GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



An apiary of ten colonips has been added to the farm. 



SOME VANCOUVER BEES AND BEEMEN 



BY BEVAN ARGYLE 



Here is a view of part of the Dominion 

 Government expeiimental station near Sid- 

 ney, Vancouver Island, B. C. Mr. Samuel 

 Spencer is in charge of the farm, which is 

 situated at the northeast part of the Saan- 

 ich peninsula. The usual test plots of ce- 

 reals are well looked after, and th;? farm is 

 now showing the good work of the superin- 

 tendent in the fine ornamental shrubs and 

 plants. 



Last year an apiary of ten colonies of 

 Italian bees was added to the farm. There 



are now twelve ten-frame hives with adjust- 

 able openings to regulate the entrances. 

 Every assistance is given to the farmer and 

 beekeeper by the official in charge. The 

 photographs show two enthusiastic beekeep- 

 ers. Mr. Walter Luney. one of the largest 

 building contractors in British Columbia, is 

 on the left of the picture. He finds a plea- 

 sure and an interesting recreation in his 

 hobby. The beekeeper on the right is Mr. 

 William Hugh, also of Victoria, B. C. 

 James Bay, Victoria, B. C. 



DIFFICULTY WITH FALL HONEY A MATTER OF CLIMATE 



BY ,T. D. FOOSHE 



From the fact that sonje have succeeded 

 in wintering bees on goldenrod and aster 

 while others have failed, I think we are 

 obliged to attribute it to weather or climatic 

 conditions. When I was in South Carolina 

 the goldenrod and aster were the only 

 sources of fall honey, and in some years the 

 heaviest flow of honej'^ during the whole 

 year would be from these sources; but I 

 never had any difficulty in wintering suc- 

 cessfully on them. 



Sometimes when we had a rainy season 

 in October the honey was slow to ripen, and 

 a few colonies would have more dead bees 

 about the entrance, under these cii'cum- 



stances, than when the weather remained 

 dry and warm. I have extracted quantities 

 of aster and goldenrod honey about the last 

 of October, and still had plenty for winter 

 stores; but vei'y singular conditions prevail 

 in this locality. I have been here now four 

 years, and goldenrod and aster bloom pro- 

 fusely, yet I have never known bees to 

 gather a single bit from this source. When 

 they get their stores from cotton, peas, su- 

 mac, And other sources they seem to be done 

 for the year. I am located in a very dry 

 atmosphere. Peaches, grapes, and straw- 

 berries do well here, and I have never seen 

 any disease on any of the fruit. 

 Augