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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Three Thousand Colonies 



in Fifty Yards 



By J. J. Wilder, Cordele, Ga. 

 (Continued from page 245) 



We made a "flying" trip around 

 to the bees again cleaning off the 

 yards to avoid the possibility of 

 losses by forest fires. Then we 

 ruslied back home again for an- 

 other work, the task of setting up 

 supplies, etc., and during the stay 

 there the yards were all visited 

 again and straightened up, etc. 

 The hives were on stands about 8 

 inches high, which stands were to 

 be used after the bees were trans- 

 fered into modern hives. 



These yards consisted of such a 

 conglomeration of hives made in 

 every conceivable shape, a curios- 

 ity shop to every inquiring mind, 

 and such a sight not many bee- 

 keepers have ever seen. 



The badly decayed hives were 

 completely wrapped up in burlap 

 sacks for moving, not loosely but 

 as closely as possible and the fold- 

 ing tacked down to the hive by 

 means of nails driven through slats 

 so as not to allow any bees to 

 escape. The better hives were pre- 

 pared for moving by placing a piece 

 of burlap sack over the mouth and 

 up the sides six or eight inches, 

 then on either side a- strip of lath 

 tacked down over it as long as 

 hives were wide. This kept the 

 bees from escaping from about the 

 mouth of the "gums" and the tops 

 were stopped up well with the same 

 material and well nailed. These 

 were loaded mostly on their sides on 

 wagons and fastened on with ropes 

 to avoid all possible danger of a 

 hive falling off. Only a single 

 thickness of the sacks was used 

 so as to allow plenty of ventila- 

 tion. 



From early morning until late at 

 night the work of setting up the 

 needed supplies was pushed and a 

 large amount of the task done at 

 the end of the month when we 

 returned home. 



InstaU a ROOT AUTOMATIC EX- 

 TRACTOR and HONEY PUMP then 

 run them with a NATIONAL 1 1^ 

 H. P. ENGINE and you wiU then 

 have an outfit "par excellence" to 

 do your extracting with. 



We quote the engine, four-frame 

 Automatic Extractor, including 



honey pump, belting and every- 



It helps a magazine wonderfully 

 if you will say I saw your adver- 

 tisement in the Review when writ- 

 ing our advertisers. 



You are invited to become a National 

 Member. 



fJoot Automatic Extractor, showing 

 Honey Pump in Position 



thing necessary pertaining to the 

 outfit, at $84.00. 



Six— frame extractor outfit as 

 above at $92.00. Eight-frame ex- 

 tractor outfit as above at $99.00. 

 Without honey pump, deduct $17.50 

 The engine shipped from Wisconsin 

 and the balance of the outfit from 

 Medina, Ohio. The National will 

 take the money you hand us and 

 buy the above outfit. Directly from 

 the manulactiirer at our one small 

 profit system, on the co-operative 

 plan. Address with remittance. 



National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association 



Northstar, IMichigan 



