1883 



GLEANIKGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



739 



down to it, that it moved me to send the 

 picture to the engraver's, that I might pre- 

 sent it here to you in the journal. 1 should 

 like to know that father, and may be he 

 would let me take the baby a while if I prom- 

 ised to be real careful. I wonder if it is a 

 boy-baby. Possibly his name is Peter. Well, 

 well, friends, we must take a look at the bee- 

 hives. All chaff hives, and ready for winter. 

 I wonder if that is a lioiise apiary right back 



and honey-house, and is located In the center of the 

 apiary, so you can see that the shrubbery and dwell- 

 ing-hide at least half of the hives. The hive with the 

 cover raised back on hinges shows the chati cushion, 

 and is in winter quarters, as are all the rest, al- 

 though I have an L. frame of comb hanging on the 

 comb-holder in front, and have another in my bands, 

 anda Clark smoker resting on the gable end proper, 

 just as I have things when at work. The friend in the 

 background, near the honey-house, also has an L. 



of that man with a cnmb of honey in his 

 hands ; and a little further off there are some 

 more buildings. Why, friend II., why don't 

 you stand up and tell us about it yourself V 

 Here, you talk:— 



Friend Root : — As the busy season is at a close, I 

 thought perhaps you would be pleased to pause for a 

 moment, and see how I look at home; so I mail you 

 to-day an 8x10 photo of my home and a portion of my 

 chaff-hive apiary. The building in the center, that 

 looks like a bee-house, is really my extracting-room 



frame of honey. The parties in front of the house 

 are my brother Will and family, who are living in 

 my house and making a home for me, as the queen 

 of mj' household went to heaven last May. I com- 

 menced last spring with 35 colonies, and have in- 

 creased to 57; have taken 2008 lbs. of comb honey, 

 and 1114 lbs. of extracted, making 3133 lbs., or nearly 

 90 lbs. per colony, spring count, all clover and bass- 

 wood, as we had no fall honey to speak of. My 

 hives stand in rows both ways, 8 ft. apart, and are so 

 arranged that they are red, white, and blue each 



