February. 1915. 



49 



American Vee Joarnal 



last part of the season, I filled only 

 part of these tanks, as the crop was 

 short. 



"You will notice a person sitting by 

 one of these tanks. Well, one morning 

 I arose to find a tramp in front of my 

 door, who informed me he had slept 

 over night in my barn, I set him to 



work. You are aware that tramps are 

 naturally born tired ; well, he was tired 

 the whole season, and had a natural 

 fear of the water. Hereafter I shall try 

 to hire tireless helpers and such as are 

 fearless of the water. I am glad I was 

 not born tired. M. H. Mendleson. 

 " Ventura Co., Calif." 



A.\OTHF.R VIEW OF THE MENDLESON APIARY 



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Spvpn Ton Cone Top Honey Tanks ni .\1. 11. -Mcudlesou 



Bee-Keeping 



In Dixie^ 



Conducted by J. J. Wilder. Cordele. Ga, 



Wants to Produce Chunk Honey 



"Mr. Wilder: — lam just starting in 

 the bee business and think of produc- 

 ing chunk honey. How do you fasten 

 foundation to the top bars and what 

 size of frames do you use ? 



"Mojave, Calif. E. F.Evans." 



I use a foundation fastener of my 



own invention which works in the 

 same way as does the Parker fastener 

 for sections. It is made very strong, 

 although usually a light stroke or 

 pinch is sufficient to do the work. Less 

 than three-sixteenths of an inch of the 

 foundation is taken up in fastening, 

 so it is very economical, simple to 

 manipulate, and it does the work 

 quickly. Each season we put founda- 



tion in over 8000 supers. Foundation 

 is also put in all our brood-frames with 

 it. We much prefer it to the wedge 

 plan. Many are in use all over the 

 country and giving perfect satisfaction. 

 1 use the regular standard size shal- 

 low extracting frames 5>4 inches deep. 



Beekeeping for Farmers 



The average beekeeper in Dixie 

 makes farming his main line of busi- 

 ness and beekeeping is a side issue. Our 

 industry in the farmer's hands is al- 

 most unknown except as we write 

 them up, so we are unable to reach the 

 mass of them. This is to be regretted 

 because the smallest farmer beekeeper 

 should be enlightened to tiie point 

 where he will use the modern hives 

 and adopt the methods of the more 

 extensive beekeeper. 



The photograph shows a busy farmer 

 and his apiary. In appearance and 

 equipment it is perhaps not surpassed 

 by apiaries of many more extensively 

 engaged. He has a model farm apiary. 

 At first he only had a few bees in box 

 hives which he transferred into 8- 

 frame dovetailed hives, using the regu- 

 lar full depth bodies for storing. The 

 bees swarmed and increased the size of 

 his small apiary. He added a few 

 more colonies by buying box hives 

 and transferring. The supplies were 

 all bought from the returns of the bees 

 and he has also a well equipped honey 

 house. He is a very busy farmer, but 

 finds spare time to care for his bees. 



By raising extracted honey, swarm- 

 ing is reduced to a minimum. Supplies 

 are bought in the flat and prepared 

 during the slack farm season. Honey 

 is also marketed at this time, making 

 beekeeping an ideal side issue and re- 

 ducing expenses to a minimum. 



There has not been a season when 

 the average per colony was less than 

 four gallons of honey, which sold 

 readily at $1.00 per gallon, an income 

 of over $4.00 per colony each season. 

 This man's ability is not above that of 

 our average farmer, neither is his 

 location for honey any better. 



Dear Dixie reader, there is not one 

 of you who does not have a relative or 

 a friend who is a farmer who would 

 be interested in this article. Make out 

 a list of those who you know would be 

 interested and send it to our editor, re- 

 questing him to send each one a copy 

 containing this article, and I am sure 

 he will be delighted to do so. In this 

 way you will help some one who is 

 now discouraged over the panic con - 

 ditions, and bring to his attention the 

 possibility of a new industry. 



Apiary of J. R. Durden, Macon, Ga. 



Mr. Durden is a " swamp " beekeeper 

 and says that bees do best near great 

 swamps. He has a number of apiaries 

 similar to the one located on the 

 Ochinulgee river, which has a large 

 acreage of open and dismal swarnp 

 along its banks containing many dif- 

 ferent kinds of honey plants, giving 

 him a very good honey flow throughout 

 the season. 



Mr. Durden believes in keeping 

 things neat about his apiaries, and is 

 one of the few in our State who are 



