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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 15 



APIARY OF E. H. JAMES, CAIRO, ILL. 

 This yard is located in the suburbs of a city which is between two large rivers. A crop of honey is secured each year. 



are too expensive. Let's improve the details of 

 the splint method until it gives good results all 

 the time. 



Meridian, Idaho. 



[Figs. 2 and 3 do not give one a favorable im- 

 pression of wood splints; but we are prepared to 

 say in this connection that we saw nothing of 

 this kind at Dr. C. C. Miller's apiary. He 

 showed us comb after comb built from founda- 

 tion stayed with wood splints, and these combs 

 were as flat as a board, without any suggestion of 

 wooden stays in the midrib; and,whatismore, they 

 were filled out to and in contact with the bottom- 

 bar. One strong claim made by Dr. Miller for 

 splints is that, by means of them, one can use 

 sheets of foundation reaching clear down to the 

 bottom-bar. Here, evidently, we have a case 

 where locality affects results or else Mr. Atwater 

 does not work the plan right. Dr. Miller is re- 

 spectfully called upon to show why a third of 

 the combs look like Figs. 2 and 3. 



Years ago we used folded tinned bars to stay 

 our combs, and we had many that looked like 

 Figs. 2 and 3, with this difference, that we had 

 only one stay or bar. — Ed.] 



AN APIARY BETWEEN TWO RIV- 

 ERS. 



BY E. H. JAMES. 



Ten years ago I started with two stands of 

 bees — one box and one frame hive, with the in- 

 tention of increasing the number if the location 

 would permit. I am in the suburbs of the city, 

 between two broad rivers which almost surround 

 the town, thus making the territory for bees com- 

 paratively small. To my surprise the increase in 

 my apiary has been steady, and I have never fail- 

 ed to have an excellent surplus of honey. 



My apiary at present consists of 48 colonies, 



and this season, up to July 25, 1 took 1000 pounds 

 of comb honey, which has been sold readily at 

 15 cts. per pound in the city. 



My hive-stands are pine pieces, 4 inches square 

 and 3 feet long, there being two hives on a stand. 

 For shade-boards I use any kind of broad planks, 

 weighting them down with rocks. 



The high board fence has prevented people 

 from being annoyed by the bees, thus avoiding 

 trouble with neighbors. 



The time given to the bees has been after work- 

 ing hours, my occupation being an engineer. I 

 get two crops of honey a year, the fall flow be- 

 ing the larger. 



Cairo, 111. 



[We desire to call attention to the importance 

 of a high tight-board fence to inclose a bee-yard 

 in or near town. A good hedge fence of willow 

 or osage orange would do just as well. At all 

 events, the bees should be made to fly high be- 

 fore they leave the premises. In this way they 

 avoid coming in contact with pedestrians or 

 horses. — Ed.] 



BEE-KEEPING AND TRUCK-FARM- 

 ING IN COLORADO. 



Snap-shots from Grand Valley. 



BY R. D. TAIT. 



I don't remember ever seeing in Gleanings 

 a picture of an apiary in this valley. I send two 

 views, one of our small yard of bees and the other 

 showing how we dispose of our honey. Our 

 farm consists of five acres, all of which is in 

 truck, and one can get some idea of the produc- 

 tiveness of our soil by the picture, showing the 

 onions, cauliflower, etc., which are raised among 

 asparagus, set out this year — onions and cauli- 

 flower coming off in time to give the young 



