GLIMPSES OF SOME IOWA BEEKl-:i:i I^US. 



7., J. H. Meloy, Ft. Dodge, keeps 98 colonies in the rear of a town lot. 8. Home of J. L. 

 Strong-, Clarinda (50 years a beekeeper). 9. B. A. Aldrich's honey-house at Smithland. The 

 finest equipped honey-house in Iowa. 10. Chris Bach and his apiary at Maquoketa. 11. C. J. 

 Barber, Smithland, Iowa (85 years old, and as spry as a boy) ; still cares for his large apiary. 

 12. Home of Walter Reppert, Burlington, Iowa. 



