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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 1 



MEMBEKS OF THE MICHIGAN STATE BKKKKEPKKS CONVENTION, HELD AT SAGINAW, DEC. 



18 TO 20, 1H07. 

 The report of this convention appeared on page 99 of the Jan. 15th issue. 



BEE-KEEPING IN GEORGIA. 



Colonies on Elevated Platforms. 



BY J. L. PATTERSON. 



I keep my apiary on elevated platforms 

 as shown in the engraving. The hives do 

 not rot so fast, and frogs, ants, spiders, etc., 

 can not get into them. The bees are also 



more easily kept out of water or away from 

 the sand, which often beats against the hives 

 with the wind. 



Last year 1 averaged 30 lbs. of honey to 

 the hive; but this year I did not do so well, 

 for there was an average of only 10 lbs. to 

 the hive. Two of the extra'-ting-hives con- 

 tained 2^ gallons of honey each. In a poor 

 season the very strongest colonies store their 



J. L. PATTERSON'S ELEVATED APIARY, AT AUGUSTA GA. 



