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queens in clean hives on frames of fdn., and 

 boiling or steaming old liivesi is entirely 

 successful so far as the colony treated is 

 itself concerned. Your suggestion in re- 

 gard to taking bees, as fast as treated, to an 

 entirely new location, is good ; and where 

 you can do this without much expense, 1 

 would advise you to do it. You will then 

 luive all the colonies treated. awa> from the 

 baneful influences of bees intermingling, 

 and carrying honey from infected colonies 

 into the newlv formed swainiis. 



ANOTHEH DEVICE EOK OPENING SCBEEN-DOORS. 



You ask in Gleanings, May 15, for some im- 

 proveiiicnt or simpler arrang-ement of J. A. Green's 

 screen-door opener. Well, here is mine. Make a 

 roller a little longer than the width of the door; 

 fasten it just under the door with two brackets, at 

 the end near the door-hinges; fasten to the roller 

 an arm projecting- up. An end of an old steel wagon- 

 spring- is good. At the other end, and clear from 

 the door, have another arm raised a little above a 

 level, then by pressing this last arm down it will 

 turn the roller, and the other arm will open the 

 door: thus: 



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FlIADEN BUKG'S IT. AN KUli Ol'ENING SCBEEN- 

 DOORS. 



I use no cord, no pulleys; nothing- unsightly; it 

 can be so balanced that it will not hinder the door 

 from closing-. A. A. Fradenburg. 



Port Washington, O., May 23, 1887. 



FATHER LANOSTROTH, AND WHAT A NEIGHBOR 

 SAYS OF HIM. 



In Gleanings of June 1.5, C. F. Uhl makes this 

 inquiry. •' Was there ever any patent on the 

 Langstroth hive? If so, who was the patentee?" 

 Now, for the information of friencl Uhl and others, 

 I will state that the Kev. L. L. Langstroth leceived 

 letters-patent on his movable-comb hive, Oct. .5, 

 ISK. Reissued May 36, 186H, and 1 think a further 

 extension afterward; and as to his being- a fraud 

 and swindler, nothing could be further from the 

 truth. After almost 30 years' acquaintance with 

 him (I can fully indorse all you say of himilhave 

 always found him to be an honorable and truly 

 (christian gentleman; in fact, one of " the salt of 

 theeai-th;" and though it has been his lot to be 

 sorelj' afflicted, the reason wJty we can not tell; but, 

 " Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right ? " 



O.xford, ( )., June 27, 1887. J. Coulter. Sr. 



WHY DO MY BEES SW.\RM OUT AG.\1N ? 



Myself and neighbors have been troubled a great 

 deal with bees leaving the hive after having been 

 hived for from three to ten days, and having brood 

 well started, and no visible reason for their doing 

 so. Thinking that perhaps others had been trou- 

 bled in the same waj-, your advice might be of inter- 

 est. I have tried both chaif and Simplicity hives, 

 ■with and without brood given them when hived, 



and single and double swarms, and there is no ap- 

 parent difference, and they frequently come out 

 two or three times, but always cluster and finally 

 accept the hive and stay. They invariably have 

 brood if they stay long enough to start it. 



M. E. KiMSEY. 



Salem Center, Ind., .lunc 34, 1887. 



Friend K., your experience if very unusu- 

 al indeed ; in fact, w^e have always laid it 

 down as a rule, that bees never swarm out 

 after they have commenced brood-rearing. 1 

 think it is a sort of mania that they have 

 gotten into, and that you will not be trou- 

 bled with it very long. Bees sometimes get 

 into such ways of doing, and the whole 

 apiary seems to be for a time infected with 

 this kind of behavior. 



WHEN TO CUT ALSIKE FOR SEED; DOOLITTI.E 

 QUEEN-CELL, PROTECTOR. 



As alsike clover is gaining rapidly in favor with 

 farmers as a hay and pasture crop, especially on 

 suitable soils, and is also one of the best honey- 

 plants, perhaps the experience of one of our most 

 successful growers here will be of use to many. He 

 is the one who harvested the 13-acre crop last year. 

 His name is H. E. W^ilson. He has v^iised alsike 

 for many years. He sows only two quarts per acre, 

 and prefers sowing- in the fall, drilling it in with 

 wheat. He harvests the seed crop when in the 

 best condition for hay, when the stalk, leaves, and 

 some of the last blossoms are yet green. He says 

 he gets more seed than when i-iper, besides a good 

 crop of hay. His 13 acres yielded almost 6 bushels 

 to the acre. He sold the big- load for .<6.3.') per bush- 

 el; the rest at retail for *7.00. Mi-. Conrad Atwell 

 and A. D. Macham, of this place, will harvest seed, 

 and probably many others. Mr. Macham has pas- 

 tured his this spring, in order to delay the harvest, 

 as it generally comes in the midst of the wheat har- 

 vest. His crop looks promising now. 



THE DOOLITTLE QUEEN-CELL PROTECTOR A SUC- 

 CESS. 



I made a (jueen-cell-protector mold according to 

 your directions. My block is three inches thick. 1 

 cut a shoulder on all four sides of the block '72 inch 

 down, leaving- the face of the block just the size of 

 the piece of wire cloth for the protector, which 

 helps to place the i)iece on evenly and quicklj- over 

 the mold. I have used the protector for 13 queen- 

 cells, and have failed with only one, and that looked 

 as though it was destroyed by a worm. I make the 

 hole in the point not very large, and see that the 

 point of the (jueen-cell fills the hole. The queen- 

 cell protector is a great help to me, as I am dividing- 

 many colonies of bees. H. S. HoxiE. 



Holloway. Mich.. June 24, 1887. 



THE BBE-ROCK. 



The bees, up to the present date, have gathered 

 but little honey, and have made no surplus 

 whatever. They have plenty for brood - rear- 

 ing, but have never swarmed any. The import- 

 ed queen I bought of you last July has been very 

 prolific this season. I have raised a gi-eat many 

 (lueens from her. I see in the last number of 

 Gleanings a sketch of what is called the "Bee 

 Kock " in Tenn. I have often heard of that rock, 

 and should like to hear further reports from it. 



Webbville, Ky., June 34, 1887. L. J. Webb. 



