UG 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 



the same ainomit of honey may be expected 

 from liives worked either spreatl out or piled 

 up two stories ; we perfectly agree that for box 

 lioaey the bees should have ouly so much 

 room as is really needed for the brood, that 

 they may be forced to use the boxes. The 

 house Apiary ofiers unusual facilities for this. 

 AVe also have remarked that when a poor 

 queeu ha.-, been re[)iaced with one reared from 

 her own brood, tin; daughter is little if any 

 better. At the present low price offered for 

 extracted honey it vk/// pay to feed it back, to 

 "be put in Mr. Long's foundations, and there- 

 fore we wish to know all about getting comb 

 honey before the time conies for making such 

 experiments. 



SEI^LSNCi R1JCEIP'1>, NE^V ITIOUES AX® 

 I'ltOtJiSSES «Fl>0!.«i 'I'HIi^OS, ET€. 



Tj^N the A. n. J. for Nov., we find that "Thous- 

 ^ ands of swarms can be saved by Stautter's 

 New Mode of Wintering on 8umnicr Stands." 

 Price HSI.OO; money refunded, if not satisfacto- 

 ry. We sent the money, and the following 

 came to hand in due time : 



MR. A. I. KOOT:— Yoius of the 4tli at hand with 

 Sl.i'U ei.rio.st'd. Ill reiily will tiescilbu tiie newiuclhod 

 (if Willi'. I iiiy bees on tlicir SHiimuv staiul.s, which has 

 txiveii entire satisluction to nij scil' lor llic past four 

 winters. 



First; they should L:ivc a fertile queen, and be 

 Voii;i|i 11^ in t)ee?. 



.-> -iiMil) ; should have not less than 15 to 18 lbs. of 

 ;,'(.! II I caiiiRil lioney, and that as much above the elus'- 

 ".cr <il' iiecs ;is jiosslble. 



How to i;ut them u]) for winter. First get a 2 inch 

 iiianii, l»j leet in length, and broad enough to set the 

 5iives on. Lay it on bloclis about 8 Indies high, lean^ 

 Ingalillh; I'orward. On this planli set your hives, 

 'one agMinst tiie other. It will hold about 10 swarnisi 

 -Niiw i;iko all llie surjilus lioney boxes out, leaving the 

 ■;-iKiii- v'iii;:ty. ilore a liali-iiicli hole in the iiiidiio of 

 fiacj; .if ( ai'ii hive, loar or tive Inches Iniui tlie loji. 

 Insert tin tubes, of whicli 1 send you a correct pattein, 

 as ventilators. Close the entrances to Ja by I inch. 



Insert one of tiiese tin lubes in the back of each liive, 

 get nice clean rye straw, tlireshed with tlie Hail, make 

 it a little diUTip,"'put the straw lirst, (entirely around 

 ihe row) against the hives ludy two inclies thick, 

 !iei:ding the tops of the straw over the hives as you 

 ::o. Lay a plank on to]) to keep straw down. Get lour 

 ,atii.-, ID'tcia long, to hold the straw lightly against tlie 

 hivus; tie liieni to;^ether ai ilie ends, two, at or near 

 the loot of the row of lilvps, one on each side, and two 

 near the lop. one on each side. Malie the laths liold 

 the straw tightly against the hives everywhere. 

 '8trong twine or a band of straw will hold the laths to- 

 ■gether at the ends, hjee that the entrances and tubes 

 are not closed by straw. 



In iliis condition your bees will not consume more 

 :lianhaifas much honey as if leit uniirotected, and 

 Will keep warm, dry and i eallhy, iiaving every oiipor- 

 i unity to tly out during th<; winter, if you wish to 

 i<!io\v liowyour bees are doing under the straw, just 

 interview tiieni by striking lightly on tlie bottom 

 board; ii you licar a (juick reply with a buzz all thro' 

 the hive, lliey are all rigid. 



15. G, hTAiiFFEii, Bachmansvillc, Pa. 



AVe have :i string of protests to make, to all 

 ])artics concerned in this kind of work. The 

 process, if nently printed, v.'Ould have taken 

 only a snuill portion of a single page, in any of 

 our .Tounials, yet our friend has no scruples in 

 taking ij^t.OO "for it when badly 'tcriticn; an 

 amount that will pay for quite a treatise on al- 

 most any of the industries of the day. In- 

 structions for making wax fl[o^Yers were re- 

 cently advertised, and the whole return made 

 for the 50 cents was a small slip of i;aper, yet 

 a very pretty little book is to be iiad at our 

 book stores, on the subject, for the same jn'ice. 

