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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 



GOOD FOR SEPTEMBER. 



That rush of honey still continues, and the last 25 

 lbs. of fdn. is nearly exhausted; so I send for anoth- 

 er box. Byron Walker. 



Capac, St. Clair Co., Mich., Sept. 4, 1880. 



Our honey supply this season has been about as 

 good as with our fellow A B C's in Southern Ohio; 

 viz., 230 lbs. in section boxes, from 7 stands of bees. 

 We have had no increase. Bigger & Swallow. 



Bellbrook, Ohio., Sept. 4, 1880. 



Our 240 colonies of bees now have sufficient for 

 wintering, and perhaps 12 colonies are now in sur- 

 plus boxes. So hopes are not "blasted." I couldn't 

 bear to be in that department. We have united the 

 weak ones, and so have 14 less than in spring. We 

 are trying to have all pure Italians. 



S. J. W. Axtell. 



Roseville, Warren Co., 111., Sept 6, 1880. 



This is the third year I have used packed hives, aiid 

 I am satisfied it is the best plan. In 1878, with twen- 

 ty hives, my average was over 100 lbs. per hive, and 

 I increased to 40 hives. In '79, with 40 hives, my av- 

 erage was 20 lbs. per hive, and I increased to 50 

 hives. This year, with 50 hives, average is 50 lbs. and 

 no increase. Andrew Jackson. 



Deposit, Broome Co., N. Y., Sept. 13, 1880. 



A good report from buckwheat. 



My bees are doing very well since buckwheat 

 came into bloom. One colony has filled 50 one- 

 pound boxes with buckwheat honey, and will per- 

 haps fill about 15 or 20 more. The rest are doing 

 nearly as well. My bees are the light Italians most- 

 ly, but I notice that the dark ones work best. I have 

 43 colonies in fine condition. W. H. Travis. 



Brandon, Oakland Co., Mich., Aug. 31, 1880. 



FULL HONEY REPORT FOR THE YEAR. 



I have 40 stocks, and have extracted 1,467 lbs. from 

 30 stocks. No comb honey. This goes to show that 

 my report, Aug. 14th, of 285 lbs., was premature. 



J. Chapman. 



Home, Newaygo Co., Michigan, Sept. 18, 1880. 



The fall crop of honey in my section has been 

 good. I have taken about 500 1-lb. section boxes of 

 comb honey from 12 stocks. J. N. Woodard. 



Coloma, Ind., Sept. 14, 1880. 



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WHAT TO DO WHEN A QUEEN GETS AWAY. 



fJjHE queen came all right. Thanks for prompt- 

 ness. I put her with a small colony for three 

 — ' days, then added more bees and they balled 

 her. I brought her to the house to cage her, and 

 accidentally let her slip to the window. She hap- 

 pened to find a small hole in the corner of a pane, 

 just large enough to get out of, and was gone in an 

 instant. I suppose it's no use to cry over spilt milk. 



Tecumseh, Neb., July 7, '80. Mrs. J. N. Martin. 



LHad you watched, friend M., I think you would 

 have found your queen back at the very hole she 

 went out of, in from 5 to 20 minutes. Before you 

 let a queen out before a window, be sure the win- 

 dow is a perfect one, and has no holes in it that a 

 bee might get through.] 



Dear Brother:— Our farmhouse in Jeff. Co., with 

 contents, was entirely destroyed by fire on the 8th 

 inst., about 1 p.m. No insurance. Our apiary suf- 

 fered greatly from the heat and flames. Our fine 

 colony in glass hive in the parlor was burned up. 

 The fire must have been the work of an incendiary, 

 as there had been no fire for 4 days about the prem- 

 ises. We can assign no motive for the act, as we 

 were striving to live "at peace with all men." All 

 our bee literature, with 3 years' files of Gleanings 

 except April No. , is in ashes. Truly this world is 

 not our abiding place. Pray for us. 



St. Clairsville, O., June 21, 1880. D. H. Tweedy. 



[We deeply sympathize with you, friend T., but 

 are you not a little harsh on humanity, in thinking 

 anybody would do such a deed deliberately? If such 

 is the case, truly Christian people should be up and 

 doing. There are many ways in which tires originate 

 spontaneously, as it were.] 



QUEENS FLYING. 



The queen you sent me I received in splendid con- 

 dition in five days after starting. I put her into a 

 queenless hive as soon as received. On the next day 

 I let her out of the cage, and I suppose, if you had 

 been on the lookout, you would have seen her some- 

 where around Medina, for I have not seen her since. 



C. W. Leah. 



Spanish Fork, Utah, July 18, 18S0. 



[Use the tent next time, friend L., as mentioned 

 in another column, and you will have them then, 

 sure. Your queen must have had a long flight, if 

 she came clear back here. Are you sure it did not 

 come back to the hive?] 



HOW TO RAISE A LOCUST GROVE. 



I planted locust seed two years ago, and have now 

 a nice grove of 1,000 trees, on about M an acre of 

 ground, and have sold probably 20,0(10 plants to farm- 

 ers near here. I sold one-year-old plants at $7.00 

 per thousand, and two-year-olds at $10.00. When I 

 planted them, I had no 1 bought of the advantage it 

 would be to my bees, I was after the timber, and a 

 shady lot for stock, especially pigs. The trees, at 

 two years old, run from 8 to 12 feet high. I have set 

 out, besides my grove, nearly 100 around a lot of 2% 

 acres, and several of my neighbors have done the 

 same. Next spring I shall expect a fine lot of honey 

 from the blossoms. W. P. Wolf. 



Wilmington, Clinton Co., O., June 22, 1880. 



GRAFTED QUILEN CELLS; A HINT. 



I grafted four queen cells with larva? of exactly 

 the same age. Result: Within fifteen minutes from 

 the time the first one hatched, they were all out. 

 I leave suggestions to you. G. B. Reploglf. 



Unionville, Iowa, July 24, 1880. 



300 LBS. FROM ONE COLONY. 



I only keep bees for amusement, and do not keep 

 many colonies. One colony out of two gave me 

 300 lbs. of surplus honey this season. I have an im- 

 ported queen. G. S. Willis. 



Nevada, Mercer Co., Ky., July 24, 1880. 



QUEEN CELLS BY THE GROSS, AND CLIPPING VIRGIN 

 QUEENS' WINGS. 



I put a frame of new fdn. full of fresh larva?, in a 

 hive having a young queen. In a few days 1 opened 

 it to see how my queen was doing, and she was not 

 there; but, instead, I found 61 cells, nearly ready to 

 cap, on one single sheet. No mistake, for myself 



