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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15 



AN ARIZONA-BRUSH BEE- SHED IN IDAHO. 



and, as a result he has decided on a ten- 

 frame hive containing shallow Hoffman 

 frames, 7J inches deep, as the best size and 

 style for all purposes in this locality. He 

 has a few of the regular Danzenbaker hives, 

 but his preference is as above. 

 This yard was equipped with the 4x5 



Elain section and fence separator, but they 

 ave been discarded in favor of supers con- 

 taining seven single- tier wide frames to 

 hold the standard 4jx4jxli beeway sec- 

 tions and old-style separators. That is my 



experience and my choice also. For the 

 first time in thirty years Mr. Yoder was 

 stung by a queen-bee last spring. The 

 queen lost her sting, but continues to lay 

 just as before— a rare experience surely. 



The Yoder gable shingle lid is used on all 

 colonies. 



Another novel arrangement when consid- 

 erable work must be done out in the hot sun, 

 is a light sled like box on which is mounted 

 a large umbrella (like those used on deliv- 

 ery wagons), furnishing both seat and shade 



A BEE-YARD AND BRUSH BEE-SHED OF ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVF BEE KEEPERS IN 



IDAHO. 



