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Gleanings in Bee Culture 



Fig. 1. — J. S. CottercH's apiary and side-hill honey-house, Auckland, X. Z. 



All (|iieens inij>or1ecl are changed to new 

 cages in one of the staterooms of tlie ship 

 they arrive on, and the accompanying bees 

 are killed and the cages burned. The in- 

 sj)ector does tliis himself, and mails the 

 (|ueens to the owners. It is only fair to Mr. 

 l^ddowes to state that liis labors are mostly 

 for I lie good of the cause, as he rccei\ cs very 



Fig. 2.— J. .S, Cotterell's circular-saw work shop in New Zealand 



little com])ensation. He is a hard-working, 

 conscientious, and just official, and the Agri- 

 cultural Dejiartment of .Jamaica is to be con- 

 gratulated on getting so able a man to look 

 after the apicultural interests. 



Fig. ;> shows Mr. Kddowesat hishalf-way- 

 tree apiary. Fig. 4 is a partial \iew of the 

 same yard. Mr. Eddowes uses the Him- 

 mons liive; and from 

 50 colonies in 1!)1<I he 

 took 4400 lbs. of ex- 

 tracted honey, and re- 

 /Y" ' '■ ceived net in I.ondon, 

 I 60 cts. jier gallon after 

 I freight and commis- 

 I sion were deducted. 

 He also increased this 

 yard from TiO to S8 col- 

 onies. With this hive 

 he has no swarming. 

 The hive-bodies and 

 su]iers slide in on 

 cleats, and he can re- 

 move body or super as 

 easily as opening a bu- 

 reau drawer. He uses 

 shallow sui)ers with 

 frames 5X16 inches, 

 and runs this yard for 

 extracted honey. 



The illustration 

 shoM-s one of the hives 

 oi)en. The bottom sec- 

 tion is an empty su- 

 per I [without frames, 



