. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. • B ®c<«<- 40th YEAR, CHICAGO, ILL,, APRIL 26,1900, No, A Satisfactory Shed Apiary in Nebraska. BY WM. STOI,I,EY. MANY years ago a picture of my apiary was reproduced in the American Bee Journal, but it was not anything- like the most excellent pictures nowadays broug-ht to view in the " Old ; The photog-raph of ray apiary shown herewith was taken in August, and g^ives a view from the northwest side. The building shown in the rear is the workshop and honey- house. In front, to the left, is a winter vault with sis colo- ni
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. • B ®c<«<- 40th YEAR, CHICAGO, ILL,, APRIL 26,1900, No, A Satisfactory Shed Apiary in Nebraska. BY WM. STOI,I,EY. MANY years ago a picture of my apiary was reproduced in the American Bee Journal, but it was not anything- like the most excellent pictures nowadays broug-ht to view in the " Old ; The photog-raph of ray apiary shown herewith was taken in August, and g^ives a view from the northwest side. The building shown in the rear is the workshop and honey- house. In front, to the left, is a winter vault with sis colo- nies in the New Heddon hives for comb-honey production. This picture was taken by a friend (a preacher) who visited me at the time, and who broug-ht his camera along-. The one with the white vest is the preacher, the lady is his wife, and the other fellow is myself. The middle section of the shed is 30 feet in length, fronting- due east. The right hand wing, also 30 feet in length, fronts somewhat to the northeast, and the left hand wing- of 30 feet in length fronts to the southeast. I aim to restrict the number of colonies in my apiary to 30, or even a less number, w/iicli are always in the lower row. The upper row is manipulated at the proper time for the rearing of queens for my own use only. For this pur- pose I have single-walled hives carrying only eight combs, while 15 of those in the lower tier carry 11 frames each, and the other 15 have 14 frames each. The combs in the brood- chamber are 11'ixllJi inches clear within the frames, and all surplus combs for extracting are half the depth of the brood-combs. All hives are provided with two supers, and everything about them is interchangeable. The 30 hives occupied by bees, as seen in the lower tier, are double walled, but not chaff packt in summer. All hives are well painted with different colors, and are numbered from 1 to 30, on movable zinc plates. I never move or change the position of the double- walled hives in the
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