. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Winter \'ie\v of Mrs. Savers' Single Colony the entrance, but as you can see by the other picture, we had some very heavy snows this winter, so I laid a board against the portico, thus keeping the entrance dry. They had a great many flights and wintered well. I had a chaff tray over a Hill's device on the brood- chamber, and w'len I took it off ."Vpril 24, they had built comb from the tops of frames to the Hill's device. Propo- lis is abundant in this locality, and they glue everything fast. "The little stool shown in the picture is where I
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Winter \'ie\v of Mrs. Savers' Single Colony the entrance, but as you can see by the other picture, we had some very heavy snows this winter, so I laid a board against the portico, thus keeping the entrance dry. They had a great many flights and wintered well. I had a chaff tray over a Hill's device on the brood- chamber, and w'len I took it off ."Vpril 24, they had built comb from the tops of frames to the Hill's device. Propo- lis is abundant in this locality, and they glue everything fast. "The little stool shown in the picture is where I sit to watch them, and no matter how thick they are flying around, not one ever bothers me. Do you think they recognize the person who is around them so much ? " My shade board works well (the hive faces east and I use a second shade board at the south until the grapevines above them give more shade). We have a bamboo porch screen stretched on the arbor above them to help shade them, and when it rains too hard I put pieces of 'quarter round ' over the extra openings on the rainy side. " Your book has been a great help, and all beginners should have it. I also look for your articles and ' An- swers ' in my Bee Journals. " (Mrs.) Gr.'^ce A. M. " Nyack, N. ; The foregoing letter, with the beauti- ful pictures accompanying it, has been handed over by Dr. Miller for publica- tion in this, its appropriate department, and the replies here given are in ac- cordance with his views. Those pictures are interesting sub- jects for study. One of them shows Mrs. Sayers' " apiary" almost covered with snow, in the center of the picture ; another gives a nearer view to show the manner of its winter dress ; while the third, exquisite gem that it is, shows the "apiary" in its coolest dress for hot weather. A close look at this third picture shows that the different stories are " stuttered ;" that is, that they are shoved back and for
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