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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Aiits are avoided in this Porto Rican apiary by placing The hives on iiuu rails 

 of honey from 25 eolonieci that were increased to 150. 



Eighteen barrels 



A POMTO MICAN APIARY PLAN 



BY J. SAMUEL COX 



The one of our apiaries illustrated is 

 shaded by banana-trees. In an open field 

 these are very serviceable for shade, since 

 they grow quicker than almost any other 

 plant, and, besides, the shade can be regu- 

 lated to any one's desire by cutting the 

 leaves. Nearly all the leaves can be cut off 

 without damaging the plant. 



Our apiary here is laid out on a plan 

 that has been mentioned somewhere in 

 Gleanings. I think it one of the best, not 

 only because it helps the bees and queens to 

 locate their individual colony, but it gives 

 to the apiary a business-like appearance. 1 

 agree with the saying, " Fine feathers do 

 not make fine birds," but I believe in the 

 hubby of appearance. I have seen many 



come to \ iew an apiary who would never go 

 near enough to see the inside of a hive, and 

 these persons have gone away elated, simply 

 from the appearance. 



Our hives here are put on iron rails such 

 as are used on the car line. Since the en- 

 trances are placed facing each other, there 

 is a passageway between the backs, so that 

 a wheelbarrow can be run without interfer- 

 ing with the entrances. The hives are plac- 

 ed two by two. The closest are eight inches 

 a})art, and the next two are three feet away. 

 This apiary was started in Augiist, 1914, 

 with twenty-five colonies. We have in- 

 creased it to 150, and have taken 18 barrels 

 of honey at the end of December. 



Guayama, Porto Rico. 



MONTANA AND WYOMING BEEKEEPING 



1!V WKSLEY FOSTER 



Bees in Montana did not do so well in 

 1914 as in 1913. The reason for this 1 

 have not learned. The beekeeping area is 

 confined to the narrow irrigated valleys. 

 There is no wide extended irrigated area 

 such as may be found in eastern Colorado 

 and especially northern Colorndo. 



The ])recipitation in Montana is slight, 

 as it is in Wyoming. On January 24, al)out 

 four inches of snow was on the ground, anil 

 I was told by one man at Billings that it 

 was the most snow they had had for lour 

 years. 



Alfalfa and sweet clover are tlie sources 



