Gleanings'in Bee Culture 



Fig. 1. — L. E. Kvans' apiary. Ousted, Michifran. 



BEES FURNISH MONEY TO BUY 160 ACRES 

 OF LAND. 



BY L. E. EVANS. 



During the early '80's I purchased a colo- 

 ny of black bees in a shoe-box for six dol- 

 lars, and at once had the bee-fever, from 

 which I have never recovered. At one time 

 I had as many as 500 colonies in three yards. 

 The three last seasons have been quite poor; 

 but I have managed to get from $400 to $800 

 each season. There certainly is money in 

 bees, as well as pleasure. I have niade 

 enough from them to buy 160 acres of land, 

 as good as can be bought in my section. 



I have been much interested in the vari- 

 ous articles and illustrations describing pa- 

 per cases for wintering bees on their sum- 

 mer stands. I have experimented consider- 

 ably along this line myself the past four 

 years, and have succeeded in working out a 



method whereby [I !"can winter my colonies 

 one season with another as well as though 

 they were in a cellar. I use insulating pa- 

 per, and pack each colony by itself in planer 

 ■shavings. 



Fig. 1 shows my apiary with the workshop 

 and honey-house in the background. I 

 make all my hives, sections, shipping-cases, 

 etc. Fig. 8 shows the interior of my shop 

 with the various machines. I have a V- 

 grooving machine for sections, a 24-inch 

 planer, a rip-saw table, and sander. 



Onsted, Mich. 



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A HIVE-LIFTING DEVICE. 



BY JAMES M'LEAN. 



Fig. 2.— Honey-house and shop with the apiary In the background, 



I have nearly forty colonies of bees at 

 present, packed in drygoods-boxes that I 

 bought at the stores, altering them .so as to 

 have a slanting roof. I could not get any 

 one to help me put 

 them in the boxes, so 

 I had to invent some 

 way to do the work 

 alone. I made the 

 frame that you see in 

 the picture, and got a 

 pair of small double- 

 tackle blocks from a 

 neighbor; and by mov- 

 ing the machine my- 

 self I managed the 

 whole business without 

 any help from anyone. 

 You will notice that 

 I have a hive raised; up 

 ready to slip the box 

 under, and then let 

 them down 'carefully 

 into the box. Of course 



