Gleanings in bee culture . A. B. MARCHANT. his launch called the Dixie, and glided outinto the river, the engine going tuppy,tuppy, as we went. The water is clear anddeep, and the fishing superb. As the little craft goes down the streamtoward Appalachicola, beautiful sceneryopens up at every turn of the river. Hereand there a little stream empties into thebig one, and up almost any of them one canfind a good place to locate a bee-yard, pro-viding, of course, he has the money andtime to put his apiary up on platforms, six,eight, or ten feet above the ground. As wesat in the bow of the boat Mr.

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Gleanings in bee culture . A. B. MARCHANT. his launch called the Dixie, and glided outinto the river, the engine going tuppy,tuppy, as we went. The water is clear anddeep, and the fishing superb. As the little craft goes down the streamtoward Appalachicola, beautiful sceneryopens up at every turn of the river. Hereand there a little stream empties into thebig one, and up almost any of them one canfind a good place to locate a bee-yard, pro-viding, of course, he has the money andtime to put his apiary up on platforms, six,eight, or ten feet above the ground. As wesat in the bow of the boat Mr. Marchant pointed outthe t u p e 1 o salong the riv-er. I said: Mr. Mar-chant, whydont we seemore b e e -yards in thiscountry? Largely,said he, be-cause thereare few placesin which toput bees. The banksof the streamare heavilycovered withtimber. Oc-cas i ona11 yhere and there Mai(liaiUs l:iuiRli lur yuiny to and Iruiubee-yards and to town. y Feb. 1. 1912 81

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