. Gleanings in bee culture . Mr. Marden, of Apopka, Fla., likes the bee-shed for his bees, as aprotection from the sun (see Fig. 12). Theobjection that the writer has to sheds, sofar as he has observed them, is that theyare too shady in early spring when the heatof the sun is needed to warm uj) the brood-nest for early breeding. The sun is the lifeof Floritla; and here at DeLand coloniesshaded in February ami March do not do sowell as those out in the sunshine. Ofcourse, the hives last longer, without paint. 461 # ? - ,^ / ISf- Kifk. - m ^ ,i* w ii/ • Vh|^^2 ?.. - V- \i i ? T
. Gleanings in bee culture . Mr. Marden, of Apopka, Fla., likes the bee-shed for his bees, as aprotection from the sun (see Fig. 12). Theobjection that the writer has to sheds, sofar as he has observed them, is that theyare too shady in early spring when the heatof the sun is needed to warm uj) the brood-nest for early breeding. The sun is the lifeof Floritla; and here at DeLand coloniesshaded in February ami March do not do sowell as those out in the sunshine. Ofcourse, the hives last longer, without paint. 461 # ? - ,^ / ISf- Kifk. - m ^ ,i* w ii/ • Vh|^^2 ?.. - V- \i i ? T 1 s i m. i u ^Bi< - ^ *m ^^^H 9l^i»^ fl -^ 11 i^^ 1 R -. - m±-l I- ? ^ -% ;. KiK. IJ.—K. W. Ilerloiitr, hort W hite. I<la., mikIthirteen-year-;)ld son, his (jiily helper. under a shed; but practically everybodypaints his hives in Florida. Mr. Herlong is a genius at moving past summer he moved loO coloniesdistances varying from two to sixteen miles,and all without a single mishap of any Fie. 12.—One of the lliirtrrii unuii- of R. W. Heilmi-. Iml \\ h ili. wii. > lin- i roloiiie« in comb honey exclusiv 1 he shed shown is ol llie type that Mr. lltiiony jneleis, liol<ling(iiie row of hives only, which are operated from the front aud rear. This is the section of the sensitivepea, Mr. llerlougs one source of honey. 462 Gleanings in Bee Culture
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