Gleanings in bee culture . er to me asthey come in all Avet Avith their Avings spreadwide as they Avalk—no stopj^ing them. IAvish I liad about 100 colonies of such stop driving automobiles. San Mateo, Cal., Sept. 7. BEES BUILDING WORDS IN COMB HONEY BY I. HOPKINS In the August 15th issue, page 515, youask for articles on the method of makingthe bees build letters in comb. The ac-companying photo shoAvs the Avords StateApiary built by the bees Ave had in thegovernment model apiary, established a feAVyears ago at our international body of the photo is an exhibit of aportio


Gleanings in bee culture . er to me asthey come in all Avet Avith their Avings spreadwide as they Avalk—no stopj^ing them. IAvish I liad about 100 colonies of such stop driving automobiles. San Mateo, Cal., Sept. 7. BEES BUILDING WORDS IN COMB HONEY BY I. HOPKINS In the August 15th issue, page 515, youask for articles on the method of makingthe bees build letters in comb. The ac-companying photo shoAvs the Avords StateApiary built by the bees Ave had in thegovernment model apiary, established a feAVyears ago at our international body of the photo is an exhibit of aportion of the honey raised at the modelapiary; but oAving to the photographer notusing a color-screen on his lens the amber-colored honey in the glass jars came outblack like ink. The case over the exhibit contains theAvords mentioned, in comb honey. The casewas nine feet long, and the words occupieda length of nearly eight feet. At each endof the case is a bell glass filled with combhonej, built by the bees also. Each letter. New Zealand Honey Exhibit. The words, State Apiary, were built by the bees in comb honey. 18 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE


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