. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. sold to a factory. We will now de scribe the factory. On the morning of Sept. 27, 1913, we started with our host, from the village of Barbaste, in an autobus, a "jitney,". I. Couterel for Casteljaloux, some 25 miles distant. The road leads through the heather country, the " Landes," described by us before. Passing through several vil- lages and a forest, over a fine road, we reached the little city above named, the former home of the lords of Albret. The factory, of whose main building we give a picture, handles the principal produ
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. sold to a factory. We will now de scribe the factory. On the morning of Sept. 27, 1913, we started with our host, from the village of Barbaste, in an autobus, a "jitney,". I. Couterel for Casteljaloux, some 25 miles distant. The road leads through the heather country, the " Landes," described by us before. Passing through several vil- lages and a forest, over a fine road, we reached the little city above named, the former home of the lords of Albret. The factory, of whose main building we give a picture, handles the principal products of the region, the resin of the pines, from which they distil turpen- tine, and the honey of the heather lands. In addition they make soap and candles. The Usine de Lirac, as t'nis factory is called, employs some 150 persons and covers several acres of ground. We were very heartily wel- comed by the manager, whose wife is a practical beekeeper and has movable- frame hives. As he was exceedingly. 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 [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons]
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