" NOVICE'S " GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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manufacture for individual use or apiary 

 will be sent securely sealed by mail, post 

 paid for $2.00." 



"The recipe is eoprighted and secured 

 according to law. Parties receiving it 

 are therefore cautioned not to sell the 

 same or in any way make it known to 

 others. It is warranted as represented or 

 the money will be refunded. 



Now if we haven't a fondness for good 

 things, we don't know who has, and this 

 "ambrosial'' — Well, we have sent a two 

 dollar greenback, and really we can hard- 

 ly wait until the mails shall bring us the 

 "wonderful" paper, If it wasn't for the 

 law and copyright we would give the 

 whole to our readers in place of a $2 00 

 chromo, etc. On second thought we will 

 give the whole thing in our next number 

 to all our subscribers and take the conse- 

 quences ; and, furthermore, send us all 

 the valuable receipts you can and we'll 

 send the money to Mr. H. Herman Flick, 

 Lavansville, Pa., or to anyone else ; for 

 "Gleanings" must contain all that is of 

 value about bees or honey, no matter 

 what it costs, nor how many suits at law. 



II E ADS OF GRAIN FROM DIFFER- 

 ENT FIELDS. 



ill.— I never had but one Italian queen (or 

 purported to be), and kept her three years. 

 .She was uncommonly prolific, but I never re- 

 alized but one three pound box from the colo- 

 ny. They raised a queen last fall to supply 

 her place, and although there are quantities 

 of bees there is no honey but a little extract- 

 ed, while I have three black colonies that will 

 average over a hundred apiece (only six colo- 

 nies in all, one new one) mostly box honey. 

 They are all running over with bees, some 

 two stories, with boxes piled round sides and 

 top. I never have any trouble in getting it 

 put in boxes if any is to be gathered. Side 

 boxes are a humbug. No honey, in my expe- 

 rience, will ever be stored in them, unless a 

 comb of brood is next the boxes, and then you 

 will have brood in the boxes, especially if 

 there is drone comb in them. It is almost ab- 

 solutely necessary to stick pieces of comb in 

 boxes in any position. The most of it is 

 stored in small boxes, about three pounds box 

 and all, and brings gross weight, white clo- 

 ver, golden rod, &c, in new comb, right 

 through, 35c. wholesale. Even in a long hive, 

 with empty frames on sides or ends, with a 

 powerful colony they will store it on top in 

 preference. _ One hive with fifteen frames of 

 lirood and six empty ones on each end put 

 over fifty pounds on top of the brood frames, 

 and the ends are not more than half full, I 

 have no doubt but what I could get larger 

 quantities by extracting, but only take what 

 is absolutely necessary, as last year I sold the 

 most I extracted for 10c. The quality this 

 year is the finest I ever knew, and I retail it 

 at 25c, 200 lbs. would glut the market at any 

 price, while comb honey can be sold by the 

 ton. E. C. NEweLL, Brooksfield, N. II. 



We believe we never saw a strong colo- 

 ny of Italians that did not store honey 

 when others did, but we have reserved 

 some very prolific nearly black queens 

 until this season that did just that, i. e., 

 clustered all over the hive in idleness 

 while the Italians filled their combs, or at 

 least slowly added to their stores. These 



black stocks required feeding to prevent 

 starvation, and so we pinched the heads 

 of two very prolific queens. _ There is so 

 much diversity of opinion in regard to 

 "side storing" that we opine that the 

 progeny of some queens incline to work 

 out sideways more than others. (See 

 "Can Our Bees be Improved ?" in May 

 No.) 



We think our friend, with many others, 

 will find that a fine qualtity of extract- 

 ed honey begins to sell almost as readily 

 as comb honey, and prices begin to come 

 up very close. 



92.— I lost last winter 21 out of 36 stands of 

 bees on account of extremely cold weather : 

 temperature was for two weeks from 30 to 40 

 degrees below zero. I winter on summer 

 stand. Have increased my stock front S to 15 

 by natural swarming. Have tried your plan 

 of double story for extractor on one hive ; 

 gave empty comb from hives I lost; extract- 

 ed 28th of June 30 fibs, nice honey from upper 

 story with Gray and AVinder's extractor. I 

 have not disturbed the lower part of the hive. 

 From my other seven hives I have taken four 

 boxes of box honey, about 45 lbs. in all, three 

 hives not yielding anything. If pasture 

 should be better in September, I may receive 

 four boxes yet, which are partly filled now 

 (about 40 lbs.) Next year, if we are spared, 

 I shall try the extractor, provided pasturage 

 is favorable. My bees are all natives. Have 

 tried to Italianize them, but lost them in 

 winter. C- A. Higold, Arcadia, 111. 



If our friend would get the full benefit 

 of the extractor, he should "go below," 

 too, and when he gets the Italians, he, and 

 not the bees, should manage the swarm- 

 ing. 



No. 03.— My bees have done very well. I 

 have taken about 000 lbs. from my 25 stands. 

 During the last of June my scale hive 

 showed a gain of from 4 to 6 pounds daily ; 

 this month has so far been rainy, cloudy and 

 cool, tho gain has only been about 1 lb. daily. 

 Mrs. Tuppers notion that it injures the brood 

 to extract the honey from the brood combs is 

 an unmitigated humbug. I have extracted 

 the honey from brood combs every season for 

 five years and never injured any brood un- 

 less I turned too fast and threw it out. 

 This year I am extracting the honey from all 

 frames more closely than ever as I find it for 

 the mutual advantage of both bees and my 

 pocket. W. J. Ronald, Fairview, Iowa. 



No. 91.— I have made another hive, the mate 

 to yours only not go rough. I'll say no more 

 now. Stephen Young, Mechanicsville, Iowa. 



Thank you, Mr. Y., we hope you and 

 all others will say just what they think of 

 our wares. We have no doubt many of 

 our readers can do better work than we 

 did, but we gave you the idea which was 

 our greatest object. "P. G." scolded so 

 much about the "knotty hives" that we 

 finally did purchase better lumber. 



No. 95.— Dear Novice ;— I told you some- 

 time ago that I could not use a thin knife, 

 but I have found since that I did not know 

 how to use it, as I can now uncap very nice- 

 ly and without hot water. 



Chas. E. Widenkk, Cumbeland, Maryland. 



We are quite glad to hear that others, 

 as well as "P. G.," are learning what 

 skill can be acquired with a thin knife. 

 Jf made very thin and used on nothing 

 but wax they can be kept very sharp, as 

 they should be. It seems to us that hot 

 water or any machinery would be much 

 more trouble and after all not as rapid. 



