GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Honey for the bees, seed for harvest, fertilizer for the ground — l.uikwlieat sliohild Ijc planted more extensively. 



(lay, I am unable to state. Perhaps there 

 was a flow more alluring during the inter- 

 vening hours. 



As I i"aise bees rather than honey, it 

 served an admirable j)urpose in that it 

 stimulated brood-rearing during a season 

 when nectar was scarce. To recapitulate, it 

 served to keep the land mellow, kept down 

 weed growth, and conserved the moisture, 

 also supplying humus if plowed in while 

 green. 



The blossom afforded honey to bees and 

 afterward seed for harvest. The stalks were 

 used as a winter cover for strawberry-beds, 

 and, in the following spring, well disked 

 and plowed into the ground. 



I have had but one year's experience with 

 buckwheat, and so 1 am unable to state its 

 dependibility as to nectar secretion, but am 

 firmly con\iiiced it should be planted more 

 extensi\ely. 



Stoneham, Mass. 



AfMODIFIED SMOKE INTRODUCTION 



V.Y L. R. DOCKER Y 



Inasmuch as there has not yet been a 

 method of queen introduction given that is 

 fool proof I will explain the method T have 

 been using the i)ast two years. Tn that time 

 I have introduced about two bundled queens 

 and have lost only one. and that loss was 

 due to negligence. This method, in addi- 

 tion to being |.>roof against the neglect just 

 mentioned, is so practical and sure that il 

 will commend ilself to the specialist, it is 

 practicable under all conditions. T hav(j 

 introduced queens to colonies with fertile 



workers, those with cells almost ready tn 

 hatch, and those just made queenless. wiih 

 equal success. 



The queen should be kept from food and 

 other bees for about thirty minutes. She 

 should never be taken in the hands, but 

 caught 01' caged by placing the cage over 

 l;er wliile on the comb. Tf siie is received 

 ihrouLih the mails, change her to another 

 (iiuc willoul any Ijces or food. To inlro- 

 (hice her, give a little smoke at the entrance, 

 then take off the cover and smoke them 

 again. Take three combs from the brood- 



