1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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But if your bees do not do this, there is 

 nothing to prevent transferring bees or larvae 

 yourself, then taking away all brood of every 

 sort, leaving nothing but the frame or frames 

 with cells. — Ed.] 



<5ASOLINE IN LIEU OF BISUI,PHIDE OF CAR- 

 BON FOR KILLING THE MOTH -WORMS 

 IN COMBS. 



I have just made an important discovery, to 

 me at least ; that is, that gasoline is as effec- 

 tive in killing moth-worms in bee-combs as 

 bisulphide of carbon, and it does not cost a 

 twelfth as much. My plan is to fill a tight 

 box or barrel with combs, then pour in a pint 

 or so of gasoline ; close up tight for 24 or 36 

 hours, and the work is done. Gasoline beats 

 sulphur far away, and is much easier used, 

 and safer. I have used gasoline on hundreds 

 of L. combs, and have no trouble with worms, 

 as I think the gasoline kills the eggs as well 

 as the worms. J. B. Rapp. 



Owensrille, O., Aug. 6. 



[I know that gasoline can be used in place 

 of the more expensive drug in destroying ant- 

 nests ; but it requires a larger quantity. If it 

 -will also kill moth-worms in combs it is a kink 

 ■worth knowing. — Ed.] 



PECULIAR DISAPPEARANCE OF QUEEN. 



I received the queen in good order. I had 

 trouble during the latter part of June with 

 my queens. Good strong colonies with plen- 

 ty of brood would get queenless all of a sud- 

 den. I can't tell the cause, but I find I am 

 not alone. It seems to be the case all over 

 the State, and it is hard to get them to build 

 <:ells, but they will accept other queens. 



Newman, Cal., July 28. S. Longmire. 



[When I was through your vicinity I learn- 

 ed that queens were " turning up missing," 

 in a way that could not be accounted for by 

 the veterans in the business. If any one in 

 the vicinity or elsewhere has a solution, let 

 him be free to tell it. It may be that there is 

 a disease that affects queens and not the rest 

 of the bees ; and it is a little strange that they 

 should refuse to build cells. — Ed.] 



IDAHO AS A BEE LOCATION. 



Mr. Root: — You are correct in regard to 

 Idaho being one of the best locations for the 

 bee industry in the United States. Our aver- 

 age winters here will compare favorably with 

 those of eastern States far to the south of us. 

 We have more days of sunshine than nine- 

 tenths of the States have. Every few days in 

 ordinary winters the bees can clean house and 

 fly some. We leave them out on the summer 

 stands unprotected all winter. Sometimes 

 some protection would be better. Sweet clo- 

 ver grows wild after starting, wherever water 

 can reach it. We have few wild flowers to 

 make honey. Lucerne is the great crop and 

 honey producer. We get three crops of this, 

 yielding from four to seven tons, and selling 

 at from ^3.00 to $5.00. Clover yields two 



crops, and is usually cut, one for hay and one 

 for seed. The seed yields from four to six 

 bushels to the acre ; weighs 60 lbs. or more, 

 and is superior in quality to any raised else- 

 where I ever saw. Our water gives us abso- 

 lute control of its ripening. Neighbors of 

 mine realized as much as $80 to $35 an acre on 

 crops of this kind last year. Wheat produces 

 up to 50 bushels, and oats to 75 per acre. Of 

 course, this is the best farming. Vegetables 

 do as well, and fruit and berries equal the best 

 raised in the United States. We have proved 

 this in open competition. Idaho apples sold 

 higher on the New York market last year than 

 any other — $1.00 a dozen. Living is nearly 

 as cheap as in the central East. We have 

 good society, and order ; have a free-text-bcok 

 systetri, and spend more on our schools per 

 capita than half the States do. Our country 

 schools have from six to nine months school 

 annually. Teachers from Michigan and Ver- 

 mont, with first-grade certificates, have trou- 

 ble to secure second-grade here. 



All together, any bee-keeper wanting a new 

 location would do well to look up Southern 

 Idaho. This is the second year for our asso- 

 ciation, and we have over 20 member,':'.. So 

 far as I know, it is the first and only one in 

 the State. Father gave me $20 for his first 

 colony of bees. They can be bought now 

 from $1.00 up. F. R. FoucH, 



Sec. Parma Bee-keepers' Asso'n. 



Parma, Idaho, Aug. 13. 



[Were it not that the writer of the above is 

 secretary of a recognized bee-keepers' asso- 

 ciation, I should incline to the opmion that 

 this was a free advertisement from some land 

 speculator ; but after having gone through 

 Idaho, and studied its conditions, I am of the 

 opinion that much of the above, if not all of 

 it, is true. In Idaho, alfalfa, red clover, tim- 

 othy — in fact, all the various kinds of hay and 

 fodder plants — can be grown. Sometimes I 

 could see an alfalfa-field, and next to it a fine 

 growth of red clover. If I am not m.istaken, 

 every thing that can be grown in the East can 

 be grown in Idaho, and a good many other 

 things besides. There are quite a number of 

 fine locations for bees, and not a bee in the 

 regions. But no one should think of going 

 to Idaho, or anywhere else, without first snak- 

 ing a personal visit himself ; and if he desires 

 to keep bees in one of these new fields, he 

 should by all means hire out for one season to 

 some bee-keeper so that he can accustom him- 

 self to the conditions, and thus learn whether 

 it will pay him to move his bees and family to 

 the new climate. — Ed ] 



HONEY CAKES. 



Mix thoroughly 1 quart of honey, Y-, pound 

 pulverized sugar, ji pound fresh butter, juice 

 of 2 oranges ; then stir in gradually enough 

 sifted flour to make a dough stiif enough to 

 roll out easily. Turn out on a molding-board; 

 beat well for a few minutes with a rolling-pin; 

 then roll out into sheets half an inch thick ; 

 cut into round cakes, and bake in shallow but- 

 tered pans. — Delineator. 



Murphys, Cal. E. H. SchaefflE. 



