Gleanings in bee culture . Fig. 3.—Winter cases made of barn-siding, which are used in the summer for chicken-coops. keted 600 dozen peony blossoms and a wag-onload of other blossoms in seventy-twohours before Decoration day. Bees wereadded to pad up this income by providingan alternate. We found the honey cropfluctuated too. as we have onlj^ one mainpasture in this location, that being white clover. However, when all crops are goodour beloved recreation becomes a veiy stren-uous occupation. The apiary consists of from twenty-fiveto fifty stands. We like about thirty. It isessentially a home a
Gleanings in bee culture . Fig. 3.—Winter cases made of barn-siding, which are used in the summer for chicken-coops. keted 600 dozen peony blossoms and a wag-onload of other blossoms in seventy-twohours before Decoration day. Bees wereadded to pad up this income by providingan alternate. We found the honey cropfluctuated too. as we have onlj^ one mainpasture in this location, that being white clover. However, when all crops are goodour beloved recreation becomes a veiy stren-uous occupation. The apiary consists of from twenty-fiveto fifty stands. We like about thirty. It isessentially a home apiaiy, and is conductedas such—alwavs in harmonv vnih its sur-. PiG. 4.—Interior p/ a .inodel shop, showing method of cleaning fixtures. 152 GLEAl^INGS IN BEE CULTURE roundings. The colonies aie located aboutthe i:)lace in groups convenient for opera-tion and for observation in passing to andfro. One long line extends toward the barnand poultry-yard where duty takes us manytimes each forenoon. Most of the coloniesare located on cement walks, built for thepurpose, thirty inches wide, with a slope ofone inch toward the south, and shaded bylattice work and grapevines. These cementfoundations are spider, toad, and mouseproof, and easily cleaned, and tliey add tothe durability of the hives. The colonies are usually wintered righton these walks by being moved together inpairs, and packed with cushions of lawnclipi.)ings in tlie supers, which are support-ed away from tlie top-bars by pieces of theangle strijos taken from the corners of hivesas they come from the factory. Over thecovers of the hive are first placed pads ofwool carpet, and then the felt
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