1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTQRE. 



645 



pages, "Answers to Questions from Beg-inners." 

 These are practical, everyday questions, represent- 

 ative in tlieir character, that we have picked up for 

 the last three or four years in our correspondence, 

 and have subsequently been answered in the pages 

 of Gleanings. It might almost seem superfluous 

 to have them inatext-booi at all, since many of 

 the questions are answered in the body of the book. 

 But experience has shown that certain specific cases 

 arise in special localities recjuiring specific answers. 

 and as these questions are repeatedly asked we feel 

 that the answers will prove here, in permanent 

 form, valuable to many others. To facilitate refer- 

 ence, questions of a kind aie grouped together; for 

 instance, questions concerning comb and extracted 

 honey are by themselves, and in like manner those 

 touching feeding and bee-pasturage, etc., and so on 

 clear through. 



The whole work, from fly-leaf to fly-leaf, has been 

 all gone over and thoroughly revised, so we believe 

 it is fully up to the times, is comprehensive, and as 

 specific as it is possible to make any text-book. No 

 expense has been spared in its preparation in the 

 way of engravings; and certainly no beginner who 

 is able to keep even one liive of bees can, for the 

 small sum of $1.25, afford to be without it. As for- 

 merly, this book can be had of all dealers in bee- 

 supplies. 



WHAT SHALL WK PLANT DURING THE LAST OF 

 AUGUST? 



Kidney wax beans will make green beans for 

 table use and pickles, if the frost holds off, ordinari- 

 ly. And speaking of string l^eans reminds me that 

 our " Best of All " green-podded string bean is now 

 ripening its crop of seeds. Our people around here 

 pronounce it the most tender and luscious string or 

 snap bean they ever came across; and if you do not 

 use them all green they are a splendidshell bean 

 for the table. This bean is certainly an acquisition. 

 My attention was first called to it in Florida, and 

 our crop is principally for t lie Florida trade. As it 

 matures quickly, I think you can get green beans 

 yet this fall from seed sown at once. Price, per 

 pint, lOcts. ; quart. 1.5 cts.; peck. $1.00; bushel. $3.50; 

 5 bushels, $15.00; 10 bushels, $25.00. If wanted by 

 mail, add the customary 15 cts. per quart for post- 

 age. 



Eclipse beets will be just right for table use late 

 in the fall. They will stand a considerable frost 

 without injury. 



If you can get cauliflower-plants, now is the best 

 time in the year to set them out, in my opinion. 

 We always get nice ones during the cool frosty 

 weather of October and November— in fact, the 

 nicest we get at any season of the year. 



Celery will do if you have great big plants, and 

 ground that is tremendously rich with stable ma- 

 nure. 



Corey's Extra Early corn will surely make fodder, 

 and may make roasting-ears. 



During this month and next is the time to plant 

 out winter onions and sets, white multipliers, and 

 American Pearl. See prices on page 573 of our is- 

 sue for July 15. 



Alaska and American Wonder peas will often pro- 

 duce a good crop when planted the last of August. 



All kinds of radishes flourish now as well as or bet- 

 ter than at any otiier season. But the Chinese Rose 

 Winter is considered the best for fall planting. 



Now is just the time to get in spinach ; but, like 

 celery, it wants the very richest ground that you 

 can fix up, to come to real perfection. Kemember, 

 this plant, with a little protection, can be left out of 

 doors all winter; but it is a great deal finer if you 

 have some glass or even cotton cloth to put over it 

 during extreme weather. 



Purple-top Globe turnips sown now will give you 

 the very best table turnips, although they are likely 

 to be injured by the frost before they get to be of 

 very much size. 



Asparagus and horseradish roots can be planted 

 in August and September; but as a rule you had 

 better wait until the last of next month, or even in- 

 to October. 



This is the great month for planting strawberries; 

 and. thanks to our recent abundant rains, we are 

 ready to supply almost any (luantity unless it 

 should be the Parker Earle and Edgar Queen. These 

 are so late with their crop of fruit they have not yet 

 made very many runners. 



