November, 1916. 



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issue is in evidence in all his yards. It 

 can hardly be called a winter case 

 since it remains in place all the year 

 around. Two of his outyards are shown 

 herewith. In one is shown a honey- 

 house on wheels. It was formerly used 

 as a show wagon, and is well adapted 

 for the purpose to which Mr. Krouse 

 has put it. 



Miss R. B. Pettit, who is a sister of 

 the Provincial Apiarist, is a very suc- 

 cessful beekeeper. She lives at George- 

 town. Her brother. Prof. Pettit. gives 

 her some assistance during his vacation 



what is on any particular hive. 



At Niagara Falls, Ont., we found a 

 very complete outfit for honey produc- 

 tion at the home of Mr. U. li. Bowen. 

 who is a member of the government 

 customs staff. Mr. Bowen has suffered 

 an unusual loss of bees the past season 

 in a very mysterious manner. All his 

 bees were wintered in the large cellar 

 under his two - story honey - house. 

 When removed from the cellar near 

 the middle of April they seemed to be 

 in good condition. One hundred and 

 twenty colonies were left in the home- 



FIG. 4- 



-MR. E. T. BAINARD AND D. ANGUISH. OF LAMBETH, IN THE 

 LATTER'S APIARY 



yard and 100 colonies removed to an 

 outyard. Of the 12i) colonies in the 

 home-yard less than 20 had any bees at 

 all at the time of my visit in June, and 

 only one of these was strong enough 

 to build up without help in the way of 

 brood or bees. Many of the hives con- 

 tained a queen and only a dozen or 

 two of bees. At the outyard conditions 

 were much better, although evidences 

 of the same trouble were to be seen. 

 Some of the colonies were working in 

 supers, and there was a prospect for 

 something of a crop. Few colonies 

 were lost entirely at the outyard. 



The trouble started suddenly on a 

 warm day in early May. After a rain 

 adult bees were to be seen everywhere 

 in the grass. They could not fly, but 

 jumped about in front of the hives in 

 an effort to do so. The newly emerged 

 bees which had not previously gone 

 afield seemed to be affected worse. By 

 the middle of June the entire apiary 

 was practically gone. Colonies which 

 were short of stores and those which 

 had an abundance of honey were alike 

 affected. Mr. Bowen could offer no 

 explanation of the trouble neither could 

 Prof. Pettit. The writer has heard this 

 strange condition discussed among 

 beekeepers several times the past sum- 

 mer, and the only plausible explanation 

 offered is that the bees had been pois- 

 oned in some way. 



Mr. Bowen has a very fine honey- 

 house which is shown at Fig. 9. On 

 the main floor there is a power-driven 

 extractor, capping melter, honey pump 

 and every possible convenience for 

 handling the honey with a minimum of 

 trouble. The upper story is used for 

 storage. At the outyard there had 

 been some meddling with the bees at . 

 night, so Mr. Bowen placed a warning 

 sign on a post at the corner of the 

 yard. Figure 8 shows how a robin 

 took advantage of the protection of 

 this sign to build her nest on the post. 



times in order to keep in practical 

 touch with the work. A teacher who 

 lives always in contact with books is 

 likely to become stale, and he is a wise 

 one who takes off his coat occasionally 

 and gets into the real work of his spe- 

 cialty. 



At each place visited we found abun- 

 dant material for a whole story, but 

 our space will only permit of a brief 

 glimpse, and we are compelled to hurry 

 on. At Beamsville Mr. A. E. Hoshal is 

 extensively engaged in honey produc- 

 tion. Like Mr. Bainard he uses the 

 Heddon hive. We spent some inter- 

 esting hours with him. His metal 

 winter case described last month is 

 light, inexpensive and easy to handle. 

 It impressed the writer as the best all 

 around winter case for a single colony 

 that he had seen. Nearly every really 

 successful beekeep-r has developed 

 something new, which his particular 

 system or location makes practical, and 

 the visitor is quick to note these new 

 ideas. Mr. Hoshal is very efficient in 

 his methods, and everything about the 

 apiary is planned to eliminate unneces- 

 sary labor. His excluders are painted 

 blue, bee-escapes red, and screens still 

 another color, so that in passing 

 through the yard he can tell at a glance 



FIG. S-ONE OF THE BAINARD APIARIES.JIN HEDDON HIVES 



