1902 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



985 



As will be seen from the interior view, the 

 hives are the same as those used outdoors, 

 and are arranged in two tiers, one above 

 the other. A window at one end and a door 

 at the other give plenty of ventilation and 

 light. While a single thickness of boards 

 lined inside with t)uilding paper would be 

 sufficient for Colorado, it would be neces- 

 sary in the Central and Northern States of 

 the East to make the building double-wall- 

 ed, the space between packed with sawdust 

 or some equally good packing material. 



the illustration of the interior view. Hives 

 that are built fast to the building have nev- 

 er given satisfactory results; and, more- 

 over, the hives should be such that a colony 

 from outdoors can be put inside, and vice 

 versa. 



The Rauchfuss Brothers are very suc- 

 cessful bee-keepers, and are certainly up to 

 date, save in one thing — they ivill cling to 

 the old-style sections and separators. 



Stopping in Denver for but a few days I 

 took the train eastward again, this time go- 



INJi-KIOR VIEW OF RAUCHFUSS BROTHERS' HOUSE-APIARY. 



But the general construction and design of 

 the building are excellent — among the best 

 I have seen in all my travels; and in a lo- 

 cality subject to the depredations of thieves, 

 or where land is scarce, I do not know of 

 any better house-apiary than this. 



In this connection it is, perhaps, proper 

 to remember that all modern house-apiaries 

 should be so designed as to receive the reg- 

 ular outdoor hives the same as shown in 



ing as far as Des Moines, where I made 

 our old friend Joseph Nysewander and wife 

 a visit of one da3'. Our friend "Joe,"' as 

 it will be remembered, was formerly a 

 stenographer in the Root Cc. 's office some 

 20 years ago. Next to the stenographer 

 who is taking down these notes he was the 

 first we ever had. I think I have already 

 told our readers how Joe built-up a large 

 business — so large, indeed, that it was 



