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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 



bee-space will always be between each sep- 

 arate compartment ; and if desired, the hon- 

 ey-board may be omitted, although I should 

 never advise it. 



Some of the good friends think we are 

 making a mistake to leave out the tin rab- 

 bets. The new hive is intended for comb 

 honey and not for queen -rearing. Where 

 the frames are to be handled often, I would 

 recommend using the Simplicity hive with 

 the tin rabbets. 



SECTION-HOLDERS. 



There has been a large demand in the 

 last few days for the Dovetailed hive ; and 

 with scarcely an exception the section-hold- 

 er arrangement for surplus is chosen. For 

 the new hive I feel quite certain that it is 

 the better arrangement, although personal 

 experience this summer may modify my 

 views. 



Right here I will make an extract from 

 a letter of our friend H. L. Jeffrey : 



Those frames for the sections will do two things 

 for the boxes; first, keep them clean, and save, in 

 time of cleaning, more than the cost of the frames. 

 Second, by keeping the outer end of the sections of 

 a higher temperature than with only one thickness 

 of wood, and getting those sections filled out more 

 like the center ones, flush with the edge of the sec- 

 tion, the same result will be found by making your 

 crates with a division-board inside, with an 1 |-inch 

 lag strip to give the section more space, and keep 

 up the evenness of the heat. That is what 10 years' 

 use of double sides has shown to be true. Mr. Al- 

 bian Ferriss has used those topless section frames 

 for years, and so have a score of others that I know 

 of. From what I have used of a similar fixture, 

 and seen by a score of others use, I am sure you are 

 putting out the best thing that you have had yet, 

 although it is a new combination to the public, of 

 old things. H. L. Jeffrey. 



Marble Dale, Ct. 



You will notice that Mr. Jeffrey says that 

 Mr. Ferriss and a score of others have used 

 these frames and like them ; and he, Mr. 

 Jeffrey, thinks we are putting out the best 

 thing that we have ever before advertised. 



I also make an extract from our friend 

 Mr. Stachelhausen, who, it will be remem- 

 bered, produced 11,000 pounds of comb hon- 

 ey last year, when a great many others fail- 

 ed. He says : 



The super is ingeniously constructed, and the sec- 

 tion-holder seems to me to be a noble arrangement. 



Our section-holder super-shells are just 

 41 inches deep and 18* inches long, inside 

 measure, and this is too deep and too long 

 to accommodate 4i sections ; but by a little 

 calculation you will see that it is just right 

 for a T super to accommodate sections 4i 

 square, 1];: inches wide, which we regularly 

 keep in stock. I mention this fact, be- 

 cause some complain that the ii sections 

 are too small ; and while I would not advo- 

 cate changing to the larger size of section, 

 yet it' the purchaser adopts the section-hold- 

 er arrangement he can easily convert it into 

 a T super by using the 4A sections, as stat- 

 ed ; but if he orders the T-super arrange- 

 ment he c;in not change it to any thing else. 



For those who desire to use the T super 

 and 4i sections, we make the ends thicker 

 and the holder-shell 4g inches deep. 



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ZMIIEIDiaT^, ^IPIR,- 15, 1889. 



Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with 

 all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: 

 this is the first commandment.— Mark 12: £0. 



CAPTAIN HETHERINGTON'S ARMY LIFE. 



In another column will be found an exceedingly- 

 interesting account of the army life of that bee- 

 keeper and soldier. Captain J. E. Hetherington. As 

 one who manages successfully some 3000 colonies, we 

 extend to him our hearty congratulations; and as a 

 soldier, we feel sure that the whole bee-keeping 

 fraternity may well feel proud of him, whether 

 North or South. 



THE VIRGIN-QUEEN TRAFFIC. 



The following, from the Review for March 10th, 

 is so exactly in line with our opinion and experi- 

 ence, that we think best to place it before our 

 readers : 



Mr. Jones favors the traffic in virgin queens That they can 

 he furnished very cheaply, there is no question; but that they 

 are difficult to introduce, we know from experience. A newly 

 hatched queen is easily introduced. As the hours go by, the 

 probabilities of acceptance are lessened. With us, the per- 

 centage of loss has been great when the queens were three or 

 four days old. Then there is the risk of loss in mating; and, 

 unless the locality of the purchaser can furnish excellent 

 drones, the queens will find undesirable mates; and as pre- 

 potency is on the side of the male, there will be little " value 

 received." 



IS THERE A BETTER BAKING POTATO THAN THE 

 SNOWFLAKE? 



You may remember that, on page 19], I asked for 

 samples of the best baking potatoes known. Well, 

 I received from George Ebell, of Baker City, Ore- 

 gon, four Early Rose potatoes, by express. The 

 four potatoes weighed 8 pounds. They were very 

 good, but hardly equal in quality to the Snowflake. 

 He writes as follows: 



I raised them on friend Terry's plan I have several thou- 

 sand pounds as large as the sample sent. 1 held 50 pounds in 

 one arm. George Ebell. 



Baker City, Oregon, March 23, 1889. 



Peter Henderson's Early Puritan comes so near 

 the Snowflake that it might almost be said to equal 

 it; and as it is said to be as early as the earliest, and 

 as productive as any of them, we are inclined to 

 consider it an acquisition. We are now planting it, 

 largely with a view of furnishing seed to our sub- 

 scribers next year. 



THE EDITORIAL, "i" IN GLEANINGS. 



I suppose that most of our readers are aware 

 that the coarse print on our pages is all written 

 either by Ernest or by A. T. Root. Well, now, al- 

 though Ernest and A. I. agree pretty nearly on 

 most points, it begins to be apparent that our opin- 

 ions do not always coincide exactly. The same is 

 true in regard to the ABC book. A large part of 

 the last edition was written by Ernest himself; and 

 if you should find that I express an opinion in one 

 place and Ernest gives a conflicting opinion some- 

 where else, please do not quote it as an illustration 

 of A. I. Root's inconsistency. In many things, espe- 

 cially those pertaining to the bees, Ernest has had 



