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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 15 



particular as the "Ideal," with tall plain sec- 

 tions, 3>^X5xl^ ; 35 in each super, in 7 rows, 

 5 in a row, resting on plain slats the same 

 width as the sections, and these taking up the 

 full inside length of the super, except the sep- 

 arators, as the Hyde-Scholl No. 2 separators 

 are used in this super, one between each row 

 of sections, and also one on each outside row 

 next to the wall, when all is tightened up with 

 a follower-board and super-springs. 



This super is, in my mind, superior to any 

 other for section honey ; and if time permits 

 I will say something more about it in some 

 future article. 



Hunter, Texas. 



[There is a great deal of sound truth given 

 in the article above. There are times and 

 places when there is an advantage, undoubt- 

 edly, in using shallow or divisible brood-cham- 

 bers. While they have their objections, yet 

 it is probably true, if I may judge from cor- 

 respondence, that these double brood-nests 

 are increasing in popularity. — Ed.] 



SHAI.I,OW BROOD-CHAMBERS, AGAIN, 



The time is drawing nearer when the bee- 

 keepers will be putting to the test some of the 

 theories that have been advanced through the 

 journals during the winter and previous sea- 

 son. I suppose that quite a few of the read- 

 ers of this journal will try the shallow, tem- 

 porary brood-chambers for swarms or colonies 

 worked for comb honey. I for one shall use 

 that plan for all colonies that swarm or that 

 make unmistakable preparations for swarm- 

 ing. As some who have written on the subject 

 do not seem to have gotten hold of the plan in 

 all its phases I should like to call attention to 

 some points that I consider of the greatest 

 importance. 



I will quote from the article by Mr. Atwa- 

 ter, on page 8. He says : " To illustrate, the 

 past summer I hived a strong natural swarm 

 in a single section of the Heddon hive. The 

 frames contained foundation starters y^ inch 

 wide. The hive was put on the old stand. 

 The three ideal supers were taken from the 

 parent colony and placed on the swarm. 

 Work in the supers went on for about two 

 weeks. By that time the colony was weaken- 

 ed so by the loss of old bees that super vpork 

 was almost entirely discontinued. A little 

 over half as much comb honey was taken from 

 this colony as from colonies of like strength 

 that did not swarm." 



Now, it would seem that Mr. Atwater left 

 out one of the most essential points in the 

 whole plan. I like the plan especially, be- 

 cause the working colony in the shallow 

 brood-chamber does not become weak from 

 the loss of old bees, for the reason that I con- 

 stantly strengthen them by shaking off bees 

 from the hatching combs of brood contained 

 in the parent hive. I use that hive as a feed- 

 er, and do not expect to make a working col- 

 ony out of it for the white-honey harvest. 



I make it a point to watch the working col- 

 onies closely, and give them bees enough to 

 keep up the maximum force for storing. If I 

 can't get the bees from their own parent hive 



I can get them from some other part of the 

 yard. Fifty such strong colonies will store 

 more surplus honey than one hundred with 

 forces divided, and therefore concentration of 

 forces is my motto. As soon as the main hon- 

 ey-flow is over, these working colonies can be 

 united to the parent hive ; and if there should 

 be a late crop of amber honey you will have 

 good strong colonies to secure it. 



Harry LaThrop. 

 Brown town, Wis., Mar. 26. 



NOTES OF TRAVEL. 



A Visit with J. M. Jenkins ; the Bloody Shirt, etc.; 

 Continued from Last Issue. 



BY E. R. ROOT. 



After leaving the yard we met on the road 

 one of the veterans of the Confederacy. Mr. 

 Jenkins introduced me as " a real live Yankee 

 from the North." He received me most cor- 

 dially, after the manner of a true Southern 

 gentleman, which he was. I remarked that I 

 was glad to see that there was less of a dispo- 

 sition on the part of the Northern and South- 

 ern press to "wave the bloody shirt" than 

 formerly. 



"Yes," said he sadly, "but the bloody 

 shirt is there 2\\ the same," and I am afraid 

 the remark is too true ; and " it will be there" 

 so long as the veterans of both sides remain 

 alive. The boys in blue don't like to forget 

 Libby and Andersonville ; and the boys in 

 gray are no more inclined to forget how their 

 homes and plantations were overrun and de- 

 stroyed, and how, for years after the war clos- 

 ed, the North kept standing armies in the 

 South. But in the minds of the younger gen- 

 eration I am sure these bitter memories will 

 fade, and the great North and the great South 

 will be united as they never were before. 

 While "the bloody shirt is there "it is bur- 

 ied, I believe, where it never more can wave. 



We next arrived in Wetumpka, visited the 

 bank in which Mr. Jenkins is a director and 

 stockholder, and then crossed the big bridge 

 for the other side of the town, where our 

 friend's bee-hive factory is located. He has 

 quite an extensive plant — one which will be 

 enlarged to twice its present capacity the com- 

 ing season. There will be a new and larger 

 engine and boiler, a new double-surfacer plan- 

 er, besides other new machinery and a brand- 

 new shop. 



Of the two remaining pictures, one shows a 

 view of the home yard with its long shed, and 

 the other, another out-yard, the Evelyn, lo- 

 cated in a beautiful grove of pines. This yard, 

 as well as the other ones, is under the direct 

 management of Mr. H. Fitz Hart, formerly of 

 Florida. Mr. Hart is a bee-keeper who is ex- 

 ceptionally well posted on all bee-lore, both of 

 this country and of England, for he is a na- 

 tive of that country. While in the mother- 

 land he made the acquaintance of such men as 

 Frank Cheshire, who has acknowledged that 

 he received important suggestions and assist- 

 ance from Mr. Hart in his scientific work. 

 Mr. Hart has written for these columns at va- 



