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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Dec. 1 



GEORGE H. REX AND SON'S BEE-SHED, PERMANENTLY BUILT OF GOOD LUMBER AND ROOFED 



WITH CORRUGATED IRON. 



whole venture, in spite of the fact that 

 this locaUty is not considered one of the best 

 for bees. But the past season or two have 

 been very favorable for the bees, and not so 

 favorable for farming and poultry-raising. 

 Perhaps, in the long run it might be well to 

 carry the three lines together. 



From my own experience I believe that, 

 for the time and capital required, bee-keep- 

 ing will be found more profitable than almost 

 any other rural pursuit, provided the bee- 

 keeper thoroughly understands his bees and 

 his locality. I would not advise any one to 

 take it up alone (unless he has carried it 

 with something else) until he has proved to 

 himself that he thoroughly understands his 

 bees and locality, and until he is sure that 

 he can make enough in good seasons to tide 

 over the seasons that are less favorable. 



North Abington, Mass. 



hives, and they winter about the same in 

 both kinds. 



With this kind of shed there is no bother 

 in putting bees in a cellar during winter, 

 and much work is saved, as the hives stay 

 on the same stand all the year round. We 

 have kept bees since 1896, and have run for 

 comb honey exclusively. 



tStettlersville, Pa. 



UPPER ENTRANCES AND DOUBLE EN- 

 TRANCES. 



Their Advantage In a Hot Climate. 



BY J. M. HOMESLEY. 



BEE-SHEDS. 



A Good Shed Saves the Labor of Carrying 

 Hives in and out of a Cellar. 



BY GEO. H. REX. 



The picture shows one of our two shedde d 

 apiaries; the other one is about half a mile 

 from this one, and contains 16 colonies in the 

 same kind of shed. The hives are kept in 

 these sheds summer and winter, the shed 

 serving as a protection from the cold in win- 

 ter and the hot rays of the sun during sum- 

 mer. 



The picture also shows two old-fashioned 

 straw hives which we have for a relic. We 

 have about half of our bees in eight-frame 

 chaff hives and the rest in single-walled 



I notice the plan by B. Walker, page 533, 

 Sept. 1, for getting the bees directly into the 

 supers without having to pass through the 

 brood-chambers first. On one end of my 

 brood-chambers I nail aboard flush with the 

 upper edge to make an alighting-board, bev- 

 eling it so that the water will run off. I 

 place this body on the bottom-board so that 

 this upper alighting-board will be at the op- 

 posite end from the main alighting-board be- 

 low. Then I put on a queen-excluder and 

 over this the super, on the under edges of 

 which I have previously nailed strips, Yz 

 inch thick, on the two sides and one end. 

 By putting the end without the strip over 

 the upper alighting-board I thus secured the 

 second or upper entrance. I have found 

 that the bees seem to prefer the upper en- 

 trance, as they worked from this the most. 

 I have a loose >^-inch strip, \}i inches wide, 

 that will just fit into this upper entrance, so 

 that at any time when I choose I can close it. 



I had 48 colonies this year, and had only 

 ten swarms. I got as much honey as any 



