. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 5.—Onk uf thf. Best Aimariks—Avekage 4 Supers. 6.—Another of the Best Aimaries. on, tlie pictures of a dozen of the writ- er's apiaries will show. These are in as many different kinds of locations. There are now another dozen besides these, as the pictures show the apiaries of several years ago. They will num- ber 26 the coming summer. Besides this, the apiaries look entirely different now from those in the pictures shown. There are no more weeds, and grass, and untrimmed trees. The hives have been overhauled and re-arranged. The bees, even, have been
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 5.—Onk uf thf. Best Aimariks—Avekage 4 Supers. 6.—Another of the Best Aimaries. on, tlie pictures of a dozen of the writ- er's apiaries will show. These are in as many different kinds of locations. There are now another dozen besides these, as the pictures show the apiaries of several years ago. They will num- ber 26 the coming summer. Besides this, the apiaries look entirely different now from those in the pictures shown. There are no more weeds, and grass, and untrimmed trees. The hives have been overhauled and re-arranged. The bees, even, have been receiving an over- hauling, in that the queens are being looked after and replaced wherever this is best, so that the stock itself is better than before. All this is done for one reason: To make more bulk- comb-honey production in my exten- sive apiaries the best, most economical, cheapest, and most profitable. While some of the apiaries are located within a few miles of New Braunfels, Tex.—our operating center—others are scattered around many miles, so that some of them are 2(t miles and more from home. Then there is a separate "string of apiaries" nearly 200 miles from here, in the rich valleys of the Brazos River, on the great cotton plan- tations, where cotton bulk-comb honey is produced exclusively. All of these are managed by one fellow (the writer), producing every year car-loads of bulk- comb honey. Could I do this with sec- tion? No, I could not, for I have, at one time, produced such on a small scale. Here is a short description of the apiaries shown : Fig. 1 shows my original home api- ary at Hunter, Tex., where I grew up, and started bee-keeping nearly 20 years ago. The shade-trees are evergreen cedars or junipers, planted my myself. When still at home, the yard was kept as clean as a floor, but grass grew up during my absence later. The shade is not desirable; too dense. Here o/i/y /zi'o /;ifids of /nt/uy u'tTf produced for a number of years—
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