514 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



July, 1917 



Fig. 4. — The Glen apiary, bee-cellar, and extracting-house of the Western Honey Producers, Sioux City, la. 



orable from the outlook of white clover and 

 sweet clover in the vicinity of their yards. 

 Fig. 3 shows one of their yards, the Bel- 

 frage; Fig. 4 is the Glen yard. In both will 

 be seen their bee-cellars, costing only $25.00, 

 a description of which will be given this 

 fall. In this part of the country the win- 

 ters are so severely cold that cellars seem to 



Fig. 5. — E. G. Brown, managrcr of the Western 

 Honey-producers' apiaries near Sioux City, la. 



give the better results. Apparently Mr. 

 Brown is having perfect success in winter- 

 ing. Next October I hope to give some of 

 tlie secrets of his success. 



In the meantime I introduce you to Mr. 

 Brown himself in Fig. 5 — a man who does a 

 large part of the work himself with the 

 assistance of his partner, Mr. Southworth. 

 He is not only an expert beekeeper but a 

 man who knows how to get practically every 

 ounce of wax out of what most men would 

 consider clean slumgum. That method will 

 likewise be described later. 



THE SIOUX CITY FIELD MEET. 



On May 23, at the home yard of Mr. 

 Brown, was held the Sioux City field meet. 

 Fig. 6 shows the guests sitting down at 

 dinner; and Fig. 7 a somewhat larger crowd 

 on the lawn with Prof. F. E. Millen, of 

 the Iowa State College, addressing the 

 crowd. Among other addresses was one 

 of Mr. M. G. Beals, of Oto, la.; one from 

 R. A. Morgan, of Vermilion, S. D. ; B. A. 

 Aldrich, of Smithland, la. ; and your hum- 

 ble servant. 



The field meet was a success from every 

 point of view, especially as shown in Fig. 6. 



MR. BROWN AND THE FORD AUTO. 



Mr. Brown explained to me that he could 

 not get along with his beework without his 

 Foi'd automobile. He had one machine 

 that he said was like the boy's jack-knife. 

 It was the same original knife except that 

 it had had six new blades, three or four new 

 springs, and a couple of new handles. 

 Well, this Ford, which he called his old 

 reliable, wliich he used to take me over the 

 hills to see the sweet clover, the alfalfa, 

 and the corn, had two of the old original 

 wheels, the chassis, and most of the engine. 

 All the rest was new. One feature of the 



