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WILD FT.AX. 



Did you know that wild flax is the best kind of 

 bee-fodder for fall? When J was cutting- oats that 

 were full of it, all the bees in the vicinity were on it 

 and would stick to it after it was laid down, and the 

 honey is No. 1. E. J. Hand. 



North Harpersfleld, N. Y. 



Bees are booming. I never had better prospects 

 for a g-ood season. You can hardly imagine how 

 happy it makes me feel, after having three very 

 poor seasons. One colony gathered 16 lbs. July 15, 

 and 15 lbs. July 16, and have done well ever since, 

 also before. A. Snyder. 



Clarksville, N. Y., July 20, 1885. 



TOADS AND FKOGS EATING BEES. 



Do toads and frogs kill and eat bees? I notice 

 they gather around the hive at night. 



Monroe, N. C, July 16. W. A. Hamilton. 



[Yes, friend H., toads and frogs do eat bees, as 

 you will see by the ABC book, and that is exactly 

 why they gather around the entrances at nightfall. 

 If you don't take care of them they will keep your 

 colony so weak that it will eventually run out.] 



DOOLITTLE'S PLAN OF MAKING ARTIFICIAL COLO- 

 NIES. 



Concerning Doolittle's way of making nuclei, I 

 have to report complete success every time, and I 

 do not see why your correspondent Weckesser 

 made a failure. I have written to friend D., to tell 

 him how well I like the plan. D. F. S.wage. 



Casky, Ky., July 6, 1885. 



ANOTHER REPORT OF FORMING NUCr.EI OX THE 

 DOOLITTLE PLAN. 



I have divided one colony of bees on the l)t)o- 

 little plan. I did not put them in u " nioLintain 

 cave or in the cellar," but simply in a dark 

 closet, and put in a queen which I received of you 

 the same day that she came to hand, and an old bee- 

 keeper pronounces it now to be a good colon.w 

 Barton, Vermont, July ;I1, 1H85. Mus. J. J. Hilj.. 



BANANAS. 



In Gleanings for Dec. 1, 1884, you ask where ba- 

 nanas grow, and will pi-obably get an answer from 

 nearly every progressive bee-man in South Florida. 

 Their blossoms are an admirable curiosity, as well 

 as a prominent resort for the bees; and when not 

 injured by freezing, they blossom and fruit the year 

 round. D. C. Undekhill. 



Manatee, Fla. 



TWO 3-FRAME NITCLEI INCREASE TO 12 FRO.M THE 

 LAST OF APRIL UP TO THE 24TH OF .lONE. 



T Started with two 3-frame nuclei of Italian bees 

 about the last of April; increased to 12 up to the 

 24th of June; got my start from Hemphill & Good- 

 man, Elsberry, Mo. I am well pleased with results 

 and prospects thus far, which are of the most tlat- 

 tering kind. Messrs. H. \ G. got their start of Ital- 

 ians of A. I. Root. Jas. a. Staff. 



Moscow Mills, Mo^ 



A PROSPECT OF ANOTHER GOOD REPORT FROM 

 FRIEND .MALONE. 



This beats any season for honey I ever saw. I've 

 increased from 5 to 25, and have taken 285 lbs. hon- 

 ey, to date; 20 arc strong, and working in supers. I 

 have not bought a bee nor(iueen. I have adopted a 

 plan of my own for increase, and it works well. If 

 this fall should prove to be as good as that of 1882, I 

 shall have a big report to make. Wm. Malone. 



Oakley, la., July 18, 1885. 



Gleanings in Bee Coltdre. 



Published Hvmi- Monthly . 



^^. I- I^OOT, 

 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



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TERMS: SI.OO PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



For Clnlticg Bates, Sco First Fags of Seadicg Uatter. 



And till- 

 oil fail.ui 

 Elijah. I 



In another column is an inquiry in regard to the 

 practical working of the Stanley honey-extractor. 

 The machine looks as if it would answer admirably, 

 but we should be glad to hear from somebody who 

 has taken a ton of honey or so with it. 



doolittle's method of -MAKING ARTIFICIAL 

 S WAR. MS. 



A GREAT many have reported succeeding nicely 

 by this method; and when I permitted the little 

 poem to appear last month, \ did not think of re- 

 flecting on friend Doolittle. It was a piece of 

 pleasantry, and I thought it was rather funny, even 

 if it was a great part of it ridiculous. Besides, the 

 writer is entitled to a hearing, even if he does in- 

 dulge in pleasantry, for he has done a " big thing " 

 with bees and honey. 



GOODS TO BE EXHIBITED AT FAIRS Dl'RINO THE 

 COMING FALL. 



For sample hives, extractors, and implements of 

 bee culture in general, that are to be used for ex- 

 hibition at fairs in a way that will piobably adver- 

 tise our goods, we will nuike a discount of one- 

 fourth. Of course, this would apply to single 

 samples — not to more than one of the same thing. 

 Your simple statement, that the articles ordered 

 are to be placed on exhibition at your county or 

 other fair, will l)e all that is needed to receive this 

 special discount. 



WHERE TO KEEP VIRGIN QUEENS IXTIL THEY ARK 

 OLD ENOUGH TO LAV. 



This question comes up in my reply to friend 

 Doolittle's article in the present number. In an- 

 other column we make an extract from the Cttntuii- 

 nii /?<•« ./(ji//)Ki(, where mention is made of queens 

 lieing kept eopflned in their cells until almost if 

 not quite old enough to lay. If enough jelly re- 

 mains in the cell to keep them the required number 

 of days, and they do not sutl't'r from close conflne- 

 inent, we are coming pretty near to the solution of 

 the difficulty; and it comes, too, in nature's own 

 way. 



ABOUT "SENDING FOR A DOCTOR." 



In my remarks last month, in the department of 

 Our Neighbors, 1 did not intend to reflect upon the 

 medical fraternity, for I well know they comprise 

 about the most intelligent and best-posted men in 

 community. The principal point I had in mind was 

 that nature, if let alone, will often right many of 

 our wrongs and ailments, and that sound conunon 

 sense and reason should guide us in deciding what 

 to do. No doubt many people have been maimed 

 for life because they neglected to send for a doctor, 



