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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



July If) 



No. 4. — THE FISH THAT BRO. SHLMARD CAUGHT IN 1 '2 HOURS. 



This represents a string of fish that Mr. Shumard caught while sitting on the wharf, 

 or, you might almost say. in the dooryard of the island home. 



and while we are unable to oive you real 

 glimpses of the actual work of grafting we 

 are fortunate in that we can give some of the 

 glimpsDS of other parts of the work. The 

 out-apiary is more than a mile inland across 

 the bay, so picture No. 1 will give you a good 

 shore view, as preparation was being made 

 for the day's start — not all for the apiary, but 

 to their different ways for the tune. Mr. 

 Shumard will be noticed with the wheelbar- 

 row loaded with empty hives for the lighter, 

 to be taken across to the outyard for use in 

 swarming-time. Mr. McAuly is in the lighter 

 with baby Ruth, and, by the way, she is the 

 only baby on the key, and the only one born 

 on the key, so far as known. Clara and 

 Flossie are in their row-boat ready for school, 

 as they have to run across to the main land 

 for such privileges, and are both experts 

 with oars as well as at swimming. The oth- 

 ers are Mrs. Shumard, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. 



Brewer, and 

 Mrs.McAuley, 

 who are just 

 going over to 

 the store in 

 the larger 

 row-boat. 

 And, by the 

 way, it is not 

 best to just 

 tell all the 

 very pleasant 

 things of life 

 and leave the 

 rest all out, so 

 we shall have 

 to record the 

 mishaps as 

 well. 



As the la- 

 dies returned 

 from the 

 store, and 

 were making 

 a landing at 

 the wharf, 

 Mrs. Smith, 

 not being 

 used to boats 

 and wharfs, 

 and their hab- 

 it of some- 

 times parting, 

 allowed that 

 to happen 

 while she at- 

 tempted to fill 

 the space be- 

 t w e e n , in 

 something 

 like four feet 

 of water, but 

 with no worse 

 results than a 

 bad scare and 

 a thorough 

 soaking, and 

 was all right 

 after a rest of 

 a few hours 

 in bed. We have no record of this event, 

 but will pass on to where the writer, Mr. 

 Shumard, and Miss Florence spent the fore- 

 noon with the bees. First some royal jelly 

 was taken from the home yard, which can 

 be seen in the shore view. 



The outyard is located in an ideal spot a 

 mile or more from any habitation, on the 

 banks of the creek, and' just where it makes 

 a short bend, forming a little cape, as it were, 

 with steep banks — in fact, where the landing 

 is made with the boat the bank is almost per- 

 pendicular, and there is a pulley-hoist to lift 

 the hives to the shore, and lower the honey 

 to the boat to be taken home. At the oppo- 

 site side there is a hammock, or marshy 

 strip, so it is well protected from roaming 

 stock. I was sorry that this part of the creek 

 could not show in the picture, but it seemed 

 impossible. Picture No. 2 is Mr. Shumard 

 and daughter Florence, who does his graft- 



