Gleanings in bee culture . FIG. 2.—O. T. BUEKETTS APIARY NEAR UVALDE. TEXAS. chard; but the trees shown, instead of beingfruit-trees, are the scraggly catclaw, mes-quite, etc., which grow about so far apartall over the country. Without thinking Ifound myself wondering several times whythey didnt plant their trees in straighterrows. Great bunches and clusters of mistle-,toe are seen on nearly every tree. ?•? We did not reach the ranch until afterdark, and so there was no chance to takepictures. The next morning, however, we were out early. Fig. 4 is a view of the api-ary at the ranch, showing t
Gleanings in bee culture . FIG. 2.—O. T. BUEKETTS APIARY NEAR UVALDE. TEXAS. chard; but the trees shown, instead of beingfruit-trees, are the scraggly catclaw, mes-quite, etc., which grow about so far apartall over the country. Without thinking Ifound myself wondering several times whythey didnt plant their trees in straighterrows. Great bunches and clusters of mistle-,toe are seen on nearly every tree. ?•? We did not reach the ranch until afterdark, and so there was no chance to takepictures. The next morning, however, we were out early. Fig. 4 is a view of the api-ary at the ranch, showing the same growthof trees and the level ground. The coversshown in this picture are all contain a dead-air space, and are cov-ered with tin. Mr. Edwards says that flatcovers will not do in that locality, as the sunis too hot. In one year he had $500 worthof comls honey melt down because it was inhives provided with flat wooden he FIG. 4.—D. M. EDWARDS APIARY AT HIS RANCH, TWELVE MILES FROM UVALDE. 1907 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 403 FEEDING SYRUP IN ZERO WEATHER. Hot Bricks to Raise Temiierature of Hives. BY W. B. RANSON. As this subject is now on in Gleanings,and experiments aie being t-onducted byyourself, I offer this little item. I have goneall along the ground covered by Dr. Lyon,p. 95, and failed; but by a different methodI have succeeded admirably, and for the goodof bee-keepers I offer the method as follows: Take an escape-boaid and a Miller out the escape and daub a little honeyaround the opening and also on the beewayup the feeder. Place the feeder over theopening in the board and fill it with honeyand syrup, and on each outside of the feederplace a piece of thin board 18 in. long, andwide enough to come i inch above the top of ny. Results, in less than 26 minutes thecolony will be on a regular summer-timemove. The bricks keep the feed and hivehot, and the carpets hold the heat until the
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