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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1 



J. n. MILLER S APIARY NEAK LuS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. 



used in my yards. When the wide frames 

 are tilled with boxes they are placed in the 

 super, commencing on the side where the 

 double bee-space is provided and then 

 wedged up. I never learned the knack of 

 using the little springs to hold the frames 

 and sections snugly together. Wedges do 

 not entirely satisfy me, although they are 

 cheap, and easily applied and removed. I 

 believe tightening-screws would be better. 

 These ought to go thi-ough the side wall of 

 the super opposite the side with the double 

 bee-space. It would require three for each 

 super. I should be glad if they could be 

 procured. 



The wide frame protects the honey- boxes 

 most perfectly on all sides against being be- 

 smeared with propolis by the bees, but is at 

 the same time the most expensive method. 



Naples, N. Y. 



BEE-KEEPING IN CALIFORNIA. 



A Successful Apiary just Outside of Los 

 Angeles. 



BY li. S. K. BENNETT. 



Were you ever at work in your apiary anil 

 wished to be in the city'.' Have you desired 

 to see the busy streets and life of a large 

 city, and still be among a hundred cities of 

 your own? Most California apiaries are not- 

 ed for their isolation, situated mostly in the 

 wild-brush hills for best honey production; 

 and, to say the least, it is so lonely that a 

 sight of the city would be a real pleasure. 



Mr. J. H. Miller, a furniture-polisher, was 

 fortunate in locating his apiary on a hillside 



a few miles north of Los Angeles, at such an 

 altitude that one can readily see the tine 

 buildings and the I'esults of activity of a busy 

 and gi'owing city, and still have his apiary 

 among the best of honey-yielding tiora. 



Mr. Miller, having business to attend to in 

 the city, desired a near location, and holds 

 the honor of the nearest producing apiary 

 here. He started with some 30 colonies and 

 increased to 100, all in Dovetailed 8 and 10 

 Hotfman-frame hives, laid out in terraces or 

 steps on the hillside, and produced both ex- 

 tracted and comb honey of excellent quality. 



His honey-house, as shown, is 14X14, con- 

 structed of framework covered with burlap. 

 The floor forms a platform even with the 

 flrst terrace, and thus makes a cellar for his 

 honey-tanks below. 



Mr. Miller has since branched out — has 

 sold this location, and now has an apiary 

 more distant from Los Angeles, where he 

 keeps 800 or more colonies, and devotes his 

 whole time to the business. 



Los Angeles, Cal. 



BEES BURIED IN PITS. 



Why no Extra Ventilation is Necessary in 

 a Sandy Soil. 



In an article entitled "Helpful Hints in 

 Extensive Bee-keeping" in Bee-keejyers' Re- 

 view for March, Mr. E. D. Townseud says, 

 "The pits have no ventilation; and when the 

 bees are removed, the hives and combs are 

 quite damp and moldy." I have seen other 

 accounts of the same condition of the bees, 

 and, I think, the same lack [of ventilation. 

 Will you please explain why it is that so 



