1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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vices; and as they are very much cheaper they 

 would be preferable.] 



HOUSE-APIARIES— SEE PAGE 133. 



. I was somewhat astonished on reading J. Vander- 

 -vort's statement. What a difference it makes how 

 a house-apiary is built and managed! I have lost 

 no queens yet by mating. I get scarcely a sting, 

 unless I pinch them. They winter better, because 

 better protected than they could be outdoors. I 

 think the difference must be, I use hives and he 

 does not. I would not take a house-aplary as a gift, 

 and use it that way, with stationary hives. 



Holloway, Mich., Feb. 17. H. S. Hoxie. 



From 90 colonies, spring count, to 130; lOliO lbs. of 

 comb and 7000 of extracted honey. 

 Wharton, Texas, Mar. 8. W. O. Victor. 



tracting the brood-nest to five or six combs during 

 clover and basswood harvest. M. L. Poteet. 



St. Joseph. Mo., Mar. 20^ 



NO I.OSS IN winter. 



Our bees went into winter quarters with plenty of 

 honey, and came through the winter in fine condi- 

 tion, not losing any out of 100. They carried in pol- 

 len April 3, for the first time I have seen them this 

 year, and there has been sealed brood in nearly all 

 we have looked at. Our bees did not do very well 

 last season, owing to lack of honey to keep up 

 brood-rearing at the right time (June). We secur- 

 ed only about 700 lbs. of comb, and extracted from 

 70 colonies. C. W. Bosworth. 



Ford, O., April 5. 



During 1889 we secured, from 7.5 colonies, .5357 lbs. 

 of comb honey— an average per colony of 7l?g lbs. 

 John & James Cowe. 

 Goodland, Mich., Apr. 19, 1890. 



from 33 TO 86, AND 4000 LBS. OF HONEY. 



My honey crop last season was 4000 lbs.— 3000 

 comb and 1000 extracted, from 36 colon'es, spring 

 count, and increased to 83. J. E. Hand. 



Abbott, la., Mar. 3L 



NEVER LOST IN CHAFF HIVES. 



I have 40 colonies of bees in excellent condition. 

 1 sold 3000 lbs. of honey last season, from 39 colo- 

 nies— 3.500 lbs. comb, .51 extracted. I have winter- 

 ed on summer stands in your chaff hives for four 

 winters, and have not lost a colony. 



Atwood, 111., Apr. 4. J. S. Marshall. 



1300 LBS. FROM 15 COLONIES. 



From 15 hives in the spring my bees increased to 

 74, and I took 1200 pounds of section honey. I am 

 wintering them in sheds with hay packed around 

 them. They were all doing nicely the first of this 

 week. They had a good fly, and carried in some 

 pollen. E. M. Anderson. 



Maryville, Mo., Feb. 27. 



$500 PER year from the bees, besides the IN- 

 COME FROM the farm. 



May 1st found us with about 80 swarms, good and 

 toad. Wc had at one time 135 swarms, but doubled 

 back to 98, which we put into the cellar the last of 

 November. We took off 5100 lbs. in sections, and 

 extracted 1000 lbs. The last three seasons we have 

 averaged about $500 from them. We have a small 

 farm in the edge of the timber. We have at this 

 <late 150 hens and 5 cows. This combination works 

 ■well, and gives us enough to eat and wear. 



E. R. A. & B. Brainard. 



Postville, la., Feb. 28, 1890. 



FROM 13 TO 23, and 300 LBS. OF HONEY. 



I had 13 colonies last spring, increased to 33; took 

 over 300 lbs. of comb honey in 1-lb. boxes, complet- 

 ed, besides as many more that were not completed 

 I sold at home, at 15 cents; sent 48 lbs. to Pittsburg, 

 Pa., and got 30 cts. for it. After paying express, I 

 cleared about 17 '/zcts. The empty crate was never 

 returned. I sold 7 colonies, which left me 16 to 

 winter. Thus far I have lost none. 



Fairview, O., Mar. 5. E. C. Morton. 



Friend M., it seems that you got more 

 money for your honey at wholesale than 

 you did at retail. In that case it certainly 

 pays to send it off to the large cities. As 

 the cases that we ship honey in cost so little, 

 I do not believe it is worth while to have 

 them returned unless there are a good 

 many of them, and can come direct. 



;^NgWEl^g TO QOE^TieN? 



FROM OUR ABC CLASS. 



A GOOD REPOFST; THE CHAFF HIVE. 



I secured 3235 lbs. of comb honey from 15 colonies, 

 spring count, and increased to 38. I attribute my 

 success to wintering in your chaff hive, which I 

 have done for the last nine years without losing a 

 colony in that time so wintered; also G. M. Doolit- 

 tle's plan of contracting brood-nest to only those 

 combs having brood in them, when examined in 

 spring, and allowing them to thoroughly fill with 



ood before giving more combs; by also con- 



STAPLE-SPACERS. 



F. J.— It you will turn to the foot-note to Phelps' 

 article, p. 99, j-ou will see that we have already an- 

 ticipated your idea of staples in the rabbets. The 

 idea now seems to us to be the most feasible for 

 hanging frames. 



^, G.— We can not make swarms alight where we 

 want them to, at least not very often. You can not 

 prevent swarming entirely. If you produce ex- 

 tracted honey, and give the colonies a large amount 

 of room, you can to a large extent. See "Swarm- 

 ing," "Comb Honey," and " Extracting," in A B C. 



SENDING BEES BY FREIGHT WITH HOUSEHOLD 

 GOODS. 



J-. H.— Bees can be shipped by freight with house- 

 hold goods, providing you see to loading and un- 

 loading. Be sure to put frames lengthwise of car. 

 If frames are hanging, stick them up. We do not 

 know much about Roe's chaff hive. It is probably 

 a good one. The Simplicity frame is used in all our 

 hives. 



B.—Yee, we can make a cover for the Dovetailed 

 hive like the Simplicity, but ycu do not want it. 

 The whole bee-fraternity is demanding the flat cov- 

 er. There should be only a bee-space (^a inch) be- 

 tween the cover and the brood-frames. If you 

 have more above you will have just so many more 

 burr-combs. The cover should either be flat, or 

 deep enough to hold sections. Less than a bee- 

 space or less than iK inches is a positive detriment. 

 We would strongly urge you to get the flat cover. 

 It is cheaper and better. 



