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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Nov. 15 



A BUSINESS man's APIARY IN TEXAS, WHICH YIELDED OVER $450.00 WORTH OF HONEY, 

 ALTHOUGH THE BEES RECEIVED ATTENTION ONLY AFTER BUSINESS HOURS. 



A BUSINESS MANS APIARY IN TEXAS. 



BY TOM BURLISON. 



The engraving represents my apiary in 

 town where I spend many pleasant and 

 profitable moments after business hours. I 

 have 41 colonies, which are run for comb 

 and bulk comb honey. I averaged about 

 100 pounds per colony this last season, 

 which netted me over $450 in all. 



The yard is located just 20 feet from the 

 back porch, the building to the left being 

 the honey-house. A large hackberry-tree 

 shades almost the whole yard from noon 

 until evening. The cedar-tree at the right 

 is a favorite clustering-place for swarms. 



The solid fence on the north keeps out 

 north winds and also causes the bees to fly 

 a little higher. The rest of the yard is en- 

 closed with a low fence, only high enough 

 to keep the babies out until they get ac- 

 quainted with the bees. 



Waxahatchie, Texas. 



A GOOD SHOWING FROM ONE COLONY OF 

 BEES. 



BY W. H. GREEN. 



The 33 Langstroth combs shown in the 

 engraving, and the two supers with sec- 

 tions, were all from one colony of bees. 

 The combs were very thick, as they were 

 spaced far apart in four stories, the comb- 

 honey supers being on top of all. The 

 whole amount was 325 lbs., all of it being 

 fine quality of thick white-clover honey. 

 Several of my colonies did as well. 



I am selling my honey readily at a good 



price. I can see a big improvement since 

 the pure-food law went into effect, as the 

 people are anxious to use more honey and 

 are willing to pay more for it than before. 

 Marysville, Oliio. 



INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE CELLS TO 

 MAKE LARGER BEES. 



BY THE JUDGE. 



Bee-keeping is not new to me. I am not 

 a beginner, neither do I know it all. My 

 first experience was in the fall of 1884 and 

 spring of 1885; and since then I have han- 

 dled bees more or less — in 1887 and 1888 un- 

 der that past master, A. E. Manum, and 

 for the last few years merely for the fun of 

 it as an amateur in the city. My success 

 has been varied, generally more of plea- 

 sure than honey; but of the latter I have 

 produced as high as 750 lbs. of extracted 

 honey from six colonies, spring count, and 

 increased the same to fifteen. 



Now, if it is true that bees raised in drone- 

 cells under forced conditions are larger than 

 those raised in ordinary worker-cells; that 

 worker-cells range 25 to 29 to the square 

 inch, and drone-cells 17 to 19 to the square 

 inch, why not make worker-cell foundation 

 22 or 23 cells to the square inch, and so help 

 increase the size of the worker bee ? 



SIZE OF THE FOUNDATION SHEET. 



I find that the light brood foundation 

 which I have been using is not large 

 enough. It is more than y% inch above the 

 bottom-bar of the frame when fastened in 

 the slot at the top of the frame; and the 

 bees do not build it down to the bottom-bar. 

 It is highly desirable to have the combs 



