20(1 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



mainly on (he outside of the hive. If the 

 hive is taken o'ut of doors to hive the swarm 

 in it, it is then a decidedly nasty job to get 

 the hive placed in position indoors with the 

 bees in it, partly because a large part of 

 them will not be in it even then. 



With bees kept in a building, unless the 

 entrances are at a considerable distance 

 from one another, the bees will mix from 

 hive to adjoining hive on the outside wall 

 of the building, then all go into the stronger 

 hive, thus draining the weaker hives. 



I had my bees several years indoors, and 

 abont two years out. Now that they are 



out, sometimes I wish thev were back in; 

 but when they were in I wished most of the 

 time that they were out. One reason for 

 wishing them inside is, I would not have to 

 worry about marauders interfering with 

 them, and perhaps leaving the hives torn up 

 in winter time when the bees might perish 

 from my being ignorant of their distress. 



Carthage, Mo. 



[Mr. Barber has overcome the tendency 

 of the bees to mistake their entrances, and 

 he also provides large windows so that those 

 that get inside the building can find their 

 way out. See his ai*ticle, page 193. — Ed.] 



GARAGE AND HONEY -HOUSE COMBINED 



BY HENRY HOGRAVE 



I am contemplating building a honey- 

 house in the near future according to the 

 plan shown herewith. This, when complet- 

 ed, I hope will save me much time and labor. 



As you will observe, I have a garage in 

 the same building; and as my yard is di- 



which will do away with much heavy lifting 

 when the full supers are brought in for ex- 

 tracting, or the bees are brought in for their 

 winter's rest in the cellar of the bouse. 



The extraeting-room will be located on 

 the second tlooi", jDart of which floor will 



.^i 



mm 



SOUTH 30':./Elt\IAJ[gti_\_ 



HoNEy Tank 

 Stora ge andBottl in^ 

 Room 



rectly north of it with rows of ten hives on 

 either side of a center driveway thru the 

 entire apiary, I can run the auto into the 

 yard, load Up, and take it to the honey- 

 liouse. 



The durtimy (platform) located next to 

 the garage is another feature of the plan 



also be used for storing supers during the 

 winter months. The honey-tanks, bottling, 

 and honey-storage rooms, as well as the 

 workroom, will be on the ground floor, be- 

 ing convenient for loading honey to be de- 

 livered, or receiving freight, etc. 

 Waukesha, Wis. 



A DEMOUNTABLE 



EXTRACTING - HOUSE 

 MATE 



SUITABLE FOR A HOT CLI- 



BY JOSEPH GRAY 



In this locality we have to consider heat 

 as the big factor, and plan accordingly. 

 All our hives ai"e set north and south, with 

 the ramada (shelter or shed made of 



branches) running east and west. The- ex- 

 tracting-house is set at the east end because 

 the evening sun is hottest at the west end 

 of the ramada, which is shaded to protect 



