1904 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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WEBER S ROOF APIARY. 



the couple have been blessed with a family 

 of ten children — three boys and seven girls, 

 seven of whom are still living. 



Since Mr. Weber bought out the Muth es- 

 tate he has been conducting a large busi- 

 ness at the old Muth stand, selling bee- 

 keepers' supplies, bees and queens, honey 

 and beeswax. 



In the line of honey he furnishes nothing 

 but the pure article, even going so far as to 

 have samples analyzed that have been sent 

 him, so as to make sure they are absolutely 

 pure. So large have his sales of extracted 

 honey for manfacturing purposes become 



that the amount aggregates 60,0C0 lbs. per 

 month. His honey bottling department has 

 also grown to large proportions, and he 

 now has facilities for bottling 1500 lbs. per 

 day. 



Like his predecessor, Mr. C. F. Muth, he 

 has an apiary on the roof of the store, some 

 five stories above the general level of the 

 ground. He has found it necessary to pro- 

 vide sheds, as here shown, to protect the 

 bees, not only from the extreme heat in 

 summer, but from the piercing winds of 

 winter. On the roof of his building he has 

 fifty colonies. Bes'des these he has two 



C. H. W. WEBER LOOKING OVER A FRIEND'S BEES. 



