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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUBE. 



JuNi 



MWUgh so;: : be bottom of the hire 



and project at the top a fourth of an inch or so, 

 just enough so tod can pet hold of them to pull 

 them out. These 91 ;an put in at your con- 



venience the day be: -ant to haul. Of 



course, bottom and top must bt fa- set :irely. 



for there must be no possibility of leaking bees ou 

 the journey. C. C. Miller. 



Marengo. 111. 



.. I declare, old friend, if you had 

 planned to give the Simplicity hive* a t 

 c a word about it — t: 

 without using ~the word " Simplicity " — you 

 could not have done much better than yoa 

 :ore part of your remarks. 

 Simplicity hive, however. I plan- 

 ned the metal-cornered frames, and these 

 you don't fancy a bit.it seems, be 

 for oat-apiaries Now. look here: If you 

 --chaff hives for out-apiaries. 

 x : e metal-cornered frames in I - 

 chaff hives, and all-wood frames in Simplici- 

 ty or Dovetailed hives that you use only for 

 summer use. We used the sticks tor spac- 

 ing the frames — 22 in number— y- - ,_ 



beaded that they were al- 



. - too much machine 1 -a we 



. g- .rd: but the boys have 



- itely. while buying bees and removing 



them to t± b bass ird, decided that 



the s . uds were too much trouble. 



and so they have s a me spacing-strips. 



Erne-: - - t is 1 - same thing used - by Ma- 



nnm. to be described later. I think our ex- 



_ - Kith yours 



ata ou mention. 



MAIUM ZST THE APIABY WITH HIS 

 MEW. 



PRAC7 - ■ - I - IU -■■ I SI - 



VET • - - - - ^ELL AS BI - 



- :-od-morning. Fred. I have come 

 • ixh you to-day to help 

 you catch np with your work." 



■rd-morning. father. I am ver.- 

 you have come for that purpose, for I have 

 had so many swarms for the past three da; - 



e behind, especially looking after 

 the boxes. I have a number of colonies to look aft- 

 er to day— some new ones to look over, to see if the 

 foundation is all right and being drawn out proper- 

 ly: and some that have east swarms have got to be 

 looked after, to cut out queen-cells or to see if the 

 queens have hatched, or have commenced 

 and; besides. I ought to examine all of my 

 to-day." 



KEEPING GRASS A WAT FROM I LHCK. 



ugh you have got a good day's 

 work before yon. I n i rave mowed your 



yard: but you have not clipped the grass that 

 - .ear the hives. I suppose you intend to do 

 that with the sheep-shears. It looks rather shabby 

 fan know I like to have the yari- 

 -.: this season ax least. Suppose Mr. Boot or 

 any other bee-keeper should vis:: your yard to- 

 morrow. I fear you would be ashamed of its ap- 

 pearance. I know you have bee: -.for a 

 few di. • re you are excusable: but as soon 

 as you can 1 wish you would slick up a little." 



---. father. I will do it in the morning 

 - -.-ming commences. Here:- 



ony I wish you would look at. They don't seem to 

 gain in strength, and I don't believe the queen is a 

 good one." 



■OTAJUOWD HI KEMAIS IS THE 



A PI ART. 



"All right: open the hive and find the queen. 

 There she is. just going over the edge of the comb. 

 Ah! Est - ne of those long, siini. very ye. 



low queens: and. besides, she has one paa 

 though she is laying prett.v well: but her bees are 

 small, frail things: they are not hardy enough for 

 this climate. Show me the record. Ah! she is a 



daughter of the queen 1 got of Mr. . They are 



beautiful ^ees to look at, but that is not what 1 

 keep bees for: hence I will pinch off her head- 

 there: You may hive a small swarm in here to- 

 morrow, because the colony :s too light to store 

 much honey - . living it a portion of a 



swarm with a good queen we shall get something 

 from them. Always remember that a light stock at 

 - -fason is worthless for storing honey, hence 

 you should manage as best you can to keep every 

 hive running over full of tees, as such only are the 

 • :at give us large quantities of ** snowflake 

 honey.'' 



LAZT BBS— BOW TO MAKE ISDCSTRIOCS. 



" Father, here is another colony I wish you would 

 look aL I have tried my best to get them into the 

 failed. You see the hive is full of 

 -.-d the front well covered with them; but 

 ■ . e ^ ~en them sections from 



nives partly filled, and I have shaken every 

 bee off the combs in front of the hive to "wake 

 them up " as you have recommended, but still they 

 - when a_. the rest are doing 

 •" Yes. Fred. I understand that colony— or, rather. 

 I think I do. They are like some men That I know 

 of. perfectly Contented and happy if they have one 

 meal ahead. They lack energy. I will play them a 

 f taking a combs and filling The 



hive with frames of foundation. There, now. * f 

 will a.f .. r:n two clamps of new sections. 



Now you see they have got to work or starve. The 

 brood we have taken from them we will use wher- 

 ever we can find a place for it. Now I will go 

 through the yard and look to the sections, as I pre- 

 sume some will need tiering up. Yes, here is one 

 w:th the foundation all drawn out and capped half 

 way down. The way to do it :s to remove the 

 clamps and set them up edgewise on this clamp- 

 stool and remove any biace-comts thai may be at- 

 tacked to the bottom. Now place the clamp of 

 empty sections and then place Those partly filled 

 :f them. Be sure that the spaces, or pas- 

 :-orrespcnd. so that the bees can pass up and 

 down. Here are a few finished sections in this oth- 

 er clamp. wh : ch we will remove and put empty 

 You must look to this and re- 

 ■11 finished sections as soon as possible before 

 ecome soiled by the bees passing over them. 

 I have brought a bag of fine salt for you to sprin- 

 kle on the floor where you are to set the clamps of 

 fihed sections. The salt will keep the ants away 

 from the honey. Don't be sparing with the salt; use 

 enough to make the floor look white. Well. I will 

 now return home and work in the home apiary the 

 rot of the day. ' 



4CT.T 1. 



•' Good-morning, Edward ! How goes the battle?" 

 "Pretty well. Mr. Manum. I am not having many 

 swarms now. I thiiik they are about through 

 swarming, nor are they getting honey as fast as 



