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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



September, 



per and extractor and equi-distant 

 from eitlier, in the liamliost position 

 possible for liandling' coail)s to and 

 from tliese implements. 



Tlie photo showing the interior of the 

 boat was taken aftci- extracting for the 

 season was over and boat was well 

 littered up with some refuse truck 

 from an old apiary I had lately bought, 

 and had partly broken ui) after honey 

 flow v.-as over. The eilitor was quite 

 disappointed that he couldn't get over 

 to take the pictures while we were at 

 work and deck properly cleared for 

 action. 



Now does all this lal)or and expense 

 of moving bees, as I do, pay? In my 



towing the other boat or any other use 

 a power l>oat can be used for. The 

 bees, about l."50 colonies at this place, 

 are on a narrow shell ridge parallel 

 with the shcive behind a low fringe of 

 bushes that almost entirely hides them. 

 As the editor said, the apiary is l)y far 

 the best arranged one he ever saw to 

 prevent a photographer from getting 

 any view of it. The large tree in the 

 middle of the picture is a date palm, 

 one of the oldest if not the oldest one 

 in this region. 



The third picture is a view of the 

 shore above the landing, taken IV-om 

 top of the big boat. It shows a fine lot 

 of our cabbage palmetto trees on the 



OYSTER BARS AND SHORE— Loi (KING NORTHWEST, 



situation, yes! But I know of no other 

 location in Florida or elsewhere wher-e 

 it will pay and if I had a location to 

 choose over again, I should certainly 

 try hard to find one that had no mi- 

 grator.v features about it. 



Perhai>s a little exidanation of the 

 engravings will be in order: The first 

 one shows the two l>oats as they la.v 

 days which we are at woi'k extracting. 

 The larger one is the lighter and work- 

 room conil»ined, which is left moored 

 at the wharf diu'ing the honey season. 

 T1k> smaller one is the launch fitted 

 with a three horse-power (iloVie gaso- 

 line engine and used for going back 

 and forth li'om aiiiai'ies to li\"ing i»lace. 



shore, also several oyster bars out ol 

 the water at the time, it being low tide 

 We can gather all the o.vsters we wist 

 within a few feet of the boat on tht 

 shore side and catch fish from th< 

 other side, there being a fine fishing 

 hole within 10 or 15 feet of the l>oat 

 While my pai-tial migratory bee 

 keeping makes plenty cjf hard wort 

 with no great remuneration for it, yei 

 there is something fascinating aboui 

 the life in such a wild and out-of-the 

 wa.v localit.v. This apiary is over tw( 

 miles from the nearest house, about 

 200 .vards from the ocean beach, anc 

 near an inlet. The waters abound ir 

 nianv and curious kinds of life. I havf 



