1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



859 



el's bees must have been cro^s-eyed for other 

 reasons. 



As to the closed-end frames, there iire many 

 things In their favor; and as between them and 

 Hoffman frames I don"t think I shcmld have 

 much choice. We adopted the Hodman bp- 

 cause thi'y were better adapted to the hives 

 generally in use Tin' Hetheriiigton Quinby 

 is one of the best closed-end-frame hives in use 

 — perhaps tlie best. I know it i* used exten- 

 sively, and is easily handled. — Ed ] 



OLD FOUNDATION IN SECTIONS ATX RIOTfT. 



In a footnote to an article by J. P. Terael, on 

 pages 771 and 772, you ask for experi<^nre in re- 

 gard to old foundation. I have taken about 

 400 pounds of nice amber comb honey from 20 

 stands of bees (of mixed breed) this fall, and it 

 was all stored on foundation that had been in 

 the sections and stored supers for three years, 

 and there was not a poor comb in the lot ex- 

 cept two or three, which were fastened to the 

 divider. I use Heddon supers. 



Lacota. Mich. E. A. Mallory. 



[These are just the kind of reports we want. 

 Let's have lots of them, giving actual facts. 

 It is proper to remark right here that friend 

 Mallorv's experience agrees substantially with 

 what Dr. Miller recently said in a Straw.— Ed.] 



CROSS BF.RS; HOW BURNING OLD HIVES AND 

 BROOD-FRAMES STIRS THEM UP. 



In reading your ABC book I have not no- 

 ticed any precautions against burning wood 

 with bee-gum or wax on. A few days ago I 

 noticed that our bees were unusually cross, and 

 I couldn't account for it. They would fly at 

 anybody anywhere near. I couldn't even stay 

 around to watch them. Upon inquiry I found 

 that my brother had started the fire that morn- 

 ing with kindling-wood that had more or less 

 wax and bee-gum on it. Father says that, in 

 the East, when he used to hunt bee-trees, by 

 rubbing wax between two hot stones he could 

 draw bees from all around the country. Among 

 some friends who came to see us were some 

 children, who, after being here a few days, 

 thought they would like to have a bonfire. , I 

 told them all right, only to be careful not to 

 put anv thing on that had wax or bee-gum on 

 it into the fire. Presently I noticed that the bees 

 were after them in good earnest, and I had to go 

 to the house myself to keep from getting stung. 

 One of the children got quite badly disfigured 

 after they had been chased into the barn sever- 

 al times. On asking them what they started 

 their fire with I found that they had used the 

 shavings off from old brood-frames, which I 

 had lately cleaned. Burning any thing of this 

 kind seems to bring robber-bees around more 

 effectually than any thing else I know of. The 

 scent of burning beeswax does not seem to limit 

 itself to any locality. If we have any thing of 

 this kind to burn we wait till night comes on. 

 Doubtless, burning old hives to destroy foul 

 brood, or using them for kindling-wood, as 

 recommended in the ABC, can be done with 



perfect safety if the apiary is not near the spot. 

 Fountain. Col. .J. \V. Crouch. 



[Yes.it is true that the burning of parts of 

 hives smeared with piopoli': and wax will make 

 bees cross, especially if they iiave bfen in the 

 habit of robbing, is^miiing, I heli(>v<\ is said 

 concerning this except umiiM- '• fire- [hunting," 

 where it is directed to make a smudge, to call 

 the bees in the woods, by burning old comb. I 

 will call more particular attention to this under 

 " Robbing," in the next edition.— Ed.] 



AN APPEAL TO THE BEE-KEEPERS OF WISCON- 

 SIN. 



Some of you have seen the report of N. E. 

 France, in Gleanings for June 1. regarding 

 the efforts that were made by the Southwest- 

 ern Wisconsin and the Wisconsin vState Bee- 

 keepers' Associations to get the passage of a 

 foul-brood law, providing a foul-brood inspect- 

 or for Wisconsin. Mr. France expanded $25 in 

 railroad fare and expenses while working to 

 get the bill passed. The bill as you know was 

 lost; but we as bee-keepers feel that we must 

 not give up until we have accomplished our 

 purpose of getting a law for our State similar 

 to the Canadian law. We must have money 

 with which to pay the expenses of Mr. France, 

 and for a fund to provide for future expenses in 

 pushing this matter through the legislature. 

 We therefore appeal to every bee-keeper and 

 supply-dealer in our State, or interested there- 

 in, to send contributions for this purpose to 

 N. E. France, treasurer of the Wisconsin Stale 

 Bee-keepers' Association, Platteville, Wis., on 

 or before Jan. 1, 1896; and if there are any who 

 are absolutely unable to give us financial sup- 

 port we ask you to write a letter to Mr. France, 

 showing your interest and desire to have this 

 law passed, which is of such importance to pro- 

 tect our chosen pursuit. 



F. Wilcox, 



Pres. Wis. State Bee-keepers'' Asso'n. 

 H. Lathrop. 



Sec. Wis. State Bee-keepers' Assn'n. 

 N. E. France, 



Pres. S. W. Wis. Bee keepers' Ass'n. 

 M. M. Rice. 



Sec. S. W. Wis. Bee-keepers' Asso'n. 



A GOOD report AND A KIND WORD. 



Mr. Root:— Our bee season is over; and as it 

 has been a successful one I thought a few lines 

 would not be out of place, so I write you. My 

 bees, spring count, numbered 34; extracted 

 13,200 lbs. of honey, and increased my apiary to 

 90. Of course, to some of you old and experi- 

 enced bee-keepers this may be under the aver- 

 age, in some localities at least. I am only be- 

 ginning in the business; have handled the 

 frisky little things 15 years, but it does my 

 heart good whenever I hear them humming. 

 I am very much interested in Gleanings, also 

 in the hive discussion; also your lean-beef diet. 

 But I think most of your talks on Christ. If 

 he be for us, who can be against us ? 



San Pasqual, Cal., Nov. 1. J. A. Bover. 



