. Gleanings in bee culture . );finally he adoptetl the L. hive as best forall i)ur|)0ses. He uses the narrow to]), from long familiarity with theiruse, Frienil S. uses only two-story hivesin all of his outyards because he thinks thatmore stories donot ]) suf-Hcient bees tofly abroad, butkeep them athome caring forthe ])iles of su-pers, etc. In thisit seems to thewriter that hemakes a mistake;for in the seasonof 1910 he hadmany of his out-yards fill theirhives chock-a-block with hon-ey, and thenswarm and surplusroom, even aheadof needs, wouldh a \- e obviatedthis loss
. Gleanings in bee culture . );finally he adoptetl the L. hive as best forall i)ur|)0ses. He uses the narrow to]), from long familiarity with theiruse, Frienil S. uses only two-story hivesin all of his outyards because he thinks thatmore stories donot ]) suf-Hcient bees tofly abroad, butkeep them athome caring forthe ])iles of su-pers, etc. In thisit seems to thewriter that hemakes a mistake;for in the seasonof 1910 he hadmany of his out-yards fill theirhives chock-a-block with hon-ey, and thenswarm and surplusroom, even aheadof needs, wouldh a \- e obviatedthis loss. He is also agenius at gettingfull sheets ofworker combfrom mere start-ers of founda-tion, and withno S])lints. Ihave never seentruer combs normore regular cellstructure than isvisible in hishives, and secur-ed without foun-dation. His se-cret is to placethe frames ofstarters in smallcolonies, or inn e w 1 y h i \ e dswarms. He usesno wires, but hasnever had a combbreakdown inextracting, normelt ilown with Jnly 15, 1911 429. Fie. in.—I. T. queen-rearing apiary on Cosseys Key. otf soutlnvestlc-oastof Florida, 82 milesbelow Tampa, in Palmetto Paradise. heat, in any yard. A stalwart son and son-in-law help him in his most strenuous sea-sons, and not least of his assistance comesfrom his active daughters, especially MissFlorence, who is shown with her father inan out-apiary, in Fig. 7. All the views of>[r. Shumards apiaries were taken by hisold-time friend ]\rr. M. Ij. Brewer, of Philo,111., called (and justly) The CameraFiend. They will rank among the clear-est ]ihotos ever taken. Mr. Brek*er is also abee-keejier of note. The writer is indebtedto him for ])art of these views. De Land, Fla. To be continued. [The above interests me particularly be-cavise it describes so well the island homewhere I passed two winters, and the spot Iliave written so much about in our previousissues. 1 am afraid, however, it i)resentsalmost too bright a view of that f
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