THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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"Don't They Look Fine? " — Apiary of A. G. Woodman & Co. 



A Beautiful We^ern-Michigan Apiary 



A. G. WOODMAN. 



'— 3pRIEND TYRRELL: I am send- 

 er ing you two pictures of our api- 

 aries which had 110 colonies, 

 spring count. We took 4,000 pounds of 

 extracted honey, and increased them to 

 250 colonies. We ran them strongly to 

 increase, which of course cut off the 

 honey crop. Practically all the increase 

 was made after the white honey was 

 gathered. 



This yard is located 1.5 miles north- 

 east of the city, while our farms are lo- 

 cated in a different direction, north- 

 west. The great hill shc'wn in the one 



picture acts as a wind-break to the 

 north and west of the yard — the most 

 ideal yard we have ever owned. We 

 call the hill Mount ^laria. 

 Grand Rapids, Mich. 

 [In the two pictures here shown, there 

 are two things worthy of attention. One 

 the natural protection afforded the bees 

 by the hill, and, second, the care that is 

 evidently bestowed on this apiary by the 

 owner. In a talk with Mr Woodman 

 some time ago, he told me that his de- 

 sire was for a model apiary, and judg- 

 ing by the pictures, I should say his 

 hope was realized.] 



A California Apiary Location 



C. W. DAYTON. 



^W N the first place, where the ex- level land ( aliout an acre and a half) 



Jl tracting house and shop stand, it was made with the pick and shovel. No 



was so steep that a hive would al- one had ever seen the spring which now 



most Slide down the mountain. All the sends out a constant stream, even in the 



