428 G L E A N I N G S I N B E E C U I. T U U K 



FROM THE FIELD OF EXPERIENCE 



July, 1921. 





Stalilman's record breakers at Knox, New York (1911). No room for field bees inside the hive during- the 

 night, so tliey sit outside where it is tool until time to go to the fields next day. 



on account of rusting.) It makes a feed- 

 ing-board for a perforated can of syrup 

 placed over the hole, and with the Porter 

 bee-escape serves its original purpose of a 

 super clearer. Perhaps otlier beekeepers 

 may find other uses for it; but this is plenty 

 for me, and T would not be without several 

 of them for a great deal. A. W. Finlay. 

 Iluntingdon, B. C, Can. 



LOCATION OR MANAGEMENT 



Many Good Locations Condemned as Poor Because 

 of Faulty Management 



I am sending some jihotos to show what 

 lias been done in my beekeeping career. 

 Some will say tliat I must have a cracker- 

 jack good location, but let me stop those 

 statements right now. I say that thousands 

 of locations are as good or better. My bee- 



keeping has been from New York to Cali- 

 fornia, and I have also seen beekeeping 

 outside of the United States. Many bee- 

 keepers get the idea that the grass is green- 

 er on yonder hill than at home. They 

 should not get excited at seeing a few extra 



One of I). C. 



Stahlman!s apiaries in Idalm. Record- 

 breakers in 1920. 



Some more record breakers in comb honey produc- 

 tion. 'I'bis time in Nevada (1914). Same lieekeeper 

 — same kind of crops. 



blossoms beyond the reach of their own 

 bees. Watch your colonies, and the rest 

 will take care of itself. Now, I don 't mean 

 to say that any place is an ideal place for 

 bees; but I am safe in saying that 50 jier 

 cent of the number of pounds produced is 



