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GLEANIXGS IN IJEE CULTURE 



Jan. 



R. R. via Cincinnati or Louisville; and if you can 

 set the day to ceutei* in Cincinnati, and there are 

 enough in the party to do so, I shall be i)leased to 

 reserve a slecj>ing - car for the bee-keepers from 

 Cincinnati to New (Jrlcans, which costs six dollars 

 for a double berth, or twelve dollars for a section 

 each way, or I can charter a car for you at one 

 hundred and thirty dollars from Cincinnati to New 

 Orleans, and you can divide the expenses pro rata 

 between you all. By sleeping two in a berth, the 

 car will accommodate 48 people; or one in a berth, 

 24 people, and this would certainly be the most 

 pleasant way. You could all go to New Orleans, 

 and get well acquainted; you can leave Cincinnati 

 at 8:5.5 in the evening, and reach New Orleans the 

 second morning- at 7:50— a nice hour to arrive in a 

 strang-e city. By their sending their names to you 

 I will register them as received, and they would get 

 their sleeping car lerlhs accordingly; but they 

 must be sure their ticliets read Louisville & Nasli- 

 ville R. R. from Cincinnati or Louisville to New Or- 

 leans. Any further information furnished upon 

 application Vei-\ truly yours.— 



Heuman Hoi,mes, 

 TraveUnij Passeiiricr Agoit. 



Medina, Ohio, Dec. 25. 1884. 



P. S— Those desiring to do so within the limit of 

 their tickets, can stop off at Cave City, and visit 

 Mammoth Citve on their return trip. H. H. 



"i^ h le I 11 ink of it.it seems to ni" every 

 bee-man slinuld ^veal• a hadsje. I know a 

 good m;in\ of us rallur dislike tliis idea of 

 adveit-^ing our.celvcs and otir business. 

 But \vli( n I attt nded our convention in 

 Micbigan I rode s' veral long bonrs in tbe 

 same ear w.tb nt Inast two different bee- 

 fr-ends wbo were v( ry anxious to see me, 

 and I did not know them, f:nd they did not 

 know me. I have felt badly about it ever 

 since. I do not s( e bow we can find each 

 otlier out unless we wear a badge. I did 

 think once of standing up in the car and ;isk- 

 ing if any bee-men were present ; but that 

 would be 'a little out of my way of doing 

 business, even though it might have been 

 quite an accommodation to the friends men- 

 tioned. Let us hear from you who are ex- 

 pecting to go. 



had got posted as to the honey-flows. Where he 

 had plenty of black-mangrove bloom I think he 

 would be compelled to keep less bees, or hire help, 

 although his crop would probably be larger. 



Q.— As you have no cold winters (which are a 



dread to me), what is the chief cause of loss of bees 



with you? 



I .4.-1 have not lost a colony of bees for years, e.\- 



! ccpt that two or three went to the woods two years 



j ago. Death of the queen at a time of jear when 



we are not watching the bees closely, has been the 



cause of losing two or three colonies in yeai-s past. 



In that case, simple neglect was the cause. We 



j have all the enemies, and none of the diseases of 



other sections. The mosqnito-hawk seems to be 



the worst one, as it catches many young queens 



while out to meet the drones. Notwithstanding all 



the enemies, my bees are always strong, and always 



have given good results; IIJO pounds average per 



colony being my lowest in seven years. 



(i).— When do bees swarm there? 



^1.— Tn March, April. May, and .Tuly. It is usually 

 easy to prevent swarming after May 1. 



Q.— What is the soil of Florida? 



yt.— Most of it is poor and sandy; but as it is not 

 "thiisty" or "Icachy" it retains fei-tilizers well, 

 and responds to them and to good cultivation won- 

 derfully well. Our hammock (or hummock) lands 

 are black and rich, and produce heavy crops of all 

 kinds suitable to the climate. 



Q.— What is the price of hive lumber, and is your 

 pine suitaiile foi- hive-making? 



.4.— Good Southern pine, suitable forhive-making, 

 costs S22 00 per thousand at the mills. We also have 

 some handsome woods suitable for sections, besides 

 plenty of basswood. 



