1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



207 



The German (lOveniment. through 

 its Agii-icultural Bureau, wants to find 

 out how it's being done and sends Mr. 

 Hass over here to loolv around and 

 gather points. The result will be the 

 discarding of antiquated makes of 

 hives and the substitution of Amer- 

 ' ican hives and furniture, it is predict- 

 ed. 



Rutledge, Pa., Sept. 13, 1904. 



The photograph was snapped by Mr. 

 H. L. Jones, of Goodna, Queensland, 

 at a short distance from his apiary 

 during one of his rambles through the 

 bush. I have no doubt such a colony 

 would winter easily in Queensland, but 

 I should think there would be greater 

 risks in summcn* from the heat. Mr. 

 Jones says that "It was about ten feet 

 from the ground and quite exposed to 





AN OPEN AIR COLONY. 



IN last issue I gave a picture of a very 

 large colony of bees working in the 

 open air on the limbs of a lemon 

 tree. Certainly the limbs and leaves 

 of the tree offered considerable protec- 

 tion to the bees. In this issue I give a 

 picture of a colony working, aye, thriv- 

 ing too, on the underside of an iron- 

 bai'k log that had fallen across a gully. 



the sun and rain. I knew of its ex- 

 istence for some time and was unable 

 to get an opportunity to photograph it 

 until the bees had swarmed as you 

 will note they did from the queen cells 

 showing on the edges of the comb. It 

 must have been a strong swarm capa- 

 ble of covering all the outside combs, 

 otherwise they would certainly have 

 melted down." Mr. Jones, when speak- 



