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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



November 



streets. The residence of Mr. Ludwick, 

 as it fronts the street, is level with it, 

 but apparently rests on the edge of a 

 sharp rise, as the rear portion can only 

 be reached by a long outside stairway, 

 and underneath it is the high ceiled 

 room that is a workshop for bee fix- 

 ings and honey room. To the rear of 

 the house is a garden and a grape ar- 

 bor leading to the little lot, less than 

 than J 00 feet square, where are located 

 the 189 families, each over 50,000 

 strong, each with its mother bee — 

 nearly 10,000.000 of creatures, all busy 

 gathering the nectar from the flowers 

 of the fields, making from this waste 

 material one of the choicest products 

 of the market. 



The output of this apiary last year, 

 st is said, was over 10,000 pounds of 

 extracted honey. 



This year only comb honey is grown, 

 but with the increase in the number 

 of colonies the product would be but 

 little less. 



Formerly this apiary was nearer the 

 main road, but people passing were 

 afraid of being stung and a couple of 

 horses were " hit." so the present lo- 

 cation ''in the swamp" was taken, and 

 if not a swamp it is near to it, being 

 covered with water at high tide and in 

 heavy storms. The hives are, there- 

 fore, on benches in rows. The en- 

 trance to the hive is far below. The 

 hives being airtight the water could 

 not get in after the entrance was cov- 

 ered by it. 



Mr. Ludwick is a cabinet maker, 

 and except for a few weeks at swarm- 

 ing time, works at his trade. By rea- 

 son of his skill with tools his hives, all 

 home made, differ from the ordinary 

 in being only 12 inches square. The 

 second story is of the same size and 

 covered by a board, which fits flat on 

 the top. This is covered by sheetiron 

 or tin, the edges overlapping four or 

 five inches, so as to fit close over the 

 hive top like a box cover. The size, 

 shape and arrangement is with the 

 one idea of conserving the heat. 



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EDITORIAL. 



Mr. Doolittle has abandoned the 

 "Long Idea" hive because he found 

 it awkward and tires )n]e to manipu- 

 late, as compared with double stories. 

 Mr. Poppleton of Florida, has adopted 

 them exclusively because of their con- 

 veniences and the ease with which 

 they are handled. As "difference of 

 climate" fails in this case to afford 

 the usual reconciliation, difference of 

 anatomical avoirdupois will clearly 

 harmonize the adverse conclusions of 

 these worthy veterans, 



The question of amalgamating the 

 National, and the United States Bee- 

 Keepers' unions, though defeated by 

 decree of the National's members, is 



