855, e con l'eccezione di due anni spesi a Glasgow ha risieduto per tutta la sua vita nella sua parrocchia nativa di Glen- luce, Wigtownshire. Di una famiglia di sette figli e una figlia, il sig. W. McNally n è il terzo più antico. Nel corso degli anni ottanta la McNally fratelli erano ben noti come set per portare a casa il loro primo sciame in un skep, legato in un foglio e sospeso da una stout stick essere

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. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. April 14, 1910.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 143 Editorial, Notices, &c. PROMINENT BEE-KEEPERS. MB. WM. MC NALLY. The subject of our notice was born on May 17, 1855, and with the exception of two years spent in Glasgow has resided all his lifetime in his native parish of Glen- luce, Wigtownshire. Of a family of seven sons and one daughter, Mr. W. McNally n's the third oldest. During the 'eighties the McNally brothers were well known as set out to bring home their first swarm in a skep, tied up in a sheet and suspended from a stout stick between them, and which they carried home a dis- tance of four miles. The disastrous honey-year of 1879 found him with six hives, but these in 1880 dwindled down to two stocks to begin the season. From this small beginning the apiary rapidly grew until, in 1887, he owned 153 hives. During these years he exhibited exten- sively, and, besides numerous other prizes, he carried- off five yea'rs in succession the silver medal offered by the Highland and. MR. WM. MC NALLY. formidable opponents on the show-bench. William, when leaving school at fifteen, was apprenticed to the trade of joiner and builder, and at twenty-two started on his own account, when by diligence he soon built up a thriving business. He also factors a very considerable property in the district, and is clerk to the Old- Age Pensions Committee. For a number of years he was a member of the Parish Council. Mr. McNally is best known as an ex- tensive bee-keeper, however, for the last thirty years, having been first attracted to this industry in 1876, when he and his brother John, a lad of fourteen years, Agricultural Society of* Scotland, at the old " Caledonian " Show, for the best and largest display of honey and honey-comb. Pressure oi work since 1890 has pre- vented him from engaging in honey com- petitions, and his time is now largely taken up with judging at shows. His apiaries— for he believes in worki

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