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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Apiary of Elias Fox, Union Center, Wis. 



These were all given a good feed of sugai' 

 syrup with two parts of sugar and one pari 

 of water, and all just brought to a boil on 

 the stove. There has been brood-rearing 

 going on all winter here, and my bees that 

 I have packed away in this colony house are 

 stronger now with bees than last December, 

 when I packed them. I got from two to 

 four supers of comb honey per colony, sell- 

 ing at .$4.20 for 24 sections without crates, 

 and .$40.00 worth of extracted honey. I 

 had ten colonies last spring, and five of 

 them were very weak. 

 Plattsmouth, Neb. 



A TEN-ACRE FARM PAID FOR BY THE BEES 



BY ELIAS FOX 



Under separate cover I am sending a pho- 

 to of my home here, showing a portion of 

 my apiary. Only little over half the yard 

 shows. I could not get it all in on account 

 of the fence at the lower side. Neither 

 could I show the honey-house, which stands 

 at the right, just out of sight, in front of 

 me. It Avas my intention to have the pic- 

 ture taken before the extracting-supers 

 were removed, but the photographer was 

 away. 



I have here a ten-acre farm bought by 

 my bees. My crop during 1912 was 10,500 

 lbs., principally all clover, from 100, spring 

 count. I wintered 143 colonies in the cellar 

 under the house, in No. 1 condition. My 

 best colony gave me a surplus of 235 lbs. 

 of honey, and swarmed besides. There was 

 also plenty of honey left for winter. 



Union Center, Wis. 



A GOOD BEE- CELLAR A PAYING INVESTMENT 



BY E. S. MILLER 



In making a bee-cellar I would recom- 

 mend the use of solid concrete — not cement 

 blocks or brick if it is to be in clay ground, 

 for the I'eason that they crack apart by ac- 

 tion of the frost, and let in water. Nor do 

 I believe that, as a rule, it will pay to use 

 wooden construction anywhere if one owns 

 the land and expects to continue in bee- 

 keeping. I would have a cement floor slop- 

 ing to a drain at the center; a ceiling lathed 

 and plastered, and made as nearly air-tight 

 as possible; double Avindow shutters and 

 doors. There should be a good honey-house 

 above, and a chimney extending from tlie 

 cellar-bottom on the east or leeward side to 

 take the air from the bottom of the cellar. 



