Gleanings in bee culture (1911) (14586461130)

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Identifier: gleaningsinbeecu39medi (find matches)
Title: Gleanings in bee culture
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Bees Bee culture
Publisher: (Medina, Ohio, A. I. Root Co.)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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ery high price of lumber in Mexico, andbecause of the high duty and freight chargeson our American hives, the Simplex hivemay be the practical one for that country;but I feel sure that the merits of the formeras an ideal hive do not justify Mr. Ludloffin the bitter impeachment he is waging inMexico against them. Mr. Ludloff claims that his flow oftenshuts off very quickly, and that severe rob-bing is the result. For this reason he hasmade a bee-tent of canvas as shown in Fig.11. Two men can carry it any place withlittle or no effort, and it looks as though itmight be pretty handy and comfortable. Itaffords a shade as well as protection fromthe robbers, and has a rack around the wallsto hold tools while moving from one hive toanother or when not in use. The queer cylindrical hive shown in Fig.12 is the kind used by the Mexican bee-keep-ers around Irapuato. They are mostly keptsuspended under the eaves of the houses,and the honey is taken from them in the 1911 GLEANINGSTNBEE CULTURE 173
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CARL LUDLOFF AND HIS SIMPLEX HIVES. 174 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE Mar. 15 same manner astheir brother bee-keepers take itfrom the yucca-tr unk hivesaround Tampico.It is made fromshts of bamboo,woven basketfashion, and isplastered overwith a coat ofmud to keep outthe air. CONDITIONS I N MEXICO AS A WHOLE. Summarizingmy trip of inves-tigation throughMexico I will saythat I do not in- , ,,l^.- ^*-.- ■xs^^^^k^^l f^.^ 1 ^m ti . ;:. Fig. 17.—Cluster of orange-blossoms and fruit. tend at the present time to locate any beesin the republic on the strength of any thingI saw; but I wish to call attention to thefact that I did not visit the low and strict-ly tropical regions. I was told that onecould buy bees in yucca-trunk hives aroundTampico for a dollar a stand. There mightbe some money made there buying themand working exclusively for wax; but Iwould advise any one interested in this sortof thing to go and thoroughly investigateit before closing out any bee-outfit he al-ready has. I had re

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