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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



three cow-bells, none of which were 

 forthcoming. It was Sunday, and we 

 lived in a religious neighborhood. It was 

 wrong for the bees to swarm on Sunday 

 — just when I had on my store clothes. 



By and by they settled in a tree. 

 Armed with a smoker, veil, saw and ax, 

 I proceeded to demolish that swarm, and 

 send them to their new home. Mrs. D. 

 came out with a sheet — a span new one — 

 placing the new hive on the sheet, and 

 both under the swarm on the tree, I 

 proceeded to sever the limb. Carefully 



This Spring found us with the four, but 

 now only the one old Noah remains — 

 and we have supplies for sale. 

 Orchard, Nebr., July 11, 1891. 



Bee-House aM its Manapment, 



H. A. MOKGAX. 



My bee-house is 8x10 feet, and 7 feet 

 high in the clear. It is lined, and the 

 4:-inch space between the inner and 



BEE-HOUSE OF H. A. MORGAN. 



wrapping the sheet around the hive, I 

 returned to the house to think over the 

 sermon that the bees had driven from 

 my bonnet. 



The next morning I removed the sheet 

 from the hive and found it full of holes. 



I presume the bees wanted to get out, 

 but they need not have eaten up the 

 cloth. Mrs. D. remarked that it was 

 '•just like a man " to take a new sheet, 

 to try to save an useless^ swarm of bees 

 (she forgot that she brought it out for 

 me). 



During the Summer the ark sent off 



II swarms, and yet was full of bees — 

 not honey. vSome tlew away, some were 

 sent back home, and some were put into 

 new quarters. Winter found us with 

 four boxes full of bees — and we bought 

 our honey, as usual, from the store. 



outer walls is filled with dry sawdust. 

 There is a ■i-inch ventilator through the 

 roof. It will hold 24 ten-frame Lang- 

 stroth hives, each super containing 32 

 one-pound sections. 



The hives are placed 2 inches from 

 the wall, and the openings of the chutes 

 are covered with wire-cloth. In Winter 

 the chutes are closed on the outside, and 

 the bees get air from the inside of the 

 house. In Summer time, when it is hot, 

 I use nothing but burlap on top of the 

 hives, and I have no bees hanging out — 

 they stay in the hives. 



I can go into my bee-house at any 

 time of the year without starting rob- 

 bing, and by opening the Winter door, 

 and closing the screen-door, I have all 

 the light necessary from the door to 

 take off honey or examine any hive. 



