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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



ilAKLH, 1919 



ey resources of the county would be consid- 

 erably cut down. The Board was asked to 

 appropriate sufficient funds to hire a com- 

 petent inspector to work for nine months 

 in the year under Mr. George, who had been 

 giving and would give his time, free of 



"W. W. Culvex''s }iandy wheelbarrow fur cai- 

 rying combs from the hives to the extracting- 

 house standing up on stilts, in the background. The 

 shape of the wheelbarrow is so designed that the 

 weight of the combs is thrown forward upon the 

 wheel. Mr. Culver has his extracting-houses off to 

 one side and elevated so that the honey runs by 

 ^avity into a large galvanized tank below. He 

 prefers to wheel the honey up an inclined sidewalk 

 to the building where the honey can be run by 



gravity into the receiving tank. 

 charge, as chief inspector. The petition 

 was granted and the funds appropriated. 

 There is every reason to believe that foul 

 brood will now be definitely held under con- 

 trol. 



From the illustrations given herewith it 

 will be seen that all apiaries, on account of 

 the extreme heat of the summer, must be 



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81iedded apiary belonging to E. .J. Severin at 

 Imperial, Calif. The slats are placed upon a 

 framework and spaced about % inch apart. This 

 arrangement breaks up the rays of sunlight, giving 

 just the right amount of shade and at the same 

 time allowing enough light so the beekeeper can see 

 eggs in the combs. These sheds can easily be taken 

 down and moved to a new location, while the sheds 

 having grass or weeds for the top cannot be moved 

 readily. 



One of the apiaries of W. \V. Culver situated between two rows of eucalyptus. There is a little too much 



of shade, probably; and the owner may move the bees and put them under a shed, in which case, he would 



prefer thp l3,th covering to the arrow weed. 



