. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. No. 3.—Bee-Log Almost Hidden. most of the bottom land, including where the bee-tree stood. Following this was a heavy wind-storm which blew down our bee-tree — at least it looked so to us from the the shore. The river kept rising until the water was higher than it had been known before for years. This was the same high water which did so much damage in California a little over a year ago. When the water went down we visited the bee-tree and found about 25 feet of it still standing. The top with the bees had been broken off and washed away. Of course,
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. No. 3.—Bee-Log Almost Hidden. most of the bottom land, including where the bee-tree stood. Following this was a heavy wind-storm which blew down our bee-tree — at least it looked so to us from the the shore. The river kept rising until the water was higher than it had been known before for years. This was the same high water which did so much damage in California a little over a year ago. When the water went down we visited the bee-tree and found about 25 feet of it still standing. The top with the bees had been broken off and washed away. Of course, as we thought, that settled our bee-tree. surprised to find that bees were still in the same big limb. These bees were not molested until after fruit-blooming time, and then they were robbed. We took about 3 pounds of the old and a pound of the new honey from the limb. Now, could it have been possible for those bees to stay in that log during the hig!i water, or had another swarm taken possession of it after the water had gone down? The pTiotograph No. 2 shows the stump as it now stands. No. 3 shows the log where we found it, which is almost hid- den from view by the dense growth of weeds and brambles. The bovs in this. No. 4.—Limb Which Honey Was Taken. This spring the river was low as it was high last spring. One day in February we came across the top of our bee-tree which was high and dry. If p'cture are standing just back of the log. No. 4 shows the limb from which the honey was taken. Lodi, 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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