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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



Dec. 



clear full, not leaving any room for brood. If the 

 weather had been warm I do not know what they 

 would have done; but it was cold and frosty a 

 greater part of the time, so they could not get out. 



G. B. Johnson. 

 Ellenboro. W. Va., Nov. 5. 1887. 



The fall weed you refer to was probably 

 aster. See reports in the September and 

 October issues. 



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With Replies from our best Authorities on Bees. 



All queries sent in for this department should be briefly 

 stated, and free from any possible ambiguity. The question 

 or questions should be written upon a separate slip of paper, 

 and marked, " For Our Question-Box." 



Question No. 22.— If an nut-apiary he situated 

 near a farmer's house, what compensation, in dollars 

 and cents, ought he or the members of his family to re- 

 ceive for hiving a swarm, in the absence of the owner? 

 In general, what do you consider it worth to hive a 

 swarm for someone else? 



Seventy-five cents. 



Dadant & Son. 



See answer to No. 19. O. O. Poppleton. 



I consider it worth .50 cents to hive a swarm. 



Mit.s. L. Harrison. 

 Twenty-flve cents would be enough. 



W. Z. Hutchinson. 



About 25 cents; but if the hiver is not satisfied, 

 give him more until he is satisfied. R. Wilkin. 



Fifty cents, especially if they do a little watching 

 to get the chance to earn that 50 cents. 



James Heddon. 



I have always paid 35 cents to any one notifying 

 me of a swarm, but never had occasion to have any 

 one hive them. Paul L. Viallon. 



From 25 to 50 cents per swarm, according to the 

 number of colonies. I usually hire some boy by 

 the month, at $10 to $15 per month. 



Geo. Grimm. 



I do not think I would allow swarming in out- 

 apiaries. I should say 25 cents. It may be worth 

 from five cents to a dollar, according to circum- 

 stances. James A. Green. 



1. If every thing is in readiness, and the queen's 

 wing is clipped (as it should be), and the party to do 

 the hiving is near by, ten cents would be good pay. 

 2. That would depend upon the time it would take. 



Dr. a. B. Mason. 



That depends on many things, such as fear of 

 bees, tall trees to climb, distance of farmer's work 

 from bees, etc. Pay the farmer what he asks, or a 

 little more, and then he will work for your inter- 

 ests. If you think you can not afford to pay his 

 price, move on to the next. G. M. Doolittle. 



Why, blesB your heart, " It is more blessed to give 

 than to receive." I should expect a warm thank 

 you, and I am sure I should get many kind returns. 

 I have yet to live where the people are not more 

 than ready to reciprocate any such neighborly ac- 

 tion. A. J. Cook. 



They should have about 50 cents a swarm. To the 

 second question, I am somewhat tempted to say 

 five dollars. You see, the whole village is looking 



on. The bees have been thoroughly riled by the 

 amateur practice of divers and sundry volunteers. 

 The hive, if there is one, is in no condition to hold 

 even guinea-pigs; and not an apiarian tool or con- 

 venience within a mile. E. E. Hasty. 



If I am not mistaken, Adam Grimm paid about 

 75 cents a swarm. In my out-apiaries there is no 

 one to watch for swarms, nor at home either, for 

 that matter; but in the Wilson apiary, Mary per- 

 sists in hiving any swarm she happens to see out, 

 and then I scold her for it. I think an expert might 

 hive swarms for 50 cents each. I couldn't do it for 

 four times that. C. C. Miller. 



1. If an out-apiary be run for extracted honey, 

 there is no necessity for any swarms to be hived in 

 the absence of the owner, as there should be no 

 swarms to hive. 2. If a swarm were settled on a 

 low bush, not over 8 feet high, I would hive them 

 for 25 cents, if I were there ready; but if I were 

 called to leave other work it would make a differ- 

 ence of the value of time in going and coming from 

 work, etc. In the most of our out-apiaries there is 

 tall timber adjoining the apiary, and swarms clus- 

 tei'ing in the tops of those trees. It would be more 

 than the swarm is worth to hive it. E. France. 



Question No. 23— What rent sho^dd be paid for 

 the use of around for an out-apiary, for one season? 

 What amount have you been in the habit of paying'^ 



See answer to No. 19. 



O. O. Poppleton. 



It depends on circumstances. 



W. Z. Hutchinson. 

 From 15 to 25 dollars per year. Geo. Grimm. 



No experience. Offer him fifty pounds of extract- 

 ed honey. E. E. Hasty. 



Not more rent than if it were used for any other 

 purpose. 1 never rented any. 



Paul L. Viallon. 



That would depend upon the amount of land 

 used, and locality. I never rented any. 



Mrs. L. Harrison. 

 We pay one-fifth of the honey and 75 cents per 

 swarm hived. We do all the other work ourselves. 



Dadant & Son. 



I have had no out-apiary, but can get plenty of 

 room for apiaries of one hundred colonies for five 

 dollars. Dr. A. B. Mason. 



The same as would be paid for the ground for any 

 other purpose, plus the annoyance caused the own- 

 er by the bees. G. M. Doolittle. 



I have always owned the ground my out-apiaries 

 occupied. I would pay the same rental for ground 

 that I would for any other purpose. 



James Heddon. 



For the use of ground alone, I think eight or ten 

 dollars would be enough. I have never paid any 

 rent, except in presents of bees and honey. The 

 owners of the ground always seemed glad to have 

 the bees there. James A. Green. 



I have no experience; but 1 think almost nothing. 

 I think any farmer would be benefited by the pres- 

 ence of the bees, and could well afford the space, 

 unless he or his neighbors keep bees. The bees are 

 no damage, and surely the rental should be only 

 nominal. A. J. Cook. 



