1906 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1185 



BEES IX HOUSE- APIARIES. 



BEES IN HOUSE-APIARIES. 



A AVindmill for Power. 



BY ADOLPH SUKSDORF. 



Mr. Boot: — I send yoii two photographs of 

 my home and apiary. The building with the 

 windmill on is my power-house or tank- 

 house. I make hives with this mill for my- 

 self and neighl)ors. and it does good work. I 

 have a (•oml:)ine<l circle saw with which to do 

 the work. The others, besides myself, in the 

 picture are my wife and two lioys. seven ami 

 nine years old. Back 

 of the bee-house is an 

 orchard of tive acres 

 just leafing out. and 

 some of the trees are in 

 bloom. I have all of 

 my bees in the two 

 houses. The two to- 

 gether will hold 30 

 stands of bees. I have 

 25 strong stands. I 

 like the house-apiary. 

 I think bees do not 

 swarm so badly in a 

 house as they do when 

 they stand out in the 

 sun. All my neighbors" 

 bees are swarming, and 

 have been swarming 

 some time, while mine 

 show no signs of iloing 

 so. 



I think we have a 

 good bee country here. 

 Last year I had some 

 colonies that gave me 

 110 lbs. of honey, comb 

 and extracted, as I 



have both on one hive. We have had tine 

 weather for the bees this spring. White clo- 

 ver is just beginning to bloom. Our main 

 honej' crop comes from white clover. Some- 

 times we get lots of honey from wheat stub- 

 Itle. 



Spangle. Wash., May 23, 1906. 



[Your house-apiary has a very tine appear- 

 ance. Many producers, however, after hav- 

 ing tried the house-apiary with the regular 

 r outdoor plan prefer the latter for reasons 

 that have been given before in these col- 

 unms. — Ed.1 



RESIDENCE AND APIARY OF ADOLPH SUKSDORF, SPANGLE, WASH. 



