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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct' 



^r|~«|| DITOUS of Gleanings:— My lather, Aflam 

 Mm Grimm, ordered me to reijiiest vou to state in 

 ii~l your Honey Column, thai he lias IG.OOO llts. of 



extracted chjver and linden honey, in barrels and fir- 

 kins, of 37o and 200 lbs. respectively, on hand, which 

 is for sale at 15 els. per lb. 



GEOitGE GKiini, Jefferson, Wis., Sept. 21st, '75. 



Put me in vour 'H.onev Column for 3 barrels of fall 

 li (iney at 123;; cts. per lb., vet, here, and 500 or 1000 Ib.s. 

 i>r fafl comb iioney at 20 cts. net, here. 



.,'AMio.s Hkui>on, Dowagiac, Mich.; Sept. 20ih, '75. 



Tiiis has been rather a poor season for bees in our 

 hicality, but I have increased 12 swarms to 27, anil 

 will market about 8i)() lbs. of honey. 



K. A. ZiMMEiiMAS, Lansing, la., Sep,. 20th, "75. 



DE.VR Gleanings •.—! have on hand and for sale 

 about -lOJU lbs. of nice extracted honey. The same is 

 nicelv put up in waxed casl^s, and will be delivered 

 on board cars at Shelbina, at 11 cts. per lb. Sami)le 

 sent if desired. M. E. McMasteu, Shelbyville, Mo. 



[have thrown out about 40 gallons of honey, it is 

 very thick. I only extracted those frames that were 

 sealed, and those that were heaviest. 1 will sell a 

 barrel of it at ISc per lb., package included. 1 h.ive 

 it in jars, it is granulating fast. 1 sell it at 2Uc in 

 a small way. Jt)iiN W. WiiiTK. 



Chatham theatre, Medina Co., O., July 2tilh, '75. 



me as saying that your extractor is jxir excellence it- 

 self if you desire. It is so easy to run, and yt suffi- 

 ciently strong to answer every purpose. 



A. J t-'ooK, Lansing, Mich., Sept. 21st, '75. 



I?«i'laliiiiijr to Bee Culture. 



[We respectfully solicit the aid of our friends in 

 conducting this ("le|iartiiient, and would consider it 

 a favor to" have theiu send us all circulars that hav(5 

 a deceptive ap)jearance. The greatest care will l>e at 

 all times maintained to prevent injustice being done 

 any one.] 



Commenced with .5, and have increased to 11, (all 

 full for winter) and dxtracted i>l(i lbs. honey. 



You say you want the Honey Column tilled u]) and 

 also ask why honey does not "sell in the cities. "It 

 means to me," do hot throw it out until it is cured, 

 and then you can S"ll it near home if the honey buy- 

 ers will not pay eiitnigh. Once a week 1 lind will not 

 do, anil believe it should not be thrown out oftener 

 than once in two weeks. The labor of uncajiping is 

 more, but it pays in satisfaction given. I have aliout 

 \W\) lbs. to spare— 300 lbs. old honey—which 1 would 

 he irlad to get 15 cts. for. 



Wm. H. S. Gii()t:T, Poland Centre, N. Y. 



Our ideas exactly, except that although it 

 may have takeatvvo weeks to ripen, this sea- 

 son, it will during a droutii frequently ripen 

 as well in one week, or even in three days at 

 tiaus ; although we thought our honey was 

 very tiiick this season, we feel ashamed of it 

 afcer seeing such (juantities that wt^s so much 

 better. Even honey that is capped over 

 is not always thi(;k. If you take a jar and give 

 it a shake, yon can readily see liow thick the 

 lioney is ; in cool Aveather it should move very 

 slowly when the jar is turned on its side. If, 

 like ourselves, you liave some on your hands j 

 that is too thin, you had better go to the both- j 

 er of evaporating it by slow lieat, and then | 

 iiMike up your mind that you will never take j 

 out any moi'c sucli thin lioney. i 



The following from Prof. Cook might seem j 

 a little contradictory, did we not know that | 

 tlie season has been quite dry at the College 

 Farm. Very likely our honey would not make 

 one sick, friend Cook, but we had about a half 

 ))arrcl that really 'commenced to sour. What 

 is most singular to us, is that the thick honey 

 settled to the bottom and was drawn olVlirst, 

 while the raw, unripened honey rose to the top 

 and commenced to spoil. 



