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Our lioiu'v-liow begins about June 10. 

 Oui' colonies in (wo-storv hives are about 

 ready to swarm the last of March. It is 

 very hard work then to prevent swarming 

 and increase. This, you will notice, is 

 aljout 70 days before our honey-flow. 



Each year 1 have made enough money to 

 pay my expenses, including those of the 

 family. AVhen I have had short crops I 

 manage to get a higher price per pound 

 tlan when the crop is large. 



In ISflfl 1 went into tlie bee business ex- 



clusively on the Ai>alachicola River, Flor- 

 ida. Prior to tliat 1 was a city man. With 

 a so-called practical men as partner, the 

 first year I lost about $1000. I then bought 

 the other man's interest and found I had 

 about 200 colonies and a lot of empty 

 hives, etc., including a debt of about $220. 

 Fitzpatrick, Ala. 



[A picture of Mr. Achord's pound pack- 

 age ajjpears on page 981, Nov. 1, and his 

 advertisement elsewhere this issue. — Ed.] 



PANHANDLE BEE -PEOPLE TALK IT OVER 



BY JOHN RUDE 



The Panhandle Beekeepers' Association 

 of Southeastern Ohio and Northern West 

 Virginia, held its semi-annual meeting in 

 the shape of a field meet at " The Lindens," 

 the home of L. C. Seabright, vice-president 

 of the association. To say the meeting was 

 a success is putting it very mildly. 



The Lindens is a most beautiful place, 

 situated at Blaine, Ohio, five miles west of 

 Wheeling, W. Va.. along the National Bou- 

 levard, and is reached by electric cai'. Mr. 

 Seabright 's bees are the yellowest and most 

 gentle I ever saw. Forty-five colonies are 

 all in eleven-frame Langstroth hives of his 

 own design and manufacture. The hives are 

 well made, and have been in use for thirtv- 



five years. They are practically a double- 

 walled chaff hive, or, better still, a conver- 

 tible chaff hive, as the ends are chaff pack- 

 ed, and for winter use there is a chaff divi- 

 sion-board inserted on each side, four 

 frames being removed. The hives are kept 

 neatly painted and a grapevine grows be- 

 side each liive for shade. A well-equipped 

 honey-house and a few fruit-trees comprise 

 the place where beekeepers like to gather. 



Crop reports were vei'j- jDoor, but every 

 one reported plenty of swarming. The 

 meeting was short, as the members prefer- 

 red to move about among the bees, getting 

 acquainted. 



Rellaire. Ohio. 



There was not one groucli on the place. 



