MAY 1, 1914 



Apiary of J. R. Durden, Macon, Ga.. and his scheme of roofina;-paper to take the place of shade-boards. 



some nectar in the fall. Also, in some local- 

 ities the cotton-plant yields some honey, 

 all of which go to make up a little. 



As a rule the beekeepers do not keep 

 many colonies in an apiary or one location, 

 and scatter them cut well over the country. 

 These beekeepers are doing just as well as 

 those who are seemingly in far better sec- 

 tions or where the honey-plants seem to be 

 abundant. The point is this : After all, 

 there is not much difference in our country, 

 up one side and down the other, when it 

 comes to our industry and the possibilities 

 of it; and the more I know of beekeeping 

 from experience and observation, and 

 tkrough correspondence, the more I am 

 convinced of this fact ; and if all beekeepers 

 could realize this there would be many more 

 contented ones in our ranks, and there 

 would not be so many disappointments 

 caused by pulling up and moving here and 

 yonder in search of better locations, and 

 resulting in failure, etc. As a rule we are 

 a nervous, restless set, always on the alert 

 for the good spot which is always just 

 ahead. This ought not to be, for we ought 

 to settle down and be contented so far as 

 the better section is concerned, and spread 

 our bee business out over the country 

 around us, and progress and be happy; for 

 there is but very little difference and not 

 enough to pull up and go after. 



AN APIAEY AND ITS OWNER. 



The photo here shown presents to our 

 vision an ideal apiary on the side of a red 



hill owned by Mr, J. R. Durden, of Macon, 

 Ga., whose form also appears. This apiary 

 is located out in the open, surrounded by 

 waste land that is lying out, which has a 

 good gi'owth of goldenrod and asters on it, 

 and also some shrubbery. It will be seen 

 that no artificial shade is used to be in the 

 way of the apiarist, but a number of differ- 

 ent kinds of covets are used which can be 

 easily seen, and I believe almost every kind 

 sent out with hives. He says the cheapest 

 cover sent out, or a very cheaply construct- 

 ed one, is the best if it is covered with a 

 good grade of paper roofing, and hives set 

 in the open will not need shade-boards, etc., 

 if put on in the manner he has put it on, 

 which can be easily seen. It is cut a little 

 wider and longer than the cover, and is 

 tacked well at the ends, and one tack put on 

 either side, so as to hold it down. Caps are 

 used with the nails so as to keep the heads 

 of the tacks or small nails from working or 

 lulling through the roofing. 



These bees are located on an old apiaiy 

 site. Perhaps the first modern out-apiary 

 for hundreds of miles around was located 

 on this site. Swinson and Boardman have 

 kept bees here for many years, and so did 

 Mr. Judson Heard; also Mr. S. S. Alder- 

 man ; and Mr. Durden has had bees on it 

 for a number of years. 



THE CAUCASIAN BEES. 



As this race of bees has come into our 

 midst to stay, and so far has proven a gi-eat 

 blessing to our industry in nearly eveiy 



