18; GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUllE. 70;{ 



iiiifiiiiiiliiu- an<i iinkiinw ii I'oiul. Al about ten aliout, H iiu-hcs deep, wliich liioiiKlit tlic I'id^c of 



()"cl(H'l< tlic rompaiiy dispci-scd, and I wciil to the wire cloth wit liin alioiit liall an incli ol t-lic 



my fooiii, somewhat' disgusted and pained. 1 coml)s in llie hive. so that, after a time. Ilie Ix'cs 



did not i'e|)r()ve Mie fellows foi' their had Ian- wonld be-^in to work ha-eU into the boxes a^ain. 



Kiiape. Indeed, they were ii flass of loiif^hs. 1 This lixtnic was used on the old No. :.' Aiiieri- 



niifiht sav. whom I liid not wish to ar«ue with, ran hive, under the old style of K'infi sectioiis: 



It was my mislortune to sto|) at two or three but it worked well unless it was when the (.•olo- 



surh iiotels: iiut onlv in the above ease did I ny was very strong, and the last idwof sections 



remuiii ov<'r nisht. It was very evident that was to come off: then there was irouble al)out 



the presence of liipiors cursed the whole estab- fjettinj^ all the l)ees off from the combs, and 



lislimcMit. There was always a set of haid- many of tiiem would be defaced. TIhmi when 



iookiufr customers— men whom I would hardlv Mr. Reese put out iiis escai)e. in iS87 (wliicii. I 



dare to trust out- of mv sifiht. Outhewliole. I)elieve. was the lirst time the sul)ject canm out 



howevei-. these wavside "hotels were no worse in piint). lie advocated the double cone, which 



tliun tile average "of those in Ohio, if I except is a very necessary featui'e in the successjul 



tlie twoor three I have nuMitioned. woikinji of the escaix". I knewof |)ei-iiaps KK) 



Next morniuf!; I ai'ose early, refresiied: and of those escapes beinj^ mach- to l)e used in 1S«8. 



sifKT an eai'lv breaklast I to'ok a start on the witii a varyiut? deiith of ca.se from :? inches up 



bicycle, about'seven o'clock, for Duriuiin. on the to S inches, and with from •.* to H cones, with 



Cal'skill Mountains. 1 had lieen infor-med that both siufjle and double cones, and this is how 



tiiere were two or three (piite prominent l)ee- they succeeded. In the shallow ones there was 



koepers on the idutc Thei'c wer<' (iftv miles a half-inch board used for the base, or dividinR 



ahead of me. over some iiills (piite as "hifrh as tioard. witli a % space al)ov<'. and the cones 



tliose I had fjoue over, besides the two or three were about :3 inciies deep, some siuf^le and some 



bee-keepe!-s whom 1 wished to visit. Should 1 double, because some of the makers and users 



be al)le to make it all in one dav? We'll see. knew t hat one cone was just as ^ood as two. 



.My lirst point was Cobleskill. a" run of about Some of them, the cones were luiiled on the 



fifteen miles, which I icaclied in about an liour under side of the l)oard. and some weiv naih'd 



and a half. It is a verv pretty i)lace tln'oujih on the upper side, and pi'ojected thioujch a hole 



which passes a mountain railway, and here I boicd for them. I)eei)er ones wei'e made in like 



luid the pleasure (.f makiriR the ac(|uaintance of manner, and usually wer<' made from just such 



Mr. H. Van Wie. He keeps about KK) colonies, pieces of boards as were handy. I made '.l'' or 



The bees had done not hinj; for him this season more myself: and to try them I used varmus 