 The i'.ict that these i^qoi')]c pdid largo sums for 



this same information, is no excuse, more than 

 that we unv/ittingly paid genuine for count- 

 erfeit money, is an excuse for passing it. We 

 hope we may be excused for intimating that 

 no magazine should wrong its readers by re- 

 ceiving such advertisements, or at least, that 

 they should first examine the process and sec 

 if it is valuable ; and while they are about it, 

 ff it reaUy is good, why not give the man his 

 dollar, and publish the good news to thous- 

 ands at onceV If 3Ir Staufler's plan is all that 

 he claims, it would pay any Journal to buy it, 

 even if it cost hundreds, instead of one dollar, 

 and if it Is a fraud, no amount of money 

 should secure its insertion. 



Mr. Stautter, we are not satisfied, and de- 

 mand the return of our money ; your plan is 

 not new, and the assertion that the bees will 

 eat but half as much honey, is false. Some- 

 times, when thus protected they winter well, 

 and again thej' die most disastrously, as you 

 are well aware, if you have read the Bee 

 Journals. The Quiuby hive and a great many 

 others, were designed for this very purpose, 

 but not one of them has, as yd, given anything 

 like such success, as placing the hives in good 

 cellars. The latter would keep a pail of wa- 

 ter from freezing, but of how much avail 

 would two inches of straw be, during a zero 

 freeze ? Thousands of colonies winter out-doors 

 without (lui/ pn-otection, but what docs it prove V 



OIJK EXQE5SM COi:SlNS. 



/p&N the 2.jth of Aug., we rec'd a pleasant 

 ^^^ letter from John Hunter, Hon. Sec. of the 

 British Bee-Keepers' Association, and author 

 of "A Manual of Bee-Keeping," Eaton liise, 

 Eng. The letter also enclosed the money for 

 quite a bill of items. Extractor, etc., with the 

 following remarks : 



I simply want these things to show at our Exiiibi- 

 tion, what you are doing in America. I believe you 

 are ahead of us here. If you are not in a position to 

 send tliem al once, do not send at ail. 



Even had we deemed it advisable, we had 

 not time to fit up a nice machine, we therefore 

 hastily packed up and sent along such as we 

 happened to have on hand, thinking that avc 

 should at least give onl.v a fair sample of what 

 we ordinarily sell. In duo time came the fol- 

 lowing : . 



Your extractor and contents reached me at the 

 Crystal Palace, about a quarter of an hour before the 

 sliow ojicned. I had jnst time to uniiaclc and put 

 things on the tables liefore the judges began. I marked 

 everytliing at your })rices, sinking tlie freight which 

 was 21s. As I lliouglit I would give any one an oppor- 

 tunity to buy the strange goods, nearly all were sold, 

 which must be gratifying to you. But I am sorry to 

 sav, the extrapior arrived willi tap broken, and some 

 thief at the Palace stole tlie loose laige wheel with 

 handle. 



Your^xtvactor competed for the jiri/.e. but was 

 beaten by ii more compact macliine -vvliicli emjities 

 both side :i of com I) irillinut remoral. it was jrenei ally, 

 liowever, conceded lliat your movement was the best, 

 and 1 have no doulit tlie wlitcl was stolen as a pattern. 

 I w as so very busy lliat probably many persons cxar,;- 

 inr il tlie tilings more tlian 1 did". The metal corners I 

 thonglit very i(selul, liut the (..laccu cage 1 do not un- 

 derstiinil ; vlliv llie divisions z 



We had several novel and valuable exhibits. An 

 especial one, a siin))le ajiiiaiatus by Aviiicb a child can 

 make and furnish to a dozcai frames, wax sheets em- 

 bossed or ))la!n, all iixeil in 10 n-.inutes ready for the 

 bees to go to work on ! Metal jilntcs, smelters ami 

 gua es will be all superseded liv tliis. which can be 

 sold tor half adolhir ! ' .John IlUNTKU. 



Katou i;isr. lOaliiis, \V. Sept. '27tb., "75. 



