Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1917 — BEES MAKE HIVE OF HOUSE [ARTICLE]

BEES MAKE HIVE OF HOUSE

Four Swarms Removed From Building When a Fifth Arrives at lowa Home. ‘ ~ Four swarms of wild bees recently have removed from the two-story house of Earl Berryman on the East side of Rockwell City, the Cedar Rapids (Io.) Gazette says. Three of them were located under the shingles on three corners of the building and one was back of the weather boarding near the on the south Sjlde of it. About three bushels of Combs were removed, but the amount of white comb honey was not nearly so great as the fine yield this year from good hives in the neighborhood. A fifth swarm arrived and endeavored to gain an entrance to the building at, the eaves on the south side. Failing to find a suitable opening, this swarm clustered within and around a four-inch drain tile lying in the grass near the building.