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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



June 



At this date, May 26th, nothing- has been heard 

 from our 100 imported queens. I presume it is on 

 account of the backwardness of the season, which 

 extends to Italy, as well as through our own coun- 

 try. For the same reason, very few dollar queens 

 have as yet been sent out. Several lots are on the 

 way, and you may expect them speedily, in our new 

 large cages. By introducing them into these large 

 cages, with lots of bees, we are spared the task of 

 introducing them to hives. 



QUEEN REARING. 



I regret that I can send you no queens, at present. 

 The very unfavorable weather has delayed the busi- 

 ness very much, so that I am now away behind on 

 orders. I will notify you as soon as I can supply 

 you. I have already received more orders than I 

 had last season by July 1st. Thanks. 



E. M. Hayhurst. 



Kansas City, Mo., May 16, 1879. 



Dear Friend:— May I ask all readers of Gleanings 

 to send me any insects, spiders, etc., which may at- 

 tack or injure bees. Send in a close tin box, by 

 mail, and if the insects etc. are dead, wrap in cotton 

 to prevent injury. I will figure and describe for 

 Gleanings all sent. A. J. Cook. 



Lansing, Mich., May 21, 1879. 



HOME MADK FDN. 



I would like to answer through Gleanings, many 

 inquiries, by saying I am not prepared to furnish 

 wood fdn. machines. I gave my description so that 

 any one could make them. I have brood now in flat 

 bottomed cells on fdn. made from wooden dies. 



Conklin, N. Y., May 20, 1879. W. Ruger. 



FLAT BOTTOMED FDN. 



I have tried some of the flat bottomed fdn., and 

 the bees will not work on it until they cut away all 

 the side walls, and dent the bottoms of the cells, as 

 in their own combs. I think it no better than a 

 sheet of wax, which 1 have found to be a perfect 

 nuisance. E. M. Johnson. 



Mentor, O., May 22, '79. 



THE 20 HIVE HOUSE APIARY. 



A HOUSE APIARY FOR 20 HIVES. 



fjWENTY chaff hives with all the inside 

 furniture, wintering cushions, &c, cost 

 - just $100.00. The above house apiary, 

 similarly furnished, all painted, complete, 

 we can furnish for the same sum. As it is 

 made of foot boards, it is, as you will see by 

 the cut, 7 feet wide and 9 feet long. The 

 ceiling is 7 feet above the floor. The walls 

 are made warm by several tbicknesses of 

 building paper. The space above the ceil- 

 ing is rilled with sawdust, as it also is under 

 the floor. The ventilator and alighting 

 boards are put on with screws, that they 

 may be taken off for shipment. There are 

 four rows of hives, five above, and five be- 

 low on each side. You will observe that the 

 end hives have their entrances in the ends 

 of the building, the two next the centre 



ones having theirs as far away from the cen- 

 tre ones as the size of the hive will allow, 

 the bees going out from the corner of the 

 hive. The price of the whole house, in the 

 flat, will be $75.00. If all of the inside fur- 

 niture is omitted, the price will be $50.00 set 

 up, or $37.50 in the flat. You see, when 

 your house is locked up and the key in your 

 pocket, no one can meddle with your bees, 

 or steal your honey. Just think how happy 

 you will feel when you see it coming into 

 town, on a flat bottomed car, with the stars 

 and, stripes waving from the — the — "mast 

 head." You know we can send you the key 

 through the post-office. Eor $200.00 more, 

 we will send you 20 nice colonies of Italians, 

 to man it completely, ready to "sail." If 

 you think you can make one cheaper, I 

 think the ABC and the above directions 

 will enable any good carpenter to do it. 



