The photograph is of beehives covered for the winter with the following caption on the back:  "The Orchard Apiary ready for cold northern winters. This is Ruth Suckow's original method of outdoor wintering of bees. Plenty of stores with good insulation of slew hay kept in place with poultry wire, tar paper, and binder twine. Gave good results when removed the following spring. . . Laura Werkmeister."