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after day. 'JMiis one colony in tlie city pro- 

 duced a surplus of over 200 lbs., wliich was 

 nearly half of my entire crop. 



I desirr to impress upon your readers 

 that, far beyond the profits arising- out of 

 my short experience in bee culture, 1 have 



had pleasure of the highest order. The bee 

 is one of God's most remarkable creatui-es, 

 and a study of it has enlightened me as to 

 liis vast wisdom, and will, I trust, make me 

 a better if not a greater man. 

 Buffalo, N. Y. 



A HOUSE APIARY FOR CITY BEEKEEPERS 



BY C. S. NEWSOM 



The photograph shows my house apiary, 

 every one of the sixty colqnies which it con- 

 tains being within 4 feet of my work-bench 

 in the center. When the picture was taken 

 1 neglected to open the doors in each side. 

 After building the house I sawed out large 

 openings and put hinges to the doors which 

 swing upward. The doors are held up by a 

 two-foot stick with a screw-eye in the end, 

 engaging with another one in the door. All 

 these openings make considerable light ; and 

 any bees inside soon disa^ipear through 

 them. The cupola is also arranged for large 

 openings for still more light if needed. 



When my bees hang out in front of the 

 hive as they did in the sweltering sun last 

 season, I propose scooping them into hives 

 of comb foundation with a frame of brood 

 added, and a queen ; and those scooped will 

 be darkened in the house a day or so ; then 

 the hive will be set up on the frame for my 

 new swarms. Then I shall have a new 

 swarm, and the old hive not molested nor 



even disturbed, and the work will gu riglil 

 on- The bees that cluster on the outside of 

 the hive are mostly young ones hardly able 

 to fly, and they can just as well have more 

 room and a chance to do something. I think 

 the plan will retard swarming. Hereafter 

 at the close of the season I do not expect to 

 have a great lot of unfinished and uncapped 

 sections. The bees can work at night in the 

 warm room. Breeding will also begin earlier 

 in the spring, and will keep up later in the 

 fall, insuring strong colonies. 



The wall of the building around each en- 

 trance is painted a different color to enable 

 the queen or the bees to return to the right 

 entrance. 



Athens, Ohio. 



[While house apiaries are used consider- 

 ably in Germany and other parts of Europe, 

 especially where outdoor room is scarce, 

 they have been abandoned largely in this 

 country, chiefly on account of the expense. 



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C. S. Newsom's liouse apiaiy located in the city of Athens, Ohio. 