<»f any accoiuit. although they were, at the time depths from three to six inches, but they mostly 



of my visit, workinii- pretty well on buckwheat, were of 4-inch denth. Tho.se that were shallow 



and l"ie will probably Kct a' pretty fair cro|) from did not einijty tlie sections as (puckly or as 



that souire. I was very mucli annoyed on my clean as the deep ones, and (piite often the bees 



bicycle routes by poor and insul'licien't directions would learn the way u|) and down when they 



as to the beslioiite to leacli a fiiven point. I wcie left on for two or three days, and the 



told Mr. Van Wie that I should have to nuike swarm was very strong: liut in a trial with 



niv sto)) necessarily short, as I liad a good inanv thre(> escapes (i inches deep, and two that were^ 



miles ahead of me.'and wished to reach Durham .■> inches deep, that were left on the iiive for 



that day. lie very kindly gave me most com- over a week, not a bee was found in the sections 



plete directions. 'The result of it was, 1 was after from two to live hours, whicli showed that 



enabled to accomi)lisli my journey of 4') miles deijth gave success. 



easily in aliout six liours. aiui visited the before- Now. the way that I found the depth being 



mentioned bee - ke<'i)ei-s that day, for which tjicclew. is this: I was telling a friend about 



Mi-. V. has my thanks. After eating two or them, early in isss. He picked up a board s 



three Red .Vstrakhan ai)ples (oh liow good Ihey j,n^.||,.s wid'e. and from a strii) of wire cloth from 



tasted after my bicycle ridel) and taking a re- seven to eight inches wide we made ten cones l)y 



freshing drink, I took myself to tlie w lieel again, cutting it sciuare and i)Ulting live cones on each 



I 7'o /((■ coiithuK'iJ.] side of a lialf-inch board, with three-inch lioles. 



This let the cones have a good half-inch si)a,ce 



— ■ ^ between, except at the outlet. I saw him again 



in .luly, and learned that he could clean a case 



GETTING BEES OUT OF SECTIONS OR ,,,• sections in half an hour, of <'very bee. He 



EXTRACTING-CASES. set the escajM' crosswise of a hive-body, raised 



the cover-boai-d from the crate, gave the bees 



iiKK-Ksf Ai'Ks A <ii!KAr liooN lo iiiK liKi:- 1 li fee or foil r 1)1 i 11(1 i iig puffs of smoke, lifted the 



KI';k['F,K. crate of sections from the hivi' to tl sca|)e, 



and then set both in place again on the hive; 



On page.V>.'.. Aug. 1. Mr. Dooliltle writes about then gave a little more smoke, put on the cover- 

 getting the bees out of the sections and the ex- board, and hd't tliem. After looking at the 

 tracting supers, and asks for an escape that can other liees a few moments we went back to the 

 he put on at night, and take the sections off in escape, took the case of sections to the lioney- 

 the morning. Terhaiis to hi'lp him and others, house, and not :.'."> iiees were to be found in tie 

 a little experience of inv own and of others that case. We then looked at the iiniler side ot the 

 I know inav help some. The main trouble with escape, and found it full of Ix-es. 'i'hesewcre 

 all escapes, so far as I know, is the lack of jarred in front of the hive, ami the cover-board 

 depth of the case to which the escape is attach- put on the section case below, liesides tlii.s 

 ed: and. like some other things, accidental deep escape he had them three, four. live, aiid 

 occurrences have given the clew. Without try- six inches deep, and with four. live, and six 

 ing to take any laurels from any one. I will tell cones: and I learned that his results were like 

 of the lirst escape that I evei' saw. which was my own— that the cones should not come nearer 

 some years ago— I can not tell how many: but to th<' bees in the hive or case below than one 

 it was taken from the old-fashioned cottage incli: that % sjiace above the board was just 

 Hv-trap. and was made from two of the inside right; that six cones, bi-inging the corner ones 

 pieces. They are ">' ; inches wide bv C) long, three inches from the corners eacii way. and 

 hound all round witli tin. and beiitat right the other two in a row lengthwise, was the best: 

 angles. They havi' eight holes. ■*„ inch in diani- that not less than a, two-inch hole slioiihl lie 

 eter. made where the wii-e cloth is bent. Two used in the board, ami a three-inch hole is bet- 

 of the.se were put into a box with sidi's and ends ter: that a doiilile cone is necessary. b<>caiise, it 



