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immediately take possession to clean it up. 

 They will at once go to work and store hon- 

 ey in the comb. The other picture shows the 

 work as it progresses. The outside extract- 

 ing-frame is partly capped. The comb-hon- 

 ey section next to it has honey in it, while 

 the third has work just commenced. After 

 the bees begin in the center ones they will 

 push the work tliere a little faster, with the 

 result that the entire sui)er is finished at 

 once and can be set aside for market with- 

 out sorting. 



I am running eighty colonies on this plan 

 this year, and 1 have never had a single case 

 of loafing, and the bees work with all the 

 energy they possess. When I read of some 

 who let the hive-body get clogged with hon- 

 ey, and the bees cluster out, and they 

 "shake " energy into them, I thought the 

 bee-keeper was the one who needed shaking 

 instead of the bees. With the above system 

 I usually have about six per cent of swarms. 

 This was the worst year for 

 swarms I ever had, and the 

 per cent of swarms was ten. 



Vincennes, Ind. 



on the streets and at several homes, and but 

 few bees were lost. 



I expect to hang this swarm out on a tree 

 in the open as a curiosity. I never saw a 

 colony before in ^Michigan that would thrive 

 and do well without protection. In a warm 

 climate, of course it is a common thing. 



Ionia, Mich., Dec. 10. 



CREATING A DEMAND FOR HONEY. 



How the Bee-keeper can Direct the Attention 

 of the Public to his Honey. 



BY FRED WTLF. 



There is no one better adapted to the work 

 of helping the local market and creating a 

 demand for honey than the l:)ee-keei)er him- 

 self. I have been selling and peddling my 

 honey for the last six years, and find it the 



AN 



OPEN-AIR COLONY IN 

 MICHIGAN. 



BY A. H. GUERNSEY. 



On Sept. 6, 1909, hanging 

 on a limb 1^4 inches in di- 

 ameter and 48 feet from the 

 ground, I found a large 

 swarm of V^ees which, with- 

 out protection, had built 

 combs two feet long and 13 

 inches deep. The combs 

 were all covered with bees, 

 and at first sight they re- 

 sembled a young bear hang- 

 ing with his back down. 

 Two weeks later I went with 

 my spring wagon, extension 

 latlder, box, ro[)es, etc., to 

 get it. I went up the tree, 

 roped the limb properly so 

 it would hang when cut off 

 just as it was before, then 

 sawed it off, and from where 

 I stood lowered it slowly 

 until itwas near the ground. 

 I then fastened my rope se- 

 curely and went down. I 

 placed a sheet of cheese- 

 cloth under the bees, wrap- 

 ped it up snugly to the clus- 

 ter, and tied it around the 

 limb at both ends of the 

 combs, so that no bees could 

 get ovit; then cut the limb 

 a little beyond the combs at 

 each end. I ]n\t the whole 

 thing in a large box and 

 took it home, 18 miles, with 

 the loss of but very few bees. 



After I had the picture 

 taken I. gave an exhibition 



A. H. guernsey's HIVELESS COLONY. 



