Mar. 1, 1!H2 



Four years later, all the accuinulation of 

 bees and honey was moved to a farm of lOo 

 acres which is now located inside the city 

 limits of Chicago. The man who started 

 this apiary is still ojierating it at the age of 

 ninety-five years. His name is Ivaughlin 

 Falconer, and he is assisted by his son, 

 William W. Falconer, who says that there 

 has never been a failure in more than three- 

 score years. There were years in which the 

 Eroduction of lioney was less than in others, 

 ut there has always been a i)aying quanti- 

 ty after allowing sullicient to winter the 

 bees. 



The little workers, during most of the 

 time, have foraged on sweet and alsike clo- 

 ver, and much on a prairie bloom that close- 

 ly resembles a sunflower. 



The bees ha\ e always been sheltered in 

 winter in the crude manner shown in the 

 photograph. They are now confined in 

 modern hives, each of which in the cold 

 months is first wrapped in burlap, then in 

 old newspapers, and then a whole bench is 

 buried in leaves, and the leaves confined by 

 weather-boarding — toi)s, sides, and ends. 

 In late years the whole of the product to be 

 sold has been extracted and disposed of in 

 gallon cans. 



This near-centenarian apiarist, however, 

 is Viut one of a number of city beekeepers 

 in Chicago. Xot long ago, at a meeting of 

 an association in Chicago, rej)resenting sev- 

 eral States, fully 25 out of 15o beekeepers 

 were Chicago apiarists. When the big 



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drainage channel was built, and huge banks 

 of clay and other material were piled up 

 along the canal, this deposit in a short time 

 was covered with a rank growth of sweet 

 clover; and on this, bees from a wide area 

 of country worked with great results. 



One of the mail-carriers of the Chicago 

 postoflice is one of the most successful bee- 

 keepers in the Middle West, operating his 

 bees in an exjiansive backyard. This man 

 gave considerable attention to the breeding 

 of bees of mild disposition, and he claims 

 to have had noticeable success so that his 

 family are able to use the yard; and pedes- 

 trians can pass the place without being at- 

 tacked by the bees. This apiarist sets up 

 the claim that a good disposition may be 

 bred in bees, just as other breeders secure 

 this trait in live stock. 



Chicago, 111. 



PREVENTING BEES FROM GETTING 

 SWARMING IMPULSE 



THE 



A Vestibule Attachment Communicating with an 

 "Annex" Providing Extra Room 



BY DR. L. A. SIMMON 



In presenting this device to the bee-keep- 

 ing public I am conscious that there is a 

 good deal of skepticism in reference to me- 

 chanical devices that purport to facilitate 

 the control of bees. But I am also confident 

 that the invention will produce the same 



An apiary in ( liicauo Uiat has pn)fiiicccl, durlnt.' tiie last HT yeMS. over 175 tons ol lioncy. 



