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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1 



MK. BKUNDAGE'S Al'IAKY, .SHOWING THE 14-FKAME HIVES. 



each of which is extracted at its end. The 

 spring tiow is principally white clover and 

 sumac, while that of the fall is goldenrod, 

 buckwheat, and wild aster, and frequently 

 the wild-aster flow in the fall exceeds the 

 eai'liest flow of clover. 

 Personally I do not believe the asters pro- 



A CORNEE OF THE APIARY AND ORCHARD. 



duce more nectar than the earlier flows, for, 

 doubtless, the extra strength of the colonies 

 in the fall (a condition not always present 

 in the spring) accounts for the larger fall crop. 

 It was in 1886 that Mr. Brundage's mother 

 pui'chased five colonies of Italian bees for 

 $50, and these formed the basis of the pres- 

 ent apiaries. Mr. Brun- 

 dage runs about 350 colo- 

 nies in three yards, and 

 in good years has aver- 

 aged over 100 lbs. of ex- 

 tracted honey per colony. 

 In addition to honey- 

 production he rears sev- 

 eral hundred queens 

 each year, under condi- 

 tions that produce the 

 very best. 



He is an extensive 

 fruit-grower, dairyman, 

 and poultry-raiser, in ad- 

 dition to keeping bees, 

 and it is this fact that 

 has led him to make 

 some experiments that 

 have proved to be very 

 successful. 



Not being able to ex- 

 tract often, because of 

 other duties, he felt that 

 a hive holding 14 frames 

 was best suited for his 

 purposes, as there would 

 be very little swarming, 

 when an extracting-su- 

 per of the same size was 

 placed upon it, and his 



