1901 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



125 



was S125, not counting the bees. I rear 

 them myself and do not add them to the 

 cost. One row of hfves rests on a frame 

 just high enough so I can raise the 

 covers and look into them comfortably, 

 and the other row rests on the floor. I 

 might add that the hives are only one 

 story, so that there is no use for queen- 

 excluders and no tiering up to be done. 

 There are no bees at large in the house 

 excepting a few which leave the combs 

 while handling them, and these quickly 

 make their escape by way of the win- 

 dows, which are left open all summer, 



This picture was taken in berry pick- 

 ing time; there are several pickers in the 

 Held, but only one could be induced to 

 come in range of the camera. This 

 berry plantation is worked by a prac- 

 tical nurseryman and berry-grower, who 

 is desirous of having bees on the farm. 

 He has informed me that the yield of 

 berries was unusually large last year: 

 probably the bees are responsible for the 

 extra yield. However that may be, I 

 do not know ; Init I know my bees get 

 some very nice honey from those rasp- 

 berry and blackberry blossoms. There 



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for ventilation. The netting on the 

 windows is so arranged that the bees can 

 leave the room but cannot enter it. The 

 awning over the windows is to prevent 

 the rain from coming in while the win- 

 dows are left open. The hive entrances 

 match the corresponding slots in the 

 side of the house, and when the bees 

 enter the slot or entrance, they go di- 

 rect into their respective hives. Each 

 alternate entrance, you will notice, is 

 painted a darker color ; this is for the, 

 purpose of helping the bees to mark 

 their right hive. 



is no contract or agreement between us 

 as to rent, only that I supply him with 

 a quantity of honey for his family. This 

 bee-house was built in March, 1900. 

 About the middle of April, when the 

 weather was favorable to open hives, I 

 took the Long Ideal hives into my home 

 apiary and transferred the bees and 

 combs from my chaff hives into them. 

 Of course it was only necessary to take 

 two or three frames at a time and lift 

 them from one to the other. Toward 

 evening, when the bees stopped flying. I 

 closed the entrances with wire-netting. 



