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was an over-exposed plate that produced a 

 weak, "flat" negative unfit for printing a 

 photograph suitable to use in making a half- 

 tone. 



We went over to his home apiary about 

 four o'clock and I found it exactly as Ram- 

 bler said it was when he visited it — very dif- 

 ficult to find a satisfactory point of view. 

 The high board fence surmounted by barbed 

 wire made it necessary to set the camera 

 inside the apiary, and in this way only a 



necessary. The floor of the house is of hard 

 wood. The windows revolve upon central 

 pivots at the top and bottoms. Outside of 

 each window is a half circle of wire cloth in 

 which the window revolves. By reversing a 

 window all of the bees that may be on the 

 inside are thrown out into the wire cloth ad- 

 dition where they find a hole at the top 

 through which they can escape. I photo- 

 graphed the interior of the honey house, but 

 I had had little experience in photographing 



THE HOME OF JAMES HEDDON, DOWAGIAC, MICH. 



part of the apiary and hives could be shown, 

 but I selected such a position as would show 

 the honey house and " tired away." 



The hives are packed with sawdust in cases. 

 Natural swarming with undipped queens is 

 allowed as is shown by the ladder leading up 

 into the apple tree top. 



The honey house is well-built with an ex- 

 cellent cellar under it. One end of the cel- 

 lar is partitioned off and a stove is kept in 

 this little ante-room. Around the inside of 

 the stove pass three rings of inch, iron pipe 

 which extends up through the floor and con- 

 nects with a tank. Water is introduced 

 into the pipe and the heat from the stove 

 heats the water causing it to circulate 

 through the tank above, melting any granu- 

 lated honey placed therein. All honey is 

 liquified before shipment. The stove also 

 furnishes heat for warming the cellar when 



interiors, and I made the mistake of over- 

 timing. 



It was dusk wlien we reached the family 

 residence, but the family gathered on the 

 lawn and I took a " shot." Here I made the 

 mistake that most photographers do when 

 making exposures near the close of day — I 

 under-timed. The next morning I had to 

 take the train at seven o'clock. I waited as 

 long in the morning as I dared and then 

 made another exposure of the Heddon man- 

 sion with Mrs. Heddon sitting on the porch 

 and Mr. Heddon upon his safety with one 

 hand on the apple tree. From this picture I 

 have had a half-tone made. Yes, Mr. Hed- 

 don and his two sons and his daughter-in- 

 law (Will's wife) all ride safeties and are en- 

 thusiasts like all other bicyclists. 



Mr. Heddon is editor of the Dowagiac 

 Times, and largely interested in their elec- 



