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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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HOXKY fJ!01' EXf'KLI.EXT. 



The lioiicy crop is cxcoUcnt in Quality, aiul 

 fair ill (luaiitity. P^roiii .">4 stoc'l<s I iiavc ex- 

 tracted about ;.'5(M) lbs. I have not had a large 

 yield since 1S78. Clovei' is a failure nearly- every 

 year, and basswood is largely cut off for lumber. 



Kennedy. N. Y.. Aug. 11. ' W. H. S. (JitotT. 



SEVIEK CO.. I TAir. A OOOD LOCALITY FOIJ BEES. 



Our honey-flow commences about June loth, 

 and ends Sept. 1.5th. The average yield is 

 about 150 lbs. of lioney to each colony, and 100 

 p(>r c(>iit iiici'ease of b(>es. At times we have 

 more increase of Ikmvs and less honey. 



Elsiiiore. I'tali. Julv :.'8. N. H. "Hai.dwin. 



A I5I<; llOXEV YIKI-I) Tins SEASON IX 



TEXXESSEE. 



We .have had a big honey yield this season. 

 I find in some of my hives (aiul it has continued 

 so foi' many months) many bees almost jx'rfectly 

 lilack. and others almost pure Italians, seem- 

 ingly the progeny of th(> same ([ueen. Is not 

 •this contrary to tlieorv? .Iames A. IjYox. 



Clarksville. Teiiii.. Sei)t. 4. 



No: hybrids are often marked that way. 



A (iOOt) YIELD FKOM BASSWOOI) AXI) CLOVEK. 



In this locality my bees have had plenty of 

 clover and basswood to work ni)on: four swarms 

 liave stoi-ed. in :.'-lb. sections. :.'t;o lbs. This I 

 took off at the end of the basswood flow. They 

 are now at work upon biickw heat. Only one 

 increase from these four swarms. 



Union City. Mich., Aug. :iS». S. D. Buell. 



A SMALL CHOP. BUT THE HONEY GOES OFF 

 I>IKE HOT CAKES. 



This has not been an extra year in honey. 

 'Our ci'op was about <i(K) lbs. from 00 colonies, 

 but some of them weic so weak in the spring 

 that they gave no surjiliis at all. It is beautiful 

 honey, aiul goes off like hot cak'es — no troubl(>, 

 to sell this yeai'. We had only six or seven 

 swarms. We do not expect to get any surplus 

 this fall, as buckwheat will be a poor crop. 



Hell L. Dtncan. 



Black Lick, Fa., Aug. .'.'1. 



MEHCEK's .SCAI,E-IIIVE liEPOKT FOU 18iK). 



Inclosed you will find a report of my scale 

 hive. This" is the same one that was on the 

 ■scales last year, with the same queen. It did 

 inot swarm," neither had it any h(dp from any 



month. The hive weighed, when taken oft' the 

 scales. July :.'0. 115 lbs. It is an ordinary S- 

 frame L. iiive, with supers, each holding 7 

 frames. L. K. Meucek. 



Ventura. Cal.. Sept. :.*. 



HOXEY-FLOW (iOOl). 



The bees in this county nearl\' forgot to 

 swarm this season. They were (|uit<' backw ard 

 until the 15th of .luni'. when they commenced 

 to work. The honey-flow is good, but the bees 

 are so cross we can hardly get along with them. 

 If you can assign any reasons for their doing .so 

 when the |)asture is good. I should be pleased to 

 hear from yon. .\. .1. ]{kll. 



Logan City, Utah. Aug. 13. 1890. 



Friend H.. the only reason lean give is. that 

 the weather was cold, or else the pasturagi^ 

 was not very good. 



Total,. TOl lbs. 



other hive. After June \:l they continued to 

 gatherfrom H to :i lbs. per day for about one 



SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR A. I. ROOT. AND HIS 

 FRIENDS WHO LOVE TO RAISE CROPS. 



That art on whiih a thousand millions of n\en are dependent 

 for their sustenance, and two hundred millions of men expend 

 their dail.y toll, must lie the most iiujiortant of ,-ill— the parent 

 and precursor of all other arts. In cvrrv odiiutry thi'U and at 

 every period, the investigation i>f tlie jivinciples on which the 

 rationalpracticeof this art is founded ij\it;ht to h.nve command- 

 ed the principal attention of the greatest minds. 



James F. W. Johnston. 



USIXG CLOTH IN PLACE OF GLASS Foi; HOT- 

 BEDS. COLD-FHAMES, ETC. 



A good many are making inquiries in regard 

 to this matter, and they come to me. as I have 

 had exijerience. At jiresent we have only one; 

 bed covered with cloth: and if the money we 

 liave expended in cloth frames had been put in 

 glass sash I should have been very much better 

 ideased. They answer very well in the fall and 

 sijring to keep oft' frost, but for the snows of 

 winter they do not answer at all. Suppose your 

 cloth frames are covered with six inches of 

 snow, converted into slush with a di'enching 

 rain. Under such circumstances the glass k(H'ps 

 its place all right, and is not haniu'd by the 

 wet or dampness: but the cloth is soon made 

 useless. Another thing, the cloth fiaines blow 

 around unless fastened down, and this one 

 thing has disgusted me with them. It is true. I 

 might make tiiem as heavy as one of tlie glass 

 frames: but if I am going to do that. I think I 

 should i)ut in glass and have something sub- 

 stantial, and good for a lifetime, if properly 

 taken care of. It is true, cloth frames are light 

 to handle, and can be cheaply made, but they 

 do not begin to keep out fro.st like tight, well- 

 made sash. I have thought sev(>ral tinn^s of 

 having a cold-frame on the south side of some 

 building, then have a cloth frame hinged on 

 the north side, so it can be raised up and fast- 

 ened against the building. This would kee]) it 

 from blowing away, when they are down over 

 the plants, or fastened up against the building, 

 and might answer a very good puri)os(^ in the 

 spring and fall. 



One fiieiid asks if there is any thing new that 

 I have learned about green lioii.ses. Not much, 

 unless it be this: We want a greeniiouse so as 

 to get every bit of sunshine possit)le. It should 

 hav(^ a locality where neither trees nor build- 

 ings an^ going to obstruct the rays of the sun in 

 the winter time. After we have secured ev(!ry 

 l)article of sunshine ])ossible, from sunrise to 

 sunset, then I would make pr'ovision for .secur- 

 ing the rains from above. Removing the sash, 

 and letting the gentle rain come right down on 

 the plants, is the l)est remedy that I know of 

 for insects or disease. Besides thi.s, if w<' wish 



