GLE-AJ^INGS IN BEE CULTURE 



A Luuihiana hwarap is an unlimited source of nectar. 



MAKING INCREASE IN A SOUTHERN SWAMP 



BY J. D. BAILEY 



My apiary is located five miles from New 

 Orleans in the heart of a Louisiana swamp 

 where an unlimited field of honey-plants 

 abound. I have been keejoing- bees for a 

 number of years as a diversion, but last 

 year I moved them out to a friend's place 

 and we have determined to increase our 

 colonies and sell the honey. We started in 

 the spring with fifteen colonies and have 

 increased to forty-two, which we hope to 

 have next spring. 



The honey-house was put up by myself 

 and a friend, both novices, at a cost of less 

 than ten dollars, as all the material was 

 second-hand. In the upper story our ex- 

 tractor, Peterson capping-melter, steam- 



heated uncapping-knife, etc., ai'e located. 

 The honey runs direct from the extractor 

 through a large pipe to the tank-room be- 

 low, where it passes through an Alexander 

 honey-strainer, and thence into a large tank 

 with a capacity of five barrels. From there 

 it is drawn oi¥ through a honey-gate direct 

 into the containei'S. 



Besides our bees we have an assortment 

 of oranges, grapefruit, kumquats, loquat, 

 dasheens, and last, but not least, a beautiful 

 feijoa sellowiana. 



Our bees are building up rapidly for 

 winter on goldenrod, there being hundreds 

 of acres within easy range. 



New Orleans, La. 



NO DANGER THAT WHITE CLOVER HAS WINTER-KILLED 



BY ADAM LEISTER 



[Mr. Leister is the farmer beekeeper whose advice on clover and other topics we have sought so often. 

 Knowing that tliere has been little snow in most parts of the country this spring during the alternate freez- 

 ing and thawing, we asked our friend what he thought about the clover prospect. His reassuring reply 

 follows. — Ed.] 



I have made careful observations on the 

 effects of the freezing and thawing, and 

 heaving of clover, i can say, without hes- 

 itation, that there has never been a season 

 with so little heaving as the present one. 

 I hear you ask, " How do you aeconuil for 



this?" The obser\ang eye has long dis- 

 covered that a wet season is the most favor- 

 able condition for heaving. Since this has 

 been an extremely dry spring, and since the 

 season is so far advanced, the danger from 

 heaving is entirely past. 



