. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 'k.(k •U^ ^^Sf^ ^^Sr» »"i* • ->®5 -^> X- 1^ lie L- >Jir sr S'' QEORQE W. YORK, Editor. i ^ ^JJi 1^ I I ^^l,^ J,^'ti^y'L^^^s^^ j^9 ^p|v'^J^ "O ^lf^i|fyip^ wm i^^H^'rWl ffBiTT/'KcTM^ Av yififen^f^^ 8^ C<«<- 0^'f)-(f'(f-(|)-(f-(f-^'(f-^-f)-(f-f)-(f'(f-(f'f)-(f'^^^ 39th YEAR, CHICAGO, ILL, OCTOBER 26, 1899, No, 43,. A City Bee-Keeper and His Apiary. BY \VM. H. HORSTMANN. I AM a letter-carrier employed in the city post-office, and find apiculture a very pleasant and instructive as well as profitable business in connection with my o
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 'k.(k •U^ ^^Sf^ ^^Sr» »"i* • ->®5 -^> X- 1^ lie L- >Jir sr S'' QEORQE W. YORK, Editor. i ^ ^JJi 1^ I I ^^l,^ J,^'ti^y'L^^^s^^ j^9 ^p|v'^J^ "O ^lf^i|fyip^ wm i^^H^'rWl ffBiTT/'KcTM^ Av yififen^f^^ 8^ C<«<- 0^'f)-(f'(f-(|)-(f-(f-^'(f-^-f)-(f-f)-(f'(f-(f'f)-(f'^^^ 39th YEAR, CHICAGO, ILL, OCTOBER 26, 1899, No, 43,. A City Bee-Keeper and His Apiary. BY \VM. H. HORSTMANN. I AM a letter-carrier employed in the city post-office, and find apiculture a very pleasant and instructive as well as profitable business in connection with my other duties. In the photograph are my wife and one of ray three sons, Herbert. His work about the apiary is to water the plants on the hives used to hold down the shade-boards, and watch for swarms. Herbert takes a great interest in the bees ; and is sitting on the hive of the colony I gave him, it being the first swarm that issued last spring. Her- bert was born here May 8, 1892, and is a splendid helper in the apiary. I was born in Greenup County, Ky., March 14, 1859, came here when 18 years old, and started in the bee-busi- ness in June, 1897, by pur- chasing two colonies of bees from a neighbor. I increast them to 11 colonies in 1898. During the severe winter of 1898-99, I lost six colonies, and during June and July of this year I increast by divid- ing and natural swarming until now I have 15 strong colonies. My apicultural library consists of four books and four papers, the latter com- ing regularly as issued. I was surprised to find how little I knew about bees, af- ter I started to read my bee- literature. My wife was the first vice- president of the Chicago Bee- Keepers' Association; she also is very much interested in apiculture. Cook Co., 111. [The foregoing shows what a man can do with bees even when otherwise en- gaged—especially if he has a good wife and helpful children.—Editor.] Worms of the Wax-Moth in Comb Honey. BY G. M. DOOLITTLK. I HAVE had many
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