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Gleanings in Bee Culture 



Another view of one of the yards: the colonies are often left in these cases until clover-bloom. 



I extracted o5 ten-frame supers of honey, 

 getting, in the ten hovirs, 13 cases of honey 

 and 15 lbs. of wax, or a little over one pound 

 to the case. Mr. (ileorge averages 22 lbs. of 

 wax to a ton of honey. We use eight combs 

 in a ten-frame super, and uncap deep. 



By the extractor in Fig. 2 will be noticed 

 five large cakes of fine yellow marketable 

 wax without a particle of dirt in it, just as it 

 came from the separator. 



San Diego, Cal. 



THE OUTSIDE WINTERING OF BEES. 



BY K. F. HOLTERMANN. 



At this date, Oct. 26, my bees have been 

 in winter quarters, and ready for winter, for 

 over three weeks, and I have for that length 

 of time turned my back upon them and 

 their care, perfectly confident that they 

 need no further attention until April, unless 

 a thaw should set in and the melting snow 



One of the covers removed, and the leaves taken out to show the hives underneath. 