Our bees have done exceedingly well this year. 

 Proiits ijer colony not less than $30.00. We liave had 

 rather a dry year. Heavy rains during bloom are very 

 injurious. 



That lioney extracted before it is cai)i)ed is harmful 

 or unpleasant is all wrong. We have given such hon- 

 ey each season for the last three years to 150 students, 

 with no complaint, and perfect satisfai'.tion. It is far 

 less liable to produce sickness than thick honey. 

 That is oitr experience every time. Voii may quote 



MiR. A. ROOT, Sir :-Please write me if A. Gray & 

 Co. have quit selling apiarian supplies ; or are 

 I they dead, removed, or scoundrels ? I sent 



them money in a registereil letter last April, for a 

 wa.x extractor ; they got it, for 1 have the receipt. 1 

 have written them two letters since and they do not 

 reply. If it is a bogus company all bee-keepers 

 ought to know it. 



i). L. IJULEK, South Fairfield, Lenawee Co., Mich. 



We are sorry to be obliged to say that your 

 money is probablj^ liopelessly lost, and that 

 you are fortunate in not having sent them a 

 larger sum. A similar complaint is at hand 

 from one who sent them the monej' for an ex- 

 tractor — all letters are taken out of the office, 

 but no answer of any kind can be obtained. 



ME'I'HOjD of SECIKIIVG HONEY AND 

 TAKKIVCi CARE OF BEES. 



V.X ONE WHO SE( LIKED 2(i0 LISS. COJIIJ IIONEY AND 50 

 LI5S. EXT"J> EltOM ONE COLONS' THIS SEASON. 



pTsjlHE spring management consists in confining the 

 J«| bees by means of a division board, on as many 

 "I combs'as tliey can well cover, and no more; 

 thus economizing the heat to facilitate brood-rear- 

 ing. Now feeit ttaily or allow the bees to pass under 

 the division board, and obtain their lood from lioney 

 stored in another part of the hive. Getting their food 

 in this way causes them to feed the Queen as if ob- 

 taining honey from blossoms. Feeding the Queen 

 causes her to lay. 



This work should be done so as to have a numerous 

 colony when the harvest of blossoms on which you 

 depend makes its appearance. If this harvest is fruit 

 blossoms, the work should be done early in the spring, 

 if while clover is the main crop, later in the season 

 will answer as well. Profit is obtained in bee-keeping 

 fronj strong swarms only. 



When these are secured, ample room to store honey 

 shoiUd be given, by placing boxes over the brood 

 chamber. 



When they have a box two-thirds filled, put under 

 an empty one. in passing througli this U> reach their 

 Viartly filled box, those that are delayed iu entering 

 llie upper one will begin to bidltl in the lower. 



Continue this process until there is room for all the 

 bees to work without crowding. Tlie workers will 

 store more or IctS honey in the brood chamber; this 

 should be extracted, and the empty comb placed be- 

 tween partly cajiped brood combs. The Queen is 

 much more "likely to llU these combs with eggs if 

 placed in the centVe of the brood chamber, thus keep- 

 ing the brood combs for brood only. 



To prevent swarming give more space in the brood 

 chamber, or take away a frame of brood and place an 

 empty frame betweentwo straight combs in tlie cen- 

 ter of the. brood chamber. 



The brood taken away^ can be given to a weaker 

 swarm or used to build new colonies. If an increase 

 of swarms is the object, divide a populous hive when 

 tliere is an abundance of honey to be gathered. The 

 colony left by this process wiliiout a i>ueen will ini- 

 mediately commence to build (iueen cells. When 

 these are capped over make as many nuclei as there 

 arc (iueen cells, or as may be desired, giving eacli a 

 Queen cell. Now build these up with frames of brood 

 from strong swarms. As soon as tlioy are able, give 

 them room to build comb, using a division board the 

 sa'ne as for spring treatment. 



^Vhen strong enough give box room for storing hon- 

 ey as above directed. It is generally conceded that 

 bees winter best in a cool, dry and dark room, kept at 

 a uniform temperature. L. C. Whiting. 



East 8a(jinaw, Mich. 



