. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. OLD-FASHIONED STRAW SKEPS GIVE WAY TO MODERN HIVES The honey of former days, squeezed from the comb, was dark and often contained foreign matter. Whirling centrifugal machines now throw out the honey from shaved combs, yielding a cleaner, better product. A few pufifs of smoke drive the guards back into the hive and make the bees more © National Geographic Society Paintings by Ilashime Muiayama AN AEIARY AT THE CLOSE OF THE SEASON IS PILED HIGH WITH HONEY HARVEST The rearing of the brood is confined to the lowest layer,
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. OLD-FASHIONED STRAW SKEPS GIVE WAY TO MODERN HIVES The honey of former days, squeezed from the comb, was dark and often contained foreign matter. Whirling centrifugal machines now throw out the honey from shaved combs, yielding a cleaner, better product. A few pufifs of smoke drive the guards back into the hive and make the bees more © National Geographic Society Paintings by Ilashime Muiayama AN AEIARY AT THE CLOSE OF THE SEASON IS PILED HIGH WITH HONEY HARVEST The rearing of the brood is confined to the lowest layer, the upper "supers" being reserved for marketable honey. Since usually not more than 200 colonies may be operated profitably in one yard, beekeepers owning thousands of hives may scatter their yards over several hundred miles. VI. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
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