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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 1, 



were in full bloom, and by placing a hive of bees in 

 the bouse. All the fruit was matured on the tree to 

 which the bees were allowed access, while more or 

 less dropped at the stoning period in the case of the 

 trees fertilized by artificial means. A tree protect- 

 •ed from the bees, and not otherwise fertilized, set 

 no fruit whatever. 



WHAT TO DO WITH HONEY SOURED IN THE 

 COMB. 



What would you do with brood-frames filled 

 with sour honey? It soured in the cellar last 

 winter, and the bees died. I have a solar wax- 

 extractor; could I extract it as it is ? 



Rice Lake, Wis. Lydia Amekman. 



[I would put the honey, comb and all. in the 

 solar wax-extractor. The wax. when melied, 

 will rise to the top. when the honey can be 

 drawn olT. If it is not then sweetened by<fthe 

 iheat, throw it away or use it for vinegar. If 

 the combs are good and worth saving, extract 

 the honey and heat it over the stove.— Ed] 



A CORRECTION AS TO THE AMOUNT OF HONEY 

 SENT TO THE COLONIAL EXHIBITION 



IN 18SG. 



It is to be regretted that it is so difficult to 

 •catch up with and down an untruth, once it 

 " gets a going." There is no doubt that Mr. W. 

 S. Hughes, the writer of that biographical 

 sketch of Mr. M. B. Holmes, intended to give 

 correct figures when he said. "Ontario sent 

 about 40 tons of honey to the Colonial and In- 

 dian Exhibition in 1886;" but, in fact, we sent 

 only about 20 Canadian tons; but that would 

 not make 20 British tons by any means, which 

 makes the untruth all the more to be regretted. 



I very well remember the nice large exhibit 

 of honey sent to that exhibition by our enter- 

 prising brother Holmes. It gives me pleasure 

 ■even to this day to go over in my mind the 

 noble manner in which Bros. Holmes and 

 J. K. Darling, living as they do away off in the 

 east end of the province, responded to the call 

 for honey to send to that exhibition. All their 

 correspondence was prompt, courteous, and 

 business-like, and their promises carefully kept. 

 It is a pleasure to do business with such men. 



Belmont, Ont., Oct. 21. S. T. Pettit. 



STICKY FLY-PAl'ER IN THE TREATMENT OF 



FOUL brood; how EASILY RECOGNIZED 



FROM THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN IN 



THE A B C OF BEE CULTURE. 



I have been working in foul brood, and I 

 went to the A B C for treatment. I had eight 

 colonies badly affected, and I think the disease 

 well named. I would say to those who have 

 never had it, you need not guess at whether 

 you have it or not. You can tell as soon as you 

 see or smell it, to a certainty, from the descrip- 

 tion in the ABC. I used to think every bit of 

 chilled brood I saw was foul brood sure, and 

 was always looking for it as if it took fine work 

 to detect its presence. I thought I could smell 

 it for a week after I got it burnt. I took the 

 best to try my hand at curing; the others. I 

 burned (kept the hives and immersed in boiling 

 water, as directed in the ABC). 



As there is some doubt expressed in the book 

 as to our being able to get all the bees, I will 

 tell you how we did. We brimstoned them 

 after night, and let the hive stay on the stand 

 over the next day. Having the entrance cork- 

 ed tightly, we took a sheet of tanglefoot fly- 

 paper and cut a hole in it over the corked en- 

 trance. This caught every straggler. After 

 scalding the hives I painted them inside with 

 .5 per cent dilute carbolic acid. 



I started up with 5 Hoffman frames to the 

 hive; and after the bees were put in on the 

 foundation I let them stay confined 48 hours, 

 then fed, and let out next day after feeding at 

 sundown. We boiled the honey to feed them 

 inside at night. They seem to be coming up, as 

 the ABC says, with June prosperity, notwith- 

 standing the comment that it doesn't work 

 with some. I neglected to say that we used 

 fly- paper at the entrances of those confined, 

 and think it works finely to catch the stragglers 

 anywhere. 



Will you kindly tell me whether it would be 

 best to burn the sections drawn out on those 

 hives this year? I do not want to take any 

 chances that I might avoid, of its return. 



Saltsburg, Pa. G. W. Martin. 



[The use of sticky fly-paper is a new and ex- 

 cellent suggestion. If we should be so unfor- 

 tunate as to have at some future time another 

 case we shall try it. The five-per-cent dilution 

 is not strong enough to do any good. Better 

 boil the hives thoroughly. The sections you 

 refer to had best be burned. — Ed.] 



THE O I ANT BAMBOO. 



[The following verses were sent us by friend 

 A. F. Brown, of San Matt o. Fla. He says he 

 came across them about the time he read A. I. 

 R.'s description of the bamboo. We do not 

 know where they originated. — Ed.] 



Oiif nii;lit when tlic hills were drenched with dew. 



And iii(>i>nliiaiii> lay about . 

 The (■(iiuu'al rone of a young bamboo 



Came eautioiisly creeping out. 



It tossed its cup upon the ground, 



Amazed at the sudden light; 

 And so pleased was it with the world it found 



That it grew six feet that night. 



It grew and it grew in the smiimer breeze; 



It grew and it grew, until 

 It looked right over the camphor-trees 



To the further side of the hill. 



A Japanese phrase the wood-cutter used 

 ( ' Cine tree! " is what we should say). 

 He chopped it all round, till it fell to the ground; 

 His oxen then hauled it away. 



He made a fine tub from the lowermost round, 



A iiail from the following one; 

 .\ caddy for rice from the very next slice, 



.\nd ills work was no more than begun. 



The next were tall vases and medicine-cases, 



With dippeis and drink cups galore; 

 There were platters and bowls, and pickets and poles, 



And matting to spread on the floor. 



.V parasol-frame and an intricate game, 



And the ribs to a paper fan ; 

 A sole to his shoe, and a toothpick or two. 



He next made — this wonderful man. 



A pencil, I think, and a bottle for ink, 



.\nd a stem for his miniat jre pipe; 

 A ring for his hand, and a luncheon stand. 



And a tray for the oranges ripe. 



A rake then he made, and a small garden spade , 



And a trellis to loop up his vine; 

 A Hute which lie blew, a tea-strainer too, 



And a fiddle to squeak shrill and fine. 



If would fake me all day, if I were to say 

 All that wonderful man brought to view; 



But a traveler I met says he's sitting there yet, 

 .^t work on that single bamboo. 



