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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1. 



daily work as thouf^h they were in the tree- 

 tops in some far-off fores' . 



[I would somewhat question the wisdom of 

 having too much glass for the purpose of let- 

 ting the direct rays of the sun shine directly 

 into the house-apiary building. I should fear 

 that, on cold days^ Avhen the sun did not 

 shine, the building might be cold; for glass 

 does not begin to affuid the protection that 

 some non-conducting substance like wood 

 does. Perhaps the Ioa- temperalu.-e of one 

 day withoui sun might be followed by a calm 

 day with plenty of sim. Then the inside of 

 the building would be ven,- comfortably warm, 

 if not hot, and that would possibly make a 

 difference of fifty degrees in temperature. INIr. 



the warm air and to the noises and all other 

 unusual conditions. We have known of other 

 instances of colonies being kept in a living- 

 room, having an entrance connected with out- 

 doors; but, so far as I can remember, these 

 colonies did not fare verj' well. Perhaps there 

 are some among our readers who have con- 

 ducted similar experiments who will let us 

 know about it. — El).] 



THE "ABC BOOK " HOUSE-APIARY IMPROVED. 



BY JACOB MEISSNER. 



I noticed in Gleanings that you are going 

 to build a house-apiary to keep thieves out. I 



meis-Sner's improved house-apiarv. 



Salisbury and a few others who are using 

 house-apiaries are, I ihink, w'intering quite 

 successfully withoui any windows sa\e small 

 glass lights iliat are closed up by sha.es. 



Your experiment wilh a colony of b^es in a 

 living-room is quite inler;Sting. One \vuulJ 

 think the warm temperatuie would excite 

 them too much, and cmse thtm to fly; but 

 very likely they h;:vc become accustuined to 



send you a sketch of mine. This house does 

 not have to be built at one time. Indeed, I 

 have not finished mine yet. The four small 

 houses, or wings, can hi moved anywhere. 

 The central part is of eiglit pieces — four high 

 ones, and four to fit the top of the roofs of the 

 small houses. The whole slrncture is bolted 

 together. The flat roof shown in the diagram 

 is btst for a movable house. To get into this 



