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Home and apiary of Geo. Zautner, Albany, N. Y. Though located right in the city, the bees practically 



paid for the house shown. 



stand in a different part of the yard. This 

 seems to satisfy them. 



We have no trouble with our bees stinging 

 the neighbors. When bees are cross, and are 

 inclined to sting, I believe it is due to rough 

 handling" more than any thing else. 



Our average crop of honey is about 4200 

 lbs., and the average number of hives 65. 1 

 find ready sale for all the honey we can pro- 

 duce. We never have enough to supply the 

 demand. 



Beekeeping- is only a side issue with me. 

 I work in the shop every day, and take care 

 of my bees in my spare time. I also have 

 quite a large garden. We raise all our own 

 vegetables and all the fruit we can make use 

 of and to spare. 



Beekeeping goes a long way toward re- 

 ducing the cost of living'. The home shown 

 in the picture has practically been paid for 

 with the proceeds from my bees. 



Albany, N. Y. 



HOW I BECAME AN OUTLAW 



BY THE OUTLAW 



This is sub rosa, you understand — just 

 lietween you and me. The fact is, I am a 

 lieekeeper. As being a beekeeper is not a 

 crime per se, I shall have to explain further 

 that there is a certain city ordinance in 

 force here to the effect that no bees are to be 

 kept within the bounds of the city. The 

 ordinnnce is, in effect, as follows: 



Be it ordained liy the rommon council that it is 

 hereby declared to be unlawful for any person or 

 persons to conduct or carry on the business of rais- 



ing or producing honey from bees or keep or main- 

 tain an apiary or any hive or hives of bees, within 

 any portion of the city. 



That any person violating any provision of this 

 ordinance shall lie deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and upon conviction thereof shall be punished with 

 a fine not to exceed $200, or by imprisonment in the 

 city jail for not exceeding one hundred days, or by 

 both such fine and imprisonment. 



But I did not become a beekeeper and 

 violator of the city ordinance with malice 

 aforethought — no, nothing like that. I am 



