GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Bee gloves and bee hat, the real thing. 



and shake each frame into the hive, first 

 putting a queen-guard on the front of the 

 hive. Use carbolic acid to prevent robbing. 

 Melt or burn all old combs, and burn the 

 ■frames. If the colony is 20 to 25 per cent 

 diseased, it is better to shake. The Alex- 

 ander method modified by Dr. Miller — that 

 is. dequeening and requeening — is all right 

 in mild cases; but it is cheaper and safer 

 to shake and burn the frames. The best 

 time to requeen is when treating foul brood. 

 American foul brood travels slowly, and is 

 quite rare. 



President Shei-man E. Bunnell, of Win- 

 sted, presided. The secretary-treasurer's 

 reports showed the association to be in a 

 very prosperous condition, with a member- 

 ship of 159, and cash on hand of $109. .33. 

 This repi'esents the high-water mark with 

 the Connecticut association, with good 



prospects of a steadj' and healthy increase. 

 The officers were re-elected as follows: 

 President, Sherman E. Bunnell, Winsted; 

 vice-pres., Eev. D. D. Marsh, West Hart- 

 ford; see'y-treas., L. Wayne Adams, 15 

 Warner St., Hartford; executive committee. 

 Lyman C. Root, Stamford; Stephen J. 

 Grift'en, Bridgeport ; Henry W. Coley, 

 West port. 



The secretary was directed to arrange for 

 a two-day field meeting at the Connecticut 

 Agricultural College in conjunction with the 

 Connecticut Pomological Society, as it 

 .seemed that the members of two industries 

 so closely allied should become better ac- 

 quainted to the mutual advantage of both. 



Tlie association went on record, opposing, 

 as dangerous, spectacular experiments with 

 bees in public. 



South Wethersfield, Ct. 



SOME BEE STUNTS 



BY J. n. FOOSHE 



At our Georgia and r'arolina fair I saw 

 a man traveling with a carnival and consti- 

 tuting the midway of the fair. He Avas 

 performing stunts with bees which would 

 seem to contradict us in our observation of 

 l)ees. While ho did perform some wonderful 

 IVats, none of them could i)rove to a veter- 

 an that bees can always be handled as lie 

 handled them, in the first place, we all 

 know that bees are always gentler and more 



tractable in a house or tent tlian anywheio 

 else. This man had a screen-wire tent alwut 

 six feet square in which he opei'ated. He 

 is baldheaded, and has a hat with a wire 

 around the inside to fit, so as not to let the 

 Iiat come down on his head. He would 

 scrape uj) bees with a paddle from a cloth 

 and ])our them into his hat, and carefully 

 place it upon his head, but, of course, he 

 was careful not to mash any. He would 



