. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1898. THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. .67 different directions, and I find that hives facing north and west give prac- tically the same results as hives facing south and east. Sometimes it would seem that the bees would start out a little earlier in the morning from the hives facing south or southeast, than from the others. But they never seemed to be any stronger in bees or brood, or gather a larger amount of surplus than those facing any other direction. YACOB VETTERSTKIN. We have in what is known as the Pennsylvania Dutch settlement, an em- bryo bee-k
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1898. THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. .67 different directions, and I find that hives facing north and west give prac- tically the same results as hives facing south and east. Sometimes it would seem that the bees would start out a little earlier in the morning from the hives facing south or southeast, than from the others. But they never seemed to be any stronger in bees or brood, or gather a larger amount of surplus than those facing any other direction. YACOB VETTERSTKIN. We have in what is known as the Pennsylvania Dutch settlement, an em- bryo bee-keeper, who gives promise of making a name for himself. According to Mrs. Vetterstein, the boy's mother, ?'Shakey has two leddle poxes of pees, und he make honey more as a horse could haul. Shakey," she says, "is a shmart poy und he learns about pees like nottings. Mr. Kohlmeyer, who knows effrydings apout pees, tolt Shakey ef somedimes he dond know nottings apout pees, to come ofer und he vill told id to ; Franklin, Pa. What fond hopes and pleasant an- ticipations are awakened by the first sweet hum of spring, and the arrival of the first golden pellets upon the alight- ing board. —o— Contrary to his preconceived notion of the requirements of a successful wintering hive, long and varied ex- perience with both a deep and shallow frame, J. E. Hand has now decided in favor of a frame only 4^^ inches deep. His story is related in Gleanings. —o— In the matter of mammoth honey tanks, for which California has always been noted, she is completely outdoing hei'self this year. We learn by Glean- ings that R. Wilkin is storing fourteen tons of honey in a fire-proof, concrete reservoir, awaiting a satisfactory mar- ket. Mr. John Newton. Written for Tlie American Bee-Keeper, BY H. E. HILL. P2l£2 ^rryHE suDject of this brief sketch. Jj^ of whom mention was made in ^' our last issue, as one of Canada's rising young apiarists, was born and reared in the town of Wood
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