Gleanings in bee culture . ofthem. This seems to be the first reportedcase in the New York courts where this 1031 ?question has been decided; and, unless re-versed upon appeal, it will stand as thesettled law of New York upon the questionsdecided. The title of this ease is Brown , et al., reported in Vol. 160 N. , at page 489. The complainant, abeekeeper, was also a lawyer, and the courtsuggests that no lawyer needs bees to assisthim in , N. Y. AN OLD SOLDIER WHO IS BOTH A BEEKEEPER AND FRUITGROWER BY E. ONEEL. T am an old soldier, 75 years of age, butstill


Gleanings in bee culture . ofthem. This seems to be the first reportedcase in the New York courts where this 1031 ?question has been decided; and, unless re-versed upon appeal, it will stand as thesettled law of New York upon the questionsdecided. The title of this ease is Brown , et al., reported in Vol. 160 N. , at page 489. The complainant, abeekeeper, was also a lawyer, and the courtsuggests that no lawyer needs bees to assisthim in , N. Y. AN OLD SOLDIER WHO IS BOTH A BEEKEEPER AND FRUITGROWER BY E. ONEEL. T am an old soldier, 75 years of age, butstill able to look after 40 colonies of bees,a large lawn and flowers, and a good fruitand vegetable garden. I get far moreprofit and pleasure from the bees than fromanything else I have. take flight again. Since the picture wastaken, a honey-house has been built nearthe apiary, and the young grapevines areold enough to shade -the hives nicely. There is lots of pleasure and health inthe combination of bees, flowers, and S. E. ONeels apiary of 40 colonies at the i-ear of his residence, Dupont, Ind. who finds health, pleasure, and profit from his bees and fruit. O^^eel is an old I liave each colony standing on a slop-ing concrete slab, which forms an alighting-board down to the ground, so the heavilyladen bees can crawl in wlion too tired to I dislike a disorderly back yard. Every-thing here is kept as nice as is the frontlawn. Dupont, Ind. TAKING OFF HONEY RAPIDLY BY LOUIS H. SCROLL Two comments on a recent discussion ofthe above subject by me that have appearedin Gleanings will bear a few words of ex-planation so that the readers will not feelthat they may be misled by the experience that T gave. The first of the comments, byP. C. Chadwick, appears on page 587, July15. Mr. SchoU says, page 471, June 15, thatby his method jt is possible to take off more 1032 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE than a thousand pounds of honey in half anhour! Then he adds, The writer holds anact


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