1889 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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worth noticing. My opinion is, that stings will cure 

 some kinds of rheumatism; but I am satisfied that 

 there are more than one kind, and perhaps it will 

 not affect some kinds. Of course, I can not be pos- 

 itive that the stings made the cure. It might be 

 the honey I ate, and that is lots, as I am fond of it. 

 then, again, it might be the change of climate, as I 

 moved from Chicago to this place; but I don't 

 think it is the change, as I have had some of my 

 worst spells since I moved here. If I should have 

 any more bad spells T will give the bees a good 

 chance to annihilate it; and if they do I will let you 

 know. John Hammond. 



Buena Vista, O., Nov. 25. 1889. 



Friend H., we are exceedingly obliged for 

 your careful and conscientious report. No 

 doubt you are in the right about it, and that 

 there are different kinds of inflammatory 

 rheumatism. The testimony is coming out, 

 however, exceedingly strong on the side of 

 bee-stings. 



We solicit for this department short items and questions of 

 a practical nature; but all questions, if accompanied by oth- 

 er matter, must be put upon a separate slip of paper with 

 name and address. 



We had nearly 4 inches of rain in October— the 

 heaviest Hood in October since 1849. 

 Long Beach, Cal., Nov. 4, 1889. F. J. Farr. 



100 BUSHELS FROM 2 l / 2 OP SEED. 



I purchased 2 l / 2 bushels of Japanese buckwheat 

 of you last spring, to sow. and I now have at least 

 100 bushels of it to sell—a better sample, I think, 

 than that I got of you. O. D. Hacklev. 



Batavia, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1889. 



264 BUSHELS OP JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT FROM 7 

 ACRES. 



We have this day thrashed the Japanese buck- 

 wheat raised on 7 acres of land from the first five 

 bushels of seed bought of you. There was 264 bush- 

 els. E. H. Hough. 



Saybrook, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1889. 



435 BUSHELS OP JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT FROM 20 

 ACRES, AND 625 BUSHELS OF WHEAT, ALL 



IN THE SAME SEASON. 



I harvested 625 bushels of nice f ultz wheat from 

 20 acres of ground. Then I plowed the ground, and 

 sowed it to Japanese, from which I thrashed 435 

 bushels, making 1060 bushels of grain from 20 acres 

 of land, and I have drilled the buckwheat stubble 

 into wheat again. How is that for Kansas? I also 

 have a good crop of honey. I do not think the 

 Japanese is as good for honey as the silverhull. 



Quenemo, Kan., Oct. 18, 1889. J. H. Kennedy. 



BURLAP OR ENAMELED SHEETS FOR WINTER; 

 WHICH? 



Would you advise usins enameled cloth beneath 

 the burlap chaff bag on top of bees, for wintering? 

 Would not moisture condense thereon, and make it 

 unpleasant for them? Would not a double thick- 

 ness of burlap just above the bees and under the 

 chaff cushion be a good plan? Wm. C. Baker. 



Shanesville, O., Oct. 25. 1889. 



[We take off our enameled cloths when or soon 

 after we put on the cushions, and put in their place 

 burlap sheets. One thickness of burlap is suffi- 

 cient. The enameled cloths are objectionable, for 

 the reason you name.] 



TO SAMPLE HONEV IN THE COMB, WITHOUT 

 MUTILATING. 



I have a honey-quill for sampling honey, which 

 will take the honey out of a single cell, of which 1 

 have seen no description, although it may be an 

 old thing with bee-keepers. It is this: Take a o,uill 

 of the right size at the large end; cut off the small 

 end; push it down into a cell; put the thumb over 

 the small end, and it will take out the honey of a 

 single cell. Mark Coffin. 



Milton, Ky., Nov. 26, 1K89. 



]^EP0I^F$ ENC0«^6IN6. 



PROM 50 TO 102, AND 4000 LBS. OF HONEY. 



I started in the spring with 50 colonies. I increas- 

 ed to 102, and got 4000 lbs.— 3400 of comb, and 600 of 

 extracted. My bees are all in good shape to winter. 



Chillicothe, Mo., Nov. 26, 1889. Geo. W. Babb. 



KEEPING BEES FOR RECREATION. 



My honey crop is 115 lbs. extracted per colony, 

 spring count. I keep the bees in the heart of the 

 city. How is that for an engineer? I keep them 

 for recreation. K. B. Holbrook. 



St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 7, 1889. 



FROM 20 TO 34, AND 23K0 LBS. OF HONEY. 



I started with 20; increased to 34, and took 1520 

 lbs. — 860 comb, and the rest extracted. This is my 

 first year with bees. I am delighted with them. 1 

 put them in the cellar yesterday. I owe most of 

 my success to Gleanings, which I could not do 

 without. G. L. Head. 



La Valle, Wis., Nov. 21, 1889. 



FROM 150 TO 240, AND 21,500 LBS. OF HONEY. 



I commenced the season with 150 stands for ex- 

 tracted honey, and 8 for comb. I have extracted 

 21,500 lbs., and have taken 500 lbs. of comb honey, 

 and increased to 240 stands. I kept them in two 

 apiaries 6% miles apart. I have sold all the honey 

 at an average of 6^ cts. per lb. Robt. Qoinn. 



Shellsburg, la , Nov. 25, 1889. 



As I have said nothing about my bees this year, 

 here is my report: From 20 colonies, spring count, I 

 secured 660 lbs. of extracted honey, and increased 

 to 35. Honey was gathered from aster; too much 

 wet weather through spring and summer to get any 

 surplus. The honey from aster is splendid to winter 

 on. Our winters are very mild. We have no pack- 

 ing to do. We just leave the bees on summer stands 

 as they are. S. L. Klutts. 



Clear Creek, N. C, Nov. 15, [889. 



HONEY FROM RED CLOVER. 



I put 28 swarms in cellar Nov. 15, 1888; took them 

 out about April 15, 26 of them all right and two 

 dead; no spring dwindling. I increased to 40, and 

 extracted 1900 lbs , and had 200 lbs. of comb honey. 

 The honey was from red clover. I have been notic- 

 ing for years the reports of honey from red clover; 

 and have also noticed that all the heavy work on it 

 here has been on the mammoth clover, and the first 

 year 1 hat it blossoms; alter that it does not seem 

 to amount to much for honey. E. Z GREEN. 



Montague, Mich., Nov. 22, L889. 



FROM It TO 26, AND 120(1 LBS. UK HONEY. 

 As far as I can learn, bees have done well around 

 here. I had 14 hives last spring, now 1 have 26, 

 most of them ten frames full of honey (I have no 



