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PtI.eanings in bee culture 



M. S. Nordan's apiary on the Pike Road, 23 miles southeast of Montgomery, Ala. 



BEEKEEPING IN ALABAMA 



BY M. S. NORDAN 



My home apiary consists of fifty colonies, 

 all in ten-frame hives. All the bees are 

 pure Italians, three-banded. 



I started this yard in the spring of 1912. 

 At that time I was in poor health, having 

 gone thru three operations which nearly 

 took my life. When I got to working with 

 the bees I commenced getting better and 

 have been improving ever since. This api- 

 ary is only 60 feet from the gravel road, 

 which is the main road leading to Mont- 

 gomery. Altho the road is used constantly 

 I have yet to hear the first complaint. I 

 did have 100 colonies, but moved half of 

 them to outyards, putting 25 of them three 



miles east of this place, and another '25 five 

 miles west. 



My son, 14 years old, is my helper, and 

 is a fine beeman. His pet coon is lying on 

 a branch of the tree in the foregTound of 

 the picture. 



My crop was a little over 300 gallons last 

 season. I am planning to increase the 

 business, and will build up the outyards lo 

 50 colonies each. I started with only 20 

 colonies. I have never shipped any honey, 

 for I have always had a market at home 

 for all I could produce. I have never sold 

 it for less than $1.00 a gallon. 



Mathews, Ala. 



WATERING BEES AUTOMATICALLY 



BY A. C. GILBERT 



Having kept bees right beside a mill- 

 stream of sparkling spring water until last 

 year I moved to a location where I had to 

 resort to artificial means for sujiplying 

 water. I planned a labor-saving way which 

 I think cannot be improved on very much. 



The first desideratum is a well to furnisli 

 the Avater for a force pump. The pump has 

 an opening at the back, opposite the spout. 

 A pipe Avith valve is connected thereto. 

 The spout has a valve also. When properly 

 adjusted most of the water will flow thru 



