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July, ]916. 



American T^ee Journal 



didn't get sort of thawed out? The 

 part of the outfit that I particularly 

 pride myself on is the ventilating 

 apparatus which holds the top of the 

 hat away from my head and at the 

 same time keeps the whole thing from 

 falling around, as a hat that is too 

 large will do, just at the wrong time. 

 It is made of half inch strips of gal- 

 vanized iron riveted into the shape 

 and size of a hat band and is covered 

 with outing cloth which makes it more 

 comfortable for the head. 



I made two of these uniforms so that 

 if anything happened to one I would 

 have another to put on ; but my wife 

 says that I made two because I was 

 rfraid the bees would gnaw a hole 

 through the wirecloth and then I would 

 have to stay in the house. In the pic- 

 ture, I am holding the headpiece higher 

 than it is in actual use, so as to show 

 better how it is made, but when down 

 where it should be it is not so top 



the spring, pasture lands covered with 

 white clover, dandelion, hound'stongue 

 (Cy)iofflossum opicinale^, which has even 

 the vervain on the run, together with 

 persicaria and the swamp flowers, we 

 have all that could be asked for in the 

 way of fall feed to winter on, and a 

 delightful place to spend the hot 

 months of summer. 

 Princeton, 111. 



The Strittmatter House Apiary 



BY F. .T. STRITTMATTER. 



THE following description is received 

 from F. J. Strittmatter, of Ebens- 

 burg. Pa., concerning the Carroll- 

 town house apiary mentioned on page 

 383, November, 1914, and page 94, March, 

 1915, of the Bee Journal. This is in 

 reply to the request of Mr. E. G. Carr 



PART OF THE RICHARDSON APIARY 



and others : 



Bill of lumber, etc, used in our latest 

 house apiary, 12x24 feet, 2 stories, con- 

 taining 62 hives for bees, built in solid. 

 Bill does not include any supers or 

 brood-frames, as we had these with our 

 outside equipment. 



Forty-two studding, 2x4—12 feet. 26 

 rafters, 2x4—9 feet. 550 lineal feet 2x4, 

 any length, for sills, plates and odds. 

 14 joists 2x8—12 feet. 60 lineal feet 2x6, 

 surfaced one side for window sills. 550 

 hemlock boards for sheeting, etc. 500 

 feet of flooring. 1200 feet of siding. 

 150 lineal feet hemlock boards, 10-inch, 

 surfaced two sides, for roof boards over 

 entrances. 150 lineal feet hemlock 

 boards, 6 inch, surfaced two sides, for. 

 alighting-boards under entrances. 120 

 lineal feet hemlock boards, 8 inch, sur- 

 faced two sides for brackets to fasten 

 alighting-boards. 550 lineal feet hem- 

 lock boards, 9>^-inch, surfaced one side 

 for sides and ends of hives. 150 lineal 

 feet hemlock boards, 6-inch, surfaced 

 one side for top boards or edge of 

 hives. 700 lineal feet hemlock boards,- 

 5-inch, surfaced one side for top boards 

 and window frames and corner strips. 

 150 lineal feet of roofing lath for brac- 

 ing and odds. 4 rolls of roofing. 900 

 square feet of red sheeting paper. 900 

 square feet of tarred sheeting paper. 15 

 single light windows with 16x30 inch 

 glass. 1 door, hinges and lock. 



We have concrete wall and floor in 

 bottom. The wall is built about a foot 

 higher than the floor, and a frame is 

 placed on the level with the top of the 

 wall, about 2 feet wide, on which a 

 smooth floor is laid which forms the 

 bottoms of the hives in the lower story. 

 We have the hives arranged with the 

 frames running parallel with the sides 

 of the building, making the entrance in 

 side of the hive. This makes it more 

 convenient to handle frames and 

 supers. 



The hives upstairs are placed on the 

 regular floor. We use spouting on 

 building to keep the water out of the 

 way in times of rain. We have ample 

 room, for all extra supplies needed, in 

 the middle of the building without 

 interfering with the work with the bees. 



heavy as it looks, and the muslin apron 

 does not come up so as to obstruct the 

 view. 



My wife laughs at my pet uniform, 

 but when anything really serious, such 

 as transferring combs from odd sized 

 frames, happens along, she takes in the 

 common sense outfit readily enough. 



Our apiary is situated on the top of 

 a hill the height of which may be 

 guessed at by looking at the team of 

 horses at the bottom of the picture,, 

 and also by knowing that there are 90 

 acres in the field of corn in which the 

 team is plowing. The view from this 

 hilltop is certainly grand, and one can 

 scarcely imagine that the picture was 

 taken in the prairie State of Illinois, 

 between locks 4 and 5 on the famous 

 Hennepin canal. 



The town of Hennepin on a clear 

 day may be seen in the middle dis- 

 tance, also the valleys of Big Bureau 

 and East Bureau creeks, and then on 

 out to the heavily timbered overflowed 

 lands of the Illinois river. 



Sweet clover is abundant, and with 

 plenty of wiUp^vs \q furnish pollen in 



VIEW FROM HILLTOP. LOOKING TOWARD HEN.XEPIN AND THE ILLINOIS 

 RIVER-AT THE RICHARDSON APIARY 



