GLEANINGS IN 



EE CULTURE 



January, 1918 



FROM THE FIELD OF EXPERIENCE 



taken up in the afternoon, and Mr. Hume 

 had some fine queen-cells to exhibit, Dr. 

 Gates giving a demonstration on how to pro- 

 duce them. 



L. D. Case, of Pittsfield, took up the sub- 

 ject of requeening, and the merits of the 

 different methods of introducing were dis- 

 cussed. 



The apiary at Flintstone farm, Dalton, 

 was the place visited the following day. The 

 weather was ideal for apiary work. Ealph 

 Ely and B. Ankar have charge of the bees 

 and fruit, and both young men seem well 

 adapted to the work. 



From samples of honey purchased in Pitts- 

 field Dr. Gates demonstrated how honey 

 should be put up for market. 



Messrs. Ely and Ankar gave a demonstra- 

 tion of extracting and bottling honey, and 

 Mr. Ely also gave a short talk on the value 

 of bees in the orchard, and showed us where 

 clover had come into the fields near by — an 

 occurrence which he attributes to the fact of 

 having the bees on the place. 



The writer had to leave Dalton the fol- 

 lowing day, much to his regret, so could not 

 take in the program for Saturday; but we 

 know that the demonstrations and discus- 

 sions of races of bees, transferring, winter- 

 ing, and bee diseases must have been fully 

 as entertaining as those of the three preced- 

 ing days. 



Such outings as these are of inestimable 

 value to all, and we should have more such 

 chances to get together and exchange ideas. 



Berlin, Conn. A. E. CEANDALL. 



Workingman's Playground 



Altho working six nights every week on 

 a Eoch ester morning newspaper, I am able 

 to utilize my spare hours of daylight in 



recreation, working among my bees, at the 

 same time making considerable profit. 



This apiary is situated just outside of the 

 city of Eochester and is run for both comb 

 and extracted honey. The main flow is from 

 clover. The comb-honey supers are first 

 put on, followed by full-depth extracting- 

 bodies. Thus the main flow is secured in 

 comb honey with very few unfinished sec- 

 tions, and usually there is a good percentage 

 of extracted clover honey also, all of which 

 is sold in the home markets. 



Besides looking after this apiary, I act 

 as apiarist for several of the large garden- 

 ers about Eochester, who need the bees for 

 fertilizing the cucumber plants in the green- 

 houses. As the garden district (Iron de 

 quoit, "The garden spot of the world," as it 

 is known) is made up of vegetable crops 

 and fruit, there is no pasturage for the bees 

 after fruit-bloom, and, consequently, a good 

 deal of feeding has to be done. This section 

 is north of the city, along Lake Ontario. 



My apiary is about twelve miles south, 

 surrounded by grazing and general farming 

 land. In connection with the apiary, queen- 

 roaring is carried on for the benefit of my- 

 self and local beekeepers. There are many 

 colonies kept in the city, and almost every 

 yea;- a strong swarm will cluster on the 

 trolley wires in the business district, caus- 

 ing quite a sensation. 



This seems to be a good deal of work for 

 one man to handle; but as I follow up my 

 comb-honey supers with extracting supers, 

 and raise the hives up from the bottom- 

 board, allowing a free circulation of air, 

 swarming is held in check. With the aid 

 of a light motor truck I am able, within 12 

 or 20 minutes, to reach my bees in either di- 

 rection. While being kept rather busy, I 

 considf>r it fun and recreation to work with 

 the bees 



Rochester, N. Y. W. H. HAEBEE. 



Apiary of W. H. Ha)-)jer near Uochcster, N. Y. Mr. Harber works six nights a week on a daily 

 newspaper and cares for his bees during spare time thru the day. 



