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George W. York, Editor. 



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38th Year. 



CHICAGO, ILL., MAY 19, 1898. 



No. 20. 



The Apiary of Mr. John Bodeuschatz. 



My apiary is situated on the northern slope of a small hill, 

 and consists of 72 colonies, of which 60 are of pure Italian 

 blood. I produce both comb and extracted honey, and last 

 year, from 38 colonies, spring count, I increast to 72, and 

 produced 5,700 pounds of honey. The best colony which I 

 run for comb honey produced 190 pounds of very fine white 

 honey; while 12 colonies which I ran for extracted honey 

 produced 2,700 pounds. 



The hives in the foreground are 16x20, by 12 inches 

 high, outside measure, and hold 13 brood-frames. These 

 hives give me the best results, as the bees winter safely on 

 the summer stands, and the queen has a large brood-chamber, 

 which a good queen can easily keep filled. 



expect to graduate next month. So It keeps me quite busy 

 this spring attending to my duties. 



Last spring, while reading in the " Old Reliable " about 

 the instinct of bees, a thought came to me that by placing 

 boxes in the timber, selecting large trees in an open place, I 

 might capture swarms that were off to the woods from the 

 surrounding farm places, where bees are kept in a rather rude 

 fashion, and the honey brought to the market in a very poor 

 condition, which they offer very cheap, and therefore pull 

 down the price of the fancy white comb honey that a careful 

 bee-keeper produces. 



Well, I placed four boxes of the Langstroth size in the 

 trees, about 10 to 15 feet high, aud as I came through the 

 woods about eight days later, I found them occupied with 

 thriving colonies of hybrids. I captured seven colonies in this 

 way without the least trouble. By putting an old section (one 

 which had comb in) into these boxes, the bees would occupy 

 them more readily, and as soon as I took them home I trans- 

 ferred them into regular hives. 



My principal honey-flow comes in June, July and August, 

 from the basswood, white and sweet clover. I think sweet 

 clover is the best honey-plant for bee-keepers to sow. It 

 spreads very rapidly, withstands drouth, grows on any ground, 

 and blossoms when the bees are the strongest. 



Cook Co., 111. John Bodbnschatz. 



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Apiary of John Bodenschatz, in Cook County, Illinois. 



With me bee-keeping has been a success. Starting in 

 1892, when but lo years of age, with one colony, and buying 

 10 more two years later, I have now a fair-sized apiary. I 

 work at the bees whenever I have a few minutes spare time, 

 as I am employed In a drugstore, and am now attending the 

 Korthwestern University School of Pharmacy, from which I 



Comb Honey — Leveled-Down and Bait Sections. 



BY C. UAVENrOBT. 



Some have said, and no doubt there are many more who 

 think, that there is nothing more that can be profitably writ- 

 ten about the production of comb honey, but I am not one of 



