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Gleanings in Bee Culture 



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One of D C. Polhemus' out-apiaries near Laraar, Colorado. 



ence for the ten-frame I don't think there is 

 any difference so far as results are concern- 

 ed. We can give as much room in an eight- 

 frame hive as any colony needs by piling 

 up supers, and the eight-frame is lighter to 

 handle. 



We winter most of our eight-frame colo- 

 nies in two stories. Of course this means 

 such colonies aswerun for extracted honey. 

 The comb-honey colonies are wintered in 

 one-story hives. 



All our bees except one yard are run for 

 extracted honey. This may be a iBistake 

 considering the demand for comb honey 

 this year; but we have thought for some 

 time we would quit the production of comb 

 honey altogether. I like the comb-honey 

 work myself, but it is difficult to get help 

 that is satisfactory. 



Our bees are all wintered out of doors, 

 packed to protect them from bad weather. 

 Some winters the packing is not necessary; 

 but this winter, when we had a month of 

 zero weather, the packing saved many colo- 

 nies from freezing. 



AVe unpack about the middle of April, 

 and examine each colony to know about 

 their stores, but disturb the bees as little as 

 possible till the weather warms up good 

 about the first of May. In this climate the 

 nights are very cool till late in the season, 

 and it is a disadvantage to try to work them 

 too early. When the strongest colonies 

 have their hives about full of brood we 

 equalize, giving each of the weaker ones a 

 frame of sealed brood. 



We used to tier up the hives, and not ex- 

 extract much till the end of the season; but 

 with our present method our hives never 



get more than three stories high, and many 

 of them only two. 

 Lamar, Colo. 



THE 'CADILLAC THIRTY" FOR 

 AND PLEASURE 



BY LOUIS C. KOEHLER 



BUSINESS 



In June, 1910, I bought a "Cadillac Thir- 

 ty" motor car. It is a four-passenger car 

 with removable tonneau. I made a box 

 with a roof which is put in i:)lace of the ton- 

 neau when I go to market. It has a door 

 in the back, and will hold 5i)0 pounds of 

 honey besides sundry other articles. 



My two main honey markets, Manitowoc 

 and Two Rivers, are twenty and fifteen 

 miles respectively from the apiary. For- 

 merly it took me two days to go to Manito- 

 woc, sell the honey, and return, wasting 

 eight hours on the road. Now I can go to 

 Manitowoc in one hour, sell the honey, and 

 return before dark. I find the automobile 

 very convenient in delivering honey. I do 

 not have to bother with tying the horses, 

 having them shy at other automobiles, and 

 I have no bother and waste of time in feed- 

 ing at noon. 



In fifteen minutes I can replace the ton- 

 neau and then have a pleasure car. Besicies 

 using the car for the honey market and 

 pleasure, I find it a great convenience dur- 

 ing the busy season if I must go to some 

 distant place rapidly. 



My expenses for repairs have thus far 

 amounted to ten cents, for welding the 

 brake-connecting rod. I still have my orig- 

 inal set of tires. 



Mishicot, Wis. 



