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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



The hives are located on a hillside, the only avail- 

 able spot in the lot. The scaffold keeps the hives 

 from the wash of the hill, and permits easy handling 

 from the rear. 



stream where the bees go in the springtime 

 to get their first drink. 



The hives rest on platforms built on the 

 side of the hill, and are two or three feet 

 high and operated comfortably from the 

 rear, where steps are arranged to get up 



Below the beehouse there is a stream where the 

 in the springtime. To sit on this porch and watch 

 their homes during a honey-flow is a privilege that 



The beehouse with a root cellar underneath is a fine 

 place for a city man to spend a rainy day. 



and down the hill. The high scaffolds pre- 

 vent the wash from the rain from damaging 

 the hive. 



Walks lead to the beehouse where the 

 material is kept, and many pleasant hours 

 of education and amusement are spent there 

 every year. Underneath the building is a 

 root-cellar, a luxury' 

 V.-4J ^-^" ' .' I for a city-dweller ; and 

 ' fe'^"---^ between the whiffs of 

 f[ pippins in the winter 



and the delightful 

 half-hours sitting in 

 the shade on the porch 

 watching the bees 

 scurry in and out dur- 

 ing a honey-flow, the 

 man who spends his 

 working hours in a 

 gTeat city finds it a 

 rare pleasure indeed. 

 The children who 

 come to learn of the 

 bees have been told 

 that the building is a 

 "gi'ouch" house. They 

 have sought high and 

 low, from roof to root- 

 eellar, and under the 

 porch, but never a 



workers gather for water " groUch " can they 

 them rush in and out of ^ ■, j r,K,T„,To foil 



few city men can enjoy. find- ^ always tell 



