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GLEAKINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



Oct. 



they offered but a very feeble resistance. 

 By using one thickness of wire cloth, and a 

 stout board over it, with a groove to admit 

 air, we secured all the ruling asked for, 

 much more efficiently, with safety to the 

 bees, and it is easier for us to make and at- 

 tach. 1 feel sure we have a right to do this, 

 and I am quite willing to submit the matter 

 to the P. M. a. Let every one who sends 

 out queens take rery great c(ire that the cages 

 shall be so no bees can ever get out into the 

 mail-bags, or we shall surely lose the privi- 

 lege we now enjoy. 



I am glad friend D. has mentioned about 

 the honey from the Good candy soaking 

 through the paper and wood, and making 

 the package a little suspicious, to say noth- 

 ing more. I noticed the same thing, and 

 was thinking of a remedy, when the follow- 

 ing came from our Avide-awake friend Ilay- 

 hurst:— 



I mail you to-day a dollar queen, in a cage that I 

 like. It obviates the waste of honey from the "Good" 

 feed, which sometimes soaks through the wood of 

 ordinary cases, and daubs the mail matter. 



E. M. Hayhurst. 



Kansas City, Mo., Sept. It), 1883. 



In the case mentioned above, the "Good 

 candy" was all in a little tin tube, i-inch in 

 diameter, and If long, (^ne end of the tube 

 was left open, and into this the bees crawled 

 and helped themselves. The cage was clean 

 and dry; and although I kept the bees in it 

 a week after it was received, none have died, 

 and no sugar rattles out. One step more, 

 and I won't offer any more improvements 

 for some time. We all know that tin will in 

 time rust, and that no metal is quite as 

 clean and pure as glass. Well, we will bring 

 back our discarded little glass bottles, but 

 throw away the corks, fill them with granu- 

 lated sugar, then drop in all the honey it will 

 absorb. I am inclined to think a single bot- 

 tle full will carry a queen and a dozen bees 

 over to Italy, and we will give it a trial at 

 once. Here is something from friend Good 

 in regard to the matter: — 



On last Saturday I returned your Peet cage to you 

 with bees in, your kind of feed removed from one of 

 the feed-chambers, and my kind of feed put in, so 

 you can see which feed the bees will take first. I 

 have not the time, friend R., nor the tools, to make 

 one of your kind of cages, but I think it will work 

 all right if you bore the small holes, that are to hold 

 the feed, far enough from the two, then make a 

 small opening to admit the bees to the feed. The 

 main thing is, to get the feed just right; if too much 

 honey is put in, it will run out of the cage, and per- 

 haps daub the bees; if not enough honey, the bees 

 will dig it to pieces, as you say, and let the sugar 

 rattle out of the cages. I believe you will have your 

 cages all arranged to take my kind of feed before 

 this reaches you; and if you will use it one season I 

 will venture to say, that it will be worth many dol- 

 lars to you. But I positively refuse taking the $5.00 

 you so kindly offer me. If you wish to give me, or 

 pay me for the idea, you may at some time give me 

 a small space in Gleanings, for kind words from 

 some of my customers; if you do not wish to do that, 

 it will be all right, as I shall be amply paid by know- 

 ing that I have been of some use to my brothers, 

 and by receiving such letters as the following is an 

 extract from:— 



The twelve queens were received in the very best 

 of condition — not a dead bee in either cage; friend 

 G., you are boss on shipping queens. 



Dresden, Texas. B. F. Carroll. 



Say, did you ever sendtwelve queens that distance 

 and get word back, "not a dead bee in either cage"? 

 Yes, I think you have, and you know how it makes 

 one feel to receive such word. This is not intended 

 for publication, by any means. 



Nappanee, Ind., Sept. 11, 1883. I. R. Goou. 



I know it was not written for publication, 

 friend G., but as I know all will be glad to 

 hear a word from the man who has given us 

 this new bee-feed, I have taken the liberty 

 to put it in. The Viallon candy was un- 

 touched in the cage mentioned, and the 

 bees had lived entirely on the other, yet the 

 greater part of it remained still. It is a rather 

 nice point to get in just honey enough, and 

 no more, and I think the little glass vial will 

 just fix it. That is, too much will do no 

 harm . The contraction at the neck prevents 

 the feed from flowing out, even though it be 

 quite soft, and it also prevents the sugar 

 from rattling out, because the glass can not 

 absorb the honey and let the sugar get dry, 

 as the wood does. Since my suggestion was 

 printed (on another column) in regard to us- 

 ing this candy for winter, I see the editor of 

 A. B. J. has also spoken of the same, 

 ^ I I — ^ 



A GLASS HONEY -PAIL. 



ONE 3IORE " NEW THING UNDER THE SUN." 



^ ITTLE tin pails seem to be the favorite 

 JIji package for honey, because somehow 

 everybody seems to have such a fancy 

 for every thing in the shape of a pail or bas- 

 ket, or, "in fact, any thing with a handle to 

 it, to carry it by. It may be that thoughts 

 of the " little chicks" at home (who have as 

 great a fancy for little tin pails as have the 

 twins at friend Hutchinson's), have some- 

 thing to do with the little pail getting the 

 preference over the jar or tumbler ; for what 

 child is there who would not take a pail in 

 preference to a tumbler or jarV Well, you 

 know of late we have found the honey can 

 be kept in a liquid state, and therefore we 

 want glass to make it sliow to advantage. 

 Can we have a glass pail? A few days ago I 

 saw the following on a card: — 



I am using a ^-pint jelly-cup with screw cap and 

 handle, the neatest thing I ever saw for honey. I 

 have had a good crop of honey nearly all sold; bees • 

 in good shape for winter (all in chaff hives). 



Bell Branch, Mich., Sept 11, 1833. M. H. Hpnt. 



I wrote at once to friend 

 Hunt, asking for sample, and 

 here it is; but I am sorry I 

 have not as yet learned any 

 thing in regard to the price 

 of it. I will let you know in 

 next Juvenile. The bail turns 

 down, to be out of the way 

 when packed, and I presume 

 with rubbers the jar can be 

 made as tight as the Mason 

 jars. The cover screws on, 

 of course, like the Mason 

 jars, so no accident can happen by its com- 

 ing off. 



THE new glass 

 HONEY-PAIL. 



