1887 



GLEANINGS LN BEE CULTURE. 



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and I should not like to go at any thing- else that 

 destroys this charm. 



The field of winter work for the apiarist is a very 

 wide one, and each must decide for himself, ac- 

 cording to his situiitiou, taste, abilities, and ac- 

 quirements. When it conies to summer work, that 

 field is narrowed down. It must b^ something that 

 will not take him fi-om home. It must bo some- 

 thing in which his time is his own. It should be 

 something that will not absolutely require imme- 

 diate attention at any particular time, especially 

 when honey is to be expected. I, for one, should be 

 glad to hear any suggestions in regard to occupa- 

 tions meeting these requirements. 



There is one branch of fruit-raising that, to my 

 mind, comes very near it. This is the production 

 of grapes. The vine, with proper care and selec- 

 tion of varieties, will do well almost anywhere. It 

 will bear considerable neglect, yet its culture af- 

 fords abundant opportunity for intelligent skill to 

 produce superior results. It requires only ordina- 

 ry cultivation. The fruit ripens at a time when the 

 work of the apiary is usually not very pressing. 

 It does not require to be picked and marketed on 

 the very day it is ripe. There is a considerable 

 time between the ripening of the earliest and latest 

 varieties; and many kinds maybe kept for a long 

 time after thes' are ripe, before marketing. As to 

 a market, I have seen, in a neighboring town, 

 grapes from California selling alongside of those 

 from New York. One thing more: Whenever a 

 bee-keeper becomes a raiser of grapes, a very 

 strong aigument is brought to bear on the much- 

 ve.xed (jucstion of bees rs.. grapes. J. A. Oreen. 



Dayton, 111., Oct. 7,1887. 



I will tell you, fiiencl Green : Start a 

 gi'eenhouse, and raise lettuce in the winter, 

 and (.'eler3\ tomato, and other kinds ot 

 plants, later. It your bees are properly car- 

 ed for in the fall, they will hardly need look- 

 ing after until the greenhouse and plant 

 business are laid aside. By the way, I wish 

 some bee-keeping friend iii or about Chica- 

 go would kindly look up the location of the 

 Chicago lettuce greenhouses, so as to pilot 

 me aroiuid when there, without my being 

 obliged to hunt them up myself, and waste 

 valuable time. Do I happen to have a 

 friend inclined toward market-gardening, in 

 the vicinity of Chicago V 



MRS. CHADDOCK GOING TO FLORIDA. 



SHE ACCEPTS MR. DRUMRIGHT'S PKItPOSlTlON TO 

 GO TENTING, ETC. 



fOR three years, friend Hart has been trying to 

 find me a nice easj- place in Florida, such as 

 schoolteaching, sewing, or companion to 

 some rich lady; but so far he has been un- 

 successful. The last letter I had from him 

 said that general housework was the only thing 

 needed. Then I wrote him to get me thefineat posi- 

 tion possible as hired girl. This is what I call com- 

 ing down to hard pan. I have always contended, 

 when writing on the subject of women's work, that 

 " general housework " is .iust as respectable as any 

 other trade, and that girl.'; had much better engage 

 in it than do shopwork in cities at starvation prices; 

 and now I propose to put myself in her place and 

 see just how it feels. I suppose I shall have to say 



" ma'a'm," when speaking to my " mistress," and 

 never have any opinion of my own. 



I'd much rather tent out; but where are the oth- 

 ers who will go " snooks " with nie'r' And will those 

 fresh oysters that Mr. Di'umright tells about come 

 high, or can wo wade in and help ourselves free 

 gratis for nothing? I like that tenting idea first 

 rate; but won't it bo awl'ully cold and chilly part 

 of the time'i' and won't the rains comedown, and 

 make us all dampV and when it storms, won't the 

 tent blow over and Hap its wet sides in our faces'? 

 Of course, if I go I shall have to take my chances 

 of wind and weather. Now, here is another adver- 

 tisement: "All those wishing to go on the Chad- 

 dock Tenting Kxpedition to Florida will please 

 communicate with the undersigned. Every fellow 

 to find himself and help do the cooking. Women 

 preferred; but a man or two along might be found 

 useful. Expedition to start dining the holidays, 

 and stay until everybody is satisfied." 



M.\H.4L.\ B. Chadkock. 

 Vermont, 111., Oct., 1887. 



FOUL BROOD. 



now A MAN KEKL.S WHEN HE BINDS HK HAS KOUI. 

 BROOD. 



TN the fall of 188.5 I purchased a colony of hybrirl 

 M bees from a man who had foul brood (as I after- 

 ]|[ ward found out) in his apiary. The following 

 ^ spring and summer I did not see a trace of it; 

 but when the season of 1887 opened I spread 

 the brood too much in this colony. The result was, 

 I had one or two frames of chilled brood. This, I 

 believe, started foul brood in my apiary. At any 

 rate, in about four weeks all the brood - combs 

 this colony had were pretty well riddled. Some 

 time later I began reading Gt-eanings, and noticed 

 under the head of Our Own Apiary the carbolic-acid 

 treatment of scratching open the capped brood- 

 cells and spraying with a solution of 5,',,, carbolic 

 acid and water. Although I do not take any stock 

 in this mode of treatment as a cure, yet I believe it 

 prevented the spread of the disease, to a very 

 great extent. About this time I found that three 

 others had caught the contagion. Now, may be you 

 can imagine how nervous 1 felt; and porha])? the 

 cold sweat did not stand on me more than once. In 

 order to cure it I have found this one thing to be a 

 fact: You want as many bees as you can have; in 

 fact, the stronger the colony is, the quicker it can 

 be cured. If the colony were weak I would supply 

 healthy capped brood until it was strong. My in- 

 fected colonies were all strong but one, and that 

 one I quickly made so. Then I commenced feeding 

 granulated-sugar syrup with the addition of carbol- 

 ic acid (crystals) in the proportion of 1 to .500. First, 

 I poured the mi.xture into the brood-combs (after 

 Cheshire), after which I allowed the bees to take it 

 from a feeder as fast as they would carry it. I 

 looked into the hives yesterday, Sept. 21, and found 

 all the brood healthy except one frame. This had 

 six or eight sunken caps. I gave them another 

 dose of the stutf. 1 think now they are in a fair way 

 to prosperity. When 1 looked into these four hives 

 and saw the snow-white larva^ I felt like giving veiU 



' to a Comanche war-whoop; indeed, I haven't got 

 over feeling jubilant yet. It may break out again 

 slightly next spring, but I feel that 1 have got it by 



I the windpipe now. Of course, 1 had the "cold 



