THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 177 



Have you never had this experience? You read an advertise- 

 ment of some food product ; it looked good to you ; you asked your 

 grocer for it. His reply was worded in this wise : '"Yes, we have it, 

 but here is something we have tried and found very superior." You 

 bought the latter. This happens not once but thousands of times 

 daily, and only illustrates the importance of the^person who with the 

 majority of people is the deciding factor in the purchase of food 

 products. 



Too few grocers sell honey now, so let us not make the mistake 

 of forcing him to reply to inquirers for honey, as some manufacturers 

 would be only too glad to have him: "2\o, we do not keep honey, 



but we have ■ — ■ which is better and costs less 



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Winter and Spring Protection in the West. 



By R. LINCOLN PENCE, Ault, Colorado. 



[Mr. R. Lincoln Pence has his apiary right out in the open, but see from the 

 pictures how well he has protected his bees. The day I vis-ted his apiary the wind 

 was blowing so hard one could not face it, but the bees were snugly packed away 

 in the straw. I ran my arm down into the straw as far as I could, and the 

 ftraw was dry. Such protection is excellent during the spring, to keep up the 

 breeding through the changeable weather we have. This protection would be still 

 better if the straw was covered with corrugated iron or boards, as it would doubt- 

 less get wet during some of our winters. — W. F.l 



'■■Jl X figures two and three are shown pictures of my apiary at 

 jM Ault, both a front and rear view. 



This is a very simple and cheap way to put bees away for 

 the winter months. Posts may be set in the ground as I have done, 

 or 3x4's may be used for posts, three or four feet long. The hives 

 face the south and straw is piled about two feet deep on top and 

 back of hives, which gives protection from cold and our prevailing- 

 northwest winds. Xext to the ground on the north side of the posts 

 a 1x6 is nailed, and ai:)Out IS inches back from the posts a 2x6 or 

 1 X 6 is set on edge and braced l^y stays from the front behind each 

 post. The hives are set on these, which makes them six inches 

 above ground. 



I am not experienced enough in bee-keeping to know how this 

 would work in wet seasons or in a wet climate, but it has been a 

 success here this year. My bees were very light in stores when I 

 put them away in the fall, but they have all wintered in good shape. 



I have an interest in an apiary at Jerome, Idaho, and it is my 

 intention to try it out there next winter. I plan to build a single 

 span, six to eight feet long, put three colonies on each span, they 