Q —Is there a factory for making hives and bee- 

 keepers' sujiplies in your State? 



.4 —No. What we do not malje ourselves, we or- 

 der from Georgia or the North. W. S. Hart. 



New Smyrna. Fla., Dec. 12, 1834. 



BEE CULTURE IN FLORIDA. 



A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS, AND FRIEND HART'S 

 ANSWER TO THE SAME. 



UESTION.— Will it pay for a man owning bees 

 in the North to ship them to Florida, instead 

 of purchasing there, if he intends to perma- 

 nently locate South? 

 Answer.— li a fair price can be obtained for 

 your bees there, it will not, as they can usually be 

 got here at $l..'SOto if 7.00. according to strain of bees, 

 quality of hive, and condition of colony. 



Q. When is the best time to ship, and would it 

 be safe to ship in December? 



.4.— Sept., Oct., Nov., April, or May. 1 would not 

 ship from there in December. 



',*.— Could one who is an expert in the North, and 

 can handle 200 swarms successfully for extracted 

 honey, do as well with the same numl)er of swarms 

 in Florida, or would he have to learn so much about 

 the climate, seasons, etc., as to diminish his yield? 

 .A.— He could probably handle as niar.y swarms in 

 some parts of the State as he co\ild North, after he 



CIRCULARS RECEIVED. 



For rhn^. Ki 

 -Piicrelist of ,p 



rsle 



l^fiiton, La., 

 In., etc. 



have just printed 



Wis. 



lias bepii rpooived from .Tesse H. Rob- 

 fihi anfl queens a specialty 



We liavc lilciv pi intcd for J B M.'Cormick Fredericksburg, 

 O., some price lists of ajiiarian supplies, 4 x fi. tinted paper. 



From J. W K.Shaw and Co . Loreauville La . wp have re- 

 ceived a postal eircnl->r of the Home apiaries of 200 colonic*. 

 (Jueen-r arinif a sjiecialty. 



P. L. Vinllon Ravou Gonla. Li., has jn.-st ordered from our 

 piess his seventh annual price list of bees, queens, etc. The 

 paRcs are the si?c of tliese. 



i*. T. Cook, of f 'liiiton Hollow. N. V.. is havinsr his annual seed 

 eatnloeuc printiMl here. It will cro to nress immediately after 

 printing this nuniliei of Gleaninos The desitni is qui'e novel. 

 an<l retlecis great credit on friend C Do not fail to send for 

 one. if you want a prood garden. 



The Tlerlln Fruil-Rox Co.. Tterlin Hiirhts. O.. senil us a very 

 interesting l-pape circular. Their specialty 's sliced sections, 

 and they arc inakinfr splenriid sections by the means, and are 

 huililinu up .T line trade. They claim to have wooden separa- 

 tors dried in !i press, as nice and straight as tin. We have 



Mis cii m -.r..-\ .11' 1 -iivnlnr for the fall of IfR*. It is 

 much Ilk I . in r ill M ^)ic Still insists that bee-.lournals 

 Mild sii|ii ' .: ii .ijfainst her because she is do- 



iutrsoiini ! M i.s are somewhat reduced, and 



the " di r cii I ii 1 . n 1 1.. \vn up BO fully last season are 



olliicrl tor ..nlv S:! n;l There is one clause in her circular that 

 snius to nic to have the risrht rinpr to it. and I hojje that those 

 wlio (1( "il with her will follow it out to the letter. It is as fol- 

 lows, v.-rhatim: 



" N( i\V I api)c;il to tbe honest intelUtrent Bee Keepers of the 

 i-ouutry to trivc their testimony. 1 FaRNK.stt.y Rkoitf.st each 

 pci-on who orders of n\i- iit any (iiiu> anvthine offered in my 

 cirriilar. to write on ii postal carri their experience in dealing 



• st:ilc 'lainly and in as few words as possible, 

 linl; of what von have received for your mon- 

 p.i-til card to the publisher of the publication 



• luv iiilvertisement. 



sLKK TO REPORT AS REQUESTED, for by fO 

 id the right against the wrong." 



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