December, 1921 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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honey. I don't think anyone has worked 

 harder than I have to get into the bee busi- 

 ness. I worked a strip last summer 13 miles 

 long and six miles wide in the rough moun- 

 tains. Some of them are so high that they 

 have snow on top all summer. I didn 't have 



a team or a car, so I had to carry the bees 

 on my back from the mountain to my Mount 

 Eldern Apiary. But I have something to be 

 proud of now, for I have something that 

 makes me a living. 



The bees are mostly hybrids, but there 



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[The Campbell apiary on its winter location at the loot and on the south side of the lofty 

 Eldern Mountain. Winter cases will be put on these hives. These are made an inch larger 

 than the hive on the inside and deep enough so that the super can be left on and a top cov- 

 ering of 6 inches of chaff given.] 



[Mr. Campbell took swarms of bees from this one tree from openings 60 feet above the 

 ground. He secured 80 pounds of honey and 16 frames of comb filled with brood and honey. 

 The 100 bee-treea felled by Mr. Campbell were all cut with the ax shown in the picture.] 



