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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



September, 1919 



Fig. 5. — Another runaway swarm in that stack of 



empty hives of the old Sweet apiary. So much 



comb had been built that it extended down into the 



lower hive bodv. 



Fig. 2. — An abandoned apiary site, with empty 

 hives and frames and extraeting-hoiise up in Syca- 

 more Canyon, near Los Angeles. The frames were 

 whittled out of hard wood. Thei original owner 

 died a year or so ago ; but some stray swarms of 

 bees bad found homes in .some of his empty hives, 

 as will be seen in Figs. 4 and 5. 



Fig. 3. — A runaway swarm that had just started 

 housekeeping in a stack of empty hives of the old 

 Sweet apiary of Sycamore Canyon. The bees evi- 

 dently thought the hives needed " sweetening " up 

 asain. Mr. Stone is inspecting. 



I'i^. ii. — An (lid California solar wax-extractor 

 found in that abandoned apiary referred to in the 

 legends under Figs. 2 and 4. Even now such wax 

 extractors are found in some parts of California. 



Fig. 4. — Stone and McNay looking for more run 



away swarms in the abandoned apiary shown in 



Fig. 2. Mr. Stone has just located a bunch of bees 



on those old empty frames. 



Fig. 7. — The ventilating-frame which goes between 

 the two stories as sliown in Fig. 10 is here shown 

 resting on top of tlie end of the hive-body. It is 

 open at the sides and closed at the ends to give 

 ventilation between the two stories. 



