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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 1 



hour of my arrival, he came down to the train. 

 How we did talk over men and methods ! He 

 was still using his method of brushed swarms 

 with success — something that he described in 

 GLEANiN(iS some months ago. As Mr. Stach- 

 elhausen was to go on duty the next day I 

 took the train for Hunter, Texas, where re- 

 sides a young beekeeper not yet of age, but 

 who, nevertheless, has become quite well 



L. STACHELHAUSEN. 



known through the bee-journals. I refer to 

 Louis Scholl, an intimate friend of another 

 young bee-keeper, and equally well known — 

 H. H. Hyde, of Hutto, Texas. These two 

 enthusiasts have gotten up what is known as 

 the Hyde-Scholl separator, a device which, if 

 I may judge from results, is not without some 

 merit. Some one let leak the fact in my ears 

 that a pretty sister of one of the boys made 

 the attachment all the stronger. What could 

 be more natural than that one of the boys 

 would contrive to see the other (boy) just as 

 often as he could ? But be that as it may, the 

 two (mayhap the three) evidently have studied 

 and planned many a little convenience for the 

 apiary. Certainly the workshop of Mr. Scholl, 

 which I saw, gave many evidences of it. 

 There was a machine for putting starters in 

 sections, and one for putting them in brood- 

 frames. The last named is quite ingenious, 

 and perhaps Mr. Scholl will describe it later. 



Among other interesting things in the afore- 

 said shop Mr. S. showed me a very complete 

 herbarium of all the honey-plants of Texas, 

 with their names, and a brief note of their 

 importance to the bee-keeper. It is the best 

 collection of honey-plants for one State I have 

 ever seen, and it serves to show the thorough- 

 ness with which our young friend has gone 

 into the study of every thing connected with 

 his pets, the bees,' 



Of three of the most important for his part 

 of the State, and on which he relies for his 

 main crop, I took photographs from life, and 

 nearly life size. These I present to our read- 

 ers. Concerning each I asked Mr. Scholl to 

 prepare a short note, and this he has done, 



HORSEMINT — MONARDA PUNCTATA, 



" Begins to bloom in May, sometimes a little 

 later, June, depending on the season, such as 

 a very dry and a backward spring. The hon- 

 ey is compared with that of the basswood of 

 the North on account of its peculiar strong 

 flavor which it resembles ; is of light color ; 

 one of the best honey-plants of the South, 

 and tremendous yields have been obtained, 

 I have just gone out to procure some of the 

 flowerets, and send same to you herewith. 

 Perhaps you remember what you said about a 

 chance for long tongues while taking the shot 

 at the horsemint on our porch. I have been 

 interested in this question, and can not see 

 how short-tongued bees could ever get every 

 thing that is nectar out oT those long tubes. 

 What do you think about it ? Red clover not 

 alone for long tongues." 



MARIGOLD — (?), 



" Marigold is one of our main honey-produc- 

 ers, yielding in May and June a rich golden 





I.OUIS SCHOI.I.. 



honey, having a flavor that is liked by many 

 and preferred to others. The honey is of a 

 very heavy body, as sections of the plain (3^ 

 X5Xl>^) kind, filled the same as those with 

 mesquite or cotton honey, outweigh these by 

 over 2 oz., the heaviest weighing a little over 

 16X oz The comb also is of a golden yellow 

 color." 



HOARHOUND — MARRUBIUM VUI,GARE (?). 



" Some time in February the hoarhound be- 

 gins to bloom, lasting and yielding a steady 



