1882 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



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The honey season is the best here it has been for 

 yeai-s; lots of white clover, basswood, and honey in 

 {4O0d demand at 18 cts. per lb. in your sections, and 

 about 11 cts. in old-fashioned boxes. Gko. Loud. 



Thiirber, Mich., July, 1883. 



I am all ^'hustcd up" without a smoker. Win- 

 tered 4-1 colonies of bees without loss, on summer 

 stands, in Simplicity hives. Am working for ex- 

 tracted honey. Have most of them ;5 hives deep; 

 honey is coming fist, and every thing is lovely. 



Geo. W. Foki). 



Avon, Lorain Co., O., June 30, 1882. 



My bees are doing splendidly now. Swarming ev- 

 ery day, and bringing in honey by the quantity. 

 My figwort, planted from the seed this sping, is from 

 4 to tj feet high, and full of blooms from bottom to 

 top, and the bees are working on them from day- 

 light till dark; have been in bloom about 4 weeks. 



Bonham, Texas, June 12, 1883. J. P. Ingram. 



Don't put me in Blasted Hopes yet, for my bees 

 are making some of the nicest white honey I ever 

 saw. ! weighed one hive the »3d of June, and that 

 day they brought in S lbs. I weighed them again on 

 the 2Tth, and they had gained 38 lbs.; these a; c the 

 only ones I weighed. Al. Brush. 



Susquehanna, Pa., July .5, 188i. 



noPEFUL, AFTEK AT.L. 



Some three years ago I bought four colonies of 

 bees. To the present moment I have been disap- 

 pointed. This spring I had only one left, and felt like 

 giving up. This one, however, has sent out three 

 colonies in the space of ten da.\ s, which are all 

 thriving wonderfully. L. W. Hasselman. 



Pella, Iowa, May 9, 1883. 



FROM TENWESSEE. 



I commenced the scnson wi'h 45 colonies, most of 

 them in good order. Took a little more than 1400 

 lbs. from poplar bloom. Sourwood is now In full 

 bloom, and promises a good yield. I now have 94 

 colonies, and they will all bo full by the last of the 

 ween. J. F. Montgomery. 



Lincoln, Tenn., June 27, 1883. 



BEES IN THE HOUSE APIARY, ETC. 



I now have 30 stands in the house apiary, all very 

 strong, and I have no trouble in handling them, and 

 have raised and introduced queens for all young 

 swarms this and last season. 1 have about .50 Spider- 

 plants blooming, and each llower has a large drop of 

 honey, morning and evening. E. K. Leake. 



Collierville, Tenn., June 35, 1883. 



AN IMPROVEMENT IN USING THE BUTTON-HOOK. 



Tell those who use a button-hook to imbed the 

 wires in frames of fdn., to heat the hook over a 

 lamp chimney, and see how nicely the wax will flow 

 over the wires. The bees will never cut around 

 them when put in in that way. It takes a little 

 longer, but it does it nicer, I think, than cold. 



Sou' Cabot, Vt., July 1, 1883. D. S. H.'.i.i.. 



now MUCH A GALLON FOR EXTltACTINfJ, ETC. 



What would it be worth per gallon to extract hon- 

 ey for other people, when a person has to go around 

 with the extractor? Davjd Schwautz. 



Berne, Adams Co., Ind., July 10, 1883. 



[I would put it something like this, friend S.: For 

 the first gallon, 50o., or .50c. for " setting up." After 

 that, say 3.5c. per gallon; or, if a large job, perhaps 

 20, or even 15c. per gallon.] 



My bees are doing finely; plenty of honey. 1 have 

 taken more surplus honey this season already than 

 I did in three other seasons put together. 



Jacob S. WK.iBr.KY. 



Port Koyal, Pa., July 18, 1882. 



WHITEWOOD FOR FDN. PLATES. 



My fdn. machine works nicely; have made over 

 500 lbs. since I received it. Blue whitewood makes 

 better dipping-plates than basswood. We could dip 

 perfect sheets on it when the basswood would crack 

 every time. Have taken off some nice comb honey. 



Bell Branch, Mich., June 30, 1883. M. H. Hunt. 



AVIRED FRAMES. 



My Ijees are now doing finely; white clover about 

 in full bloom, nearly a month later than usual. E.v- 

 tracted to-day about 100 lbs. from the first wired 

 frames. I am perfectly delighted with them. I 

 have about 150 frames built out this spring, and they 

 are as near perfection as 1 could wish for. 



Wheeling, W. Va., June 27, 1882. Wm. Bitzer. 



[That is just our experience, friend B.] 



EARLY swarming IN 1883. 



Some one said, in last Gleanings, that he had a 

 swarm of bees on the fourth of May, and wants to 

 know who can beat it. I can. I had one on the 25th 

 of April, 2d on the 3d of May, 3d on the 4th, all from 

 one stand, and all from a dollar queen bought of A. 

 I. Boot last June. Now come on with your early 

 swarms. Wm. Holroyd. 



Russell's Place, Lawrence Co., O., June 10, 1882. 



LOOK OUT FOR STARVATION. 



I lost one of my best colonies from starvation 

 about May 1st, before I knew what was the matter. 

 In looking over my strongest colonies this week 

 (some that were chock full of honej^ in April), I don't 

 believe they would average M lb. honey to the hive, 

 but they are roaring now on white clover. 



Samuel M. Humphreys. 



Ilichardsville, Pa., June 33, 1883. 



INTRODUCING AVITHOUT CAGING. 



The last two queens you sent me are beauties. 

 They went to I aying the next day after introduction. 

 I never use a cage. I have introduced five without 

 loss. This being my first experience, I consider my- 

 self very lucky for an A B C scholar. 



ViNCENZ ZIMMERMANN. 



Hutto, Williamson Co.. Tex., July 5, 1883. 



[Yf)Ur plan is my favorite one, friend Z., but I want 

 my hive queonless a day or two before I imdertake 

 it, and I also much prefer Italians to blacks or hy- 

 brids. With the above conditions, ami aflow of hon- 

 ey, lour out of five times a queen may be let loose 

 without any caging at all.] 



AN OBLIGING POSTMASTEli. 



The queens wo ordered of you on the 3d were re- 

 ceived on the I4th, just 11 days from date of order- 

 ing. They were in excellent condition, considering 

 the distance — some 700 miles; only one dead bee in 

 the lot, with plenty to eat, but water about gone. 

 We introduced them at once, according to directions, 

 and all have been received. It was our first attempt 

 at introducing. Our P. O. is some two miles distant; 

 so when they came, our obliging P. M. hitched up 

 his horse and brought them to us. We fancy that, if 

 all P. M.'s were like this one, your purse would be 

 quite a bit heavier at the end of the year. 



Brands & D eWitt. 



Delaware Station, N. Y., July 17, 1883. 



