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A Nebraska Apiary. 



The engraving on this page repre- 

 sents one of the many excellent api- 

 aries found in the State of Nebraska — 

 a State wliich is rapidly taking its 

 place among those noted for its fine 

 apicultural productions. The follow- 

 ing is written by Mr. J. M. Yonng, the 

 owner of the apiary shown in the illus- 

 tration : 



The photograph from which this en- 

 graving was made, is a very correct 

 one, and I wish that I could show a 



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bees for a great many colonics, at least 

 as many as I can make profitable for 

 one locality. 



The large hives that are shown in 

 the picture are the winter and summer 

 chat!' hives, the sides and ends of the 

 lower stor_v being packed with chaff 

 when the hive is made. Since the first 

 introduction of this hive, it has given 

 excellent satisfaction in wintering. 



The building in the background is 

 tlie honey-liouse and work-shop com- 

 bined. The upper part of the building 

 is used principally for ripening ex- 

 tracted honey, the houey being packed 

 in open vessels. The direct rays of 



Otaiice fur an American blrl. 



The American girl may aspire to be 

 Queen of Enghind. Sir Edward Sulli- 

 van, who is a very serious Torj- of tlie 

 old Protectionist school, sa)"s so, and 

 he is not to be confounded with Sir 

 Arthur Sullivan, who sets Mr. Gilbert's 

 nonsense romances to music. Prince 

 Albert Victor, eldest son of the Prince 

 of Wales, is 25, and his royal grand- 

 mother desires to see him married and 

 settled ; but there seems to be no eligi- 

 ble Protestant bride for him on the 

 Continent, and those unreasonable 

 Radicals in Parliament will be certain 

 to make themselves disagreeable when 





Apiary of Mr. J. M. Young. 



better picture here ; but the engraver 

 has overlooked, and has changed, 

 things about somewhat, and from this 

 fact the illustration is faulty. 



I now have the entire apiary and 

 buildings removed from the old stamp- 

 ing gi-ound (at Rock Bluffs) to a new 

 location, \\ miles south of Plattsmouth. 

 The hives are placed in their new loca- 

 tion, as well as the building, in nearly 

 the same way as the}' are seen in the 

 engraving — in fact I have tried to 

 make it about the same. 



I hope some day to show a picture 

 of my new location, as I have a very 

 pretty site to work on ; and as I have 

 already put on a title for the new loca- 

 tion — "The Home of the Honey-Bees," 

 we intend to make it the home of the 



the sun keep this part of the room of a 

 heated temperature, and for ripening 

 honey, I would desire nothing else bet- 

 ter than this arrangement. 



The engraver has put foliage upon 

 the trees (whicli are fruit-trees), and 

 makes it appear to the eye that the 

 photogi-aph was taken during the sea- 

 son when the leaVes were on the trees: 

 but it was taken during the fall, when 

 all vegetation appeared winter-like. 



A Modern Uee-Farm and its Eco- 

 nomic Management, b}' S. Simmins, of Rot- 

 tingdean, Brighton, EDgland, is the title of 

 a new book of about 300 pages, printed on 

 excellent paper, and nicely bound in cloth. 

 Price $1.00. For sale at this office. 



tlie question of settlements is raised 

 in that body. 



So the suggestion is offered in good 

 faith by Sir Edward Sullivan, as ai>- 

 pears from our cable letter, that he 

 shall many an American, and thereby 

 promote an era of good fellowship be- 

 tween tlie two great branches of the 

 English-speaking race. This is highly 

 complimentary to the typical American 

 girl, who may be pictured as blushing 

 coyly at the novel idea. 



Then there are doubtless millionaires 

 by the score who stand ready to relieve 

 ail English Miuistrj- of any and all 

 financial embarrassments by dispen.s- 

 ing entirely with Parliament votes in 

 supply. — Hew York Tribune. 



