1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



787 



42,000 LBS. OF HONEY. 



Our soason is over. Wo luivo about half a 

 crop: I got 28,m) lbs. of extracted honey; 14,000 

 lbs. of comb honey, and about 400 lbs. of bees- 

 wax. I have a 7-franu' autonuitic extractor, 

 and I have, a double honey-tank holding seven 

 tons and a half at one time; and a large solar 

 extractor. C. P. Lane. 



Warthan. Cal.. .July :.'■">. 



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TWO BAD SEASONS. 



The past two seasons have been very hard for 

 bees in this vicinity. Mine have not made a 

 pound of box honey this season. It has been 

 the poorest but one for 25 years. 



H. H. Webber. 



Monroe Center. INIe., Sept. 15. 



bees working on parsnip. 

 I saw in Gleanings of Oct. 1. page 713. about 

 bees working on parsnip. I raised parsni|)-seed 

 in my gaixlen. and the bees worked on it (>very 

 pleasant day while in bloom. 1 think it a good 

 honey-plant. We can find out another year. 

 Mrs. M. E. Tanner. 

 North Woodbury, Ct., Oct. 20. 



tKX) LBS. from 21 STOCKS. 



My honey crop for this poor season foots up 

 over tiOO lbs. in 1-lb. sections from 21 hives. 

 Too late. Last-year swarms in gums ai'e doing 

 nothing above their living. As a general thing, 

 among the old class of bee-keepers the honey 

 crop has been a failure in these parts. 



Pine Grove, O., Sept. 27. S. Daniels. 



an increase of 10 COLONIES FROM A 3- 

 FRAME NUCLEUS. 



I received from you last Septc^mber one three- 

 frame nucleus, which wintered in good shape 

 and increased this year to ten colonies, which 

 are strong enough to winter all right; and 

 extracted l.o.i lbs. of alfalfa honey. 



Keating, Ore., Oct. 5. A. S. Love. 



[You did well.] 



CHANGING queens. 



This will not stop the nameless disease. I 

 had five queens last year from St. Louis, and 

 introduced them to my bees. They are affected 

 by the disease, and they are worse now than 

 before. Fred A. Hund. 



Casco, Mich., Oct. 6. 



[Friend H., we hardly think the above is 

 conclusive, for the queens you received may 

 have bwMi fiom colonies afflicted in a like man- 

 ner. I think giving the stocks new queens from 

 an apiary that never had the disease will put 

 an end to it — at least, we have never known it 

 to fail.] 



ITALIANS ON GRAPES. 



I find the Italian bees I bought this year sur- 

 pass hyl)i'ids in one thing — th<'y are always on 

 hand wiieic there is (ui}/ clutiice. If a bee gets 

 drowned in sorghum it is an Italian: while the 

 gi'apes on our house-arbor, after thi' rains 

 cracked them, were like a swarm, and all Ital- 

 ians. This was the first time I ever saw any 

 havoc by bees to grai)es. W. N. Root. 



Assumption. 111., Oct. 0. 



[I know this is true of the Italians, many 

 times. Very often the Italians will be at woi'k 

 on red clover while the l)lacks are woi'king on 

 rotten fruit, and hanging around cid<'r-mills.] 



A STONE BUILDING FOR BEES. 



How would you prepare the following build- 

 ing for wintering bees ? I have a stone build- 

 ing 12 feet long, 10 wide, 8 high, with a common 

 shingle roof, in which I wish to hive 35 colonies 

 of bees, all in 8 and 10 frame Langstroth hives. 



Mt. Horeb, Wis.. Oct. 9. E. C. Elver. 



[If your building is frost-proof, pile them up 

 in rowswitlioul bottom -boards, a hi lioardman, 

 or as is explained in our latest A U C of Bee 

 Culture. Stone buildings have not been found 

 very successful — at least, so far as my experi- 

 ence goes. They are apt to be damp and cold, 

 and they do not 'dry out as well as the sawdust- 

 packed rej)()sitories.] 



APPLE-TREES FOR SHADE. 



I should like to l)e informed how much shade 

 a swann of l)ees will do tiie best under. thri)\igh 

 the summer season. Is the shade of large apple- 

 trees too dense? I have some swarms standing 

 directly under quite large apple-trees, where 

 the sun shines on the fronts of the hives less 

 than half the time. A. P. Fletcher. 



Proctorsville, Vt., Aug. 31. 



[Apple-trees, if not too large, and the foliage 

 not too dense, form excellent shade for hives. 

 A young orchai-d makes, therefore, a very nice 

 place. For fuither particulars, see the ABC 

 of Bee Culture.] 



getting young plants from STRAWBERRIES 

 SET IN AUGUST. 



The 24 Gandy strawberry - plants sent me 

 Aug. 5th have sent out lifty runners, and the 

 Haverland has sent out quite a number, all do- 

 ing splendidly. I lost but one plant out of 96, 

 and something cut the root of it. If the weath- 

 er continues nice for three or four weeks, I 

 shall get 100 sets from them. P. M. Byerly. 



Farley, la., Sept. 10. 



[Friend B., in our locality I think we could 

 safely get double the number, with a favorable 

 fall like the present one.] 



WHEN TO MOVE A WHOLE APIARY' 100 YARDS. 



Mv bee-yard is within six feetof my dwelling, 

 and within twenty feet of the public highway, 

 with no obstruction intervening, save small 

 fruit-trees, peach, quince, and pear. When I 

 established it there I took no thought of in- 

 crease. It now numbers over 20 stands. Should 

 I live and retain my present and ever increasing 

 interest I mu.st remove them to a spot more re- 

 mote from pul)iic travel. I desire to place them 

 about 100 yards from their present location. 

 Will you tell how to do it, and when? 



Guys, Md.. Sei)t. 29. Wm. S. Adams. 



[Move this winter, after the bees have been 

 confined for awhii<^] 



HOW TO MAKE GKEEN-TOMATO PIE. 



I wonder if the readers of Gleanings know 

 that green tomato(>s are excellent for i)i(!S. If 

 you have never tried them, ask i\Irs. 11. to make 

 one. Here is a recipe: 



Prepan^ the tomatoes as you would apples. 

 Take ^ cup of sugar: 2 heaping teaspoons tlour; 

 stir sugar and tlour together, and spread on the 

 bottom crust: then add tomatoes and two table- 

 spoons vinegar, and a little Imtter. Put on ui)- 

 per crust, and bake. Cut the i)ie into as many 

 pieces as you wish. I think four is small 

 enough. " S. H. Hough. 



Saybrook, ()., Sept. Ki. 



THE BOOK AND THE STRAWBERRIES. 



The book on strawberries is at hand. 

 Thanks. The strawberry-i)lants are all grow- 

 ing nicely, and it certainly is a delight to see 



