Show bee culture in compliance with your request 1 will eddean or to gi 0 you my exper experience lonco in 10 boo keel keeping first I 1 would eay say to tho the beginner n or in order to malo maho tho the business plea pleasant santas as welt well 4 op profitable select the ground lor tor bour our apiary with gnat grat at care tho the land should oo 00 perfectly dry and anti alambat lei el eloping sloping a N cry little to tho the fiordi tho the next and of no email small Ini importance Is to havo have tho the grounds well and securely fenced it Is much tho the best to not allow cv ci en on domestic fowls to run ron at will among tho the homes of tho the ates tho the duck cs es specially ally will doino times acquire a habit of eating was and will stand the hive nud anil destroy groat great numbers dally daily th tho 0 o grounds should be laid out systematically and in lots at right angles of at least so seven qu by ten feet tho the longest way running north and nd south placing tho the hivo in tho the center of each lot facing the cast the rubon I 1 say sav facing the east Is wo ac havo have buttery but very little cast aa wind ivind in this country and a tho the bee Is an erly riner as soon t a tle hi am e begins to warm up by the lat ot of the shinning sun therill the they will bo be off to their field of labor many of them will III return while the morning air is quito quite cool and if hoy loaded and there is wy ny thing of a strong breeza they ciomo u lines havo have hard harder IT oik aik to reach tho alighting board but if shielded from tho the wind by tho hive and finding tho the door of their homo honic warm and anil ont nut tho the aro are much encouraged and unload at onca once turning timing over their treasure to the ineide inside workers and themselves returning to the sweet flow floar or alel holds ids and leaves for another 0 load o ad be placed ona solid foundation mada b bv dri driving hirr stakes into tho the earth and 1 should be at least eight inclima abiva the ground ono very cry important it item n is the alighting lighting a board which should not be at right angles to the hive but should consist of a smooth board about ten ton inches wide set on an incline of about one third of an inch to the inch in edth when tho the bebis bee is hemily beav ily loaded it will stear streight for the entrance of the hive hie and many times will fall belov v the door unless the alighting board is set on an incline another adi advantage altage antage in having the alighting alieh ting board set on an incline is it will then bs be sure to shed rain and snow besides it is mada 3 easier for ohp bees bets to clean their hives THE HIVES the hive I 1 uso use I 1 make mako myself which consists of two sections er or rooms exactly of tho the same size separated by a honey board consisting of thin wooden material about one quarter of an inch thick and made at least one half hal if inch smaller than the hive hine tho the honey board is arde me do strong by a cleat fastened crosswise whick which rests on tho the top of the board frames the cheit nailed crosswise I leaves ancs a good bee space between the honey board and broad frames the th honey board should bo bored full of half inch holes admit admitting tinga a free passage of tho the bees to and from both rooms of tho the hive thu tha inside of my hives measure 14 18 1 8 inches in width 18 12 1 2 inches long and 9 11 14 1 1 inches deep the frames I 1 use are vary very simple in construction consisting of atop bar 19 1918 18 1 8 inches long bottom bar lar 17 58 5 8 inches connected to the top bar by side bars 9 18 inches long th these ese frames are made of material 1 18 inches wide and nine of them fills tho hh iiii a just as it should be in my I 1 will finish describing tho the be hivo and say something about aboul the inan management arrement 0 as well as the profit of the business youra yours truly 0 B |