In regard to honey-plants, buckwheat put in now 

 way escape the frost; better put in some crimson 



clover with it, however, and then you will have two 

 chances for a crop for the bees instead of one. 



Alsike and White Dutch, peavine and mammoth 

 clovers, sometimes make a stand sufficient to go 

 through the winter; but it is risky business. 



I do not know much about alfalfa; but I think 

 that, in our locality, it is better to sow it during 

 June. Rape can be sown for bees during this 

 month or next, as it blossoms sometimes in four or 

 five weeks after sowing. Borage will also make 

 blossoms; but as it seems to have but little use ex- 

 cept for honey, very little of it is sown nowadays. 

 Seven-top turnip can also be sown any time this 

 month or next; but this plant has also dropped out 

 of use, as it is of but little value except for honey. 

 A small patch of it for early greens in early spring, 

 however, is a pretty good thing, and it is a splendid 

 plant to turn under for enriching the ground. 



AMERICAN PEARL ONION-SETS. 



We are just now harvesting the finest crop of 

 these we ever raised. As we put in a pretty heavy 

 seeding, there are a good many small ones mixed in 

 —some not larger than peas. These small ones are 

 less likely to send u]) seed-stalks; and as they are 

 sold by measure you get a greater number of onions 

 for your money where the sets are small. Price, 

 quart, 25 cts.; peck, fl.50; bushel. $5.00. The price 

 of the large-sized sets, say an inch in diameter, or 

 more, will be just half the above prices. These are 

 just as good in every way, except that you will have 

 to take more pains to break off the seed-stalks as 

 fast as they appear next spring; and you will not 

 get so many sets in a bushel if you use the large- 

 sized sets. Now, and during the month of Septem- 

 ber, is the time to plant them. We have had the best 

 success in wintering where the.v start and grow, 

 and get well rooted in the fall. These onions have 

 been described so often that I suppose almost every 

 one is more or less acquainted with them by this 

 time. 



Winter rye. the well-known strain that we have 

 been furnishing for so many years past, $1.00 per 

 bushel; 2 bushels, $1.80, bags included. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I am pleased with the hives, and we think the 

 lawn-mower is perfection. Geo. W. Russell. 



Ocoonita, Va., June 10. 



I should like A. I. Root to see he is not fighting 

 a battle against the swindlers single-handed. I am 

 thankful that on this side of the globe we have men 

 who are not afraid to speak the truth. I desire to 

 thank him for the way in which he has shown up 

 the electric gentlemen. M. Evans. 



North Ipswich, Queensland, June 5. 



crane SMOKER A DANDY. 



I received my order, 39,859, day before yesterday, 

 and find every "thing exactly right. This is the best 

 hive I ever saw, and the thick top will stand our 

 hot suns. The Crane smoker is a dandy. I am 

 greatly pleased with these things, and extend you 

 mv sincere thanks. W. P. Moore. 



Portland, Tenn., July 15. 



A KIND word from ARKANSAS. 



Bees and honey crop are good; fruit of all kinds 

 never better; corn and cotton and potatoes, oats 

 and hay, in fine condition. Come down this fall and 

 I will give you a bear-hunt. Anthony Opp. 



Helena, Ark., June 29. 



[Well, well! I have had invitations that were hard 

 to resist, a good many times, but I do not know 

 that I was ever before asked to go on a bear-hunt — 

 and, come to think (^f it, from an old friend whose 

 name has been on our subscription-list so long that 

 it looks like one of the old landmarks; and that is 

 what makes it specially hard to resist. Friend Opp, 

 how fast can a bear run when it is right down mad ? 

 Could I take my wheel along ? Is bear meat good 

 to eat ? Suppose you should take me off t)n a bear- 

 hunt, and I should get hugged to death— what would 

 become of Mrs. Root and the rest of them away 

 back here in Medina ? Now, then, you look out or 

 you may get taken up. Thanks for the invitation, 

 any way.— A. I. R.] 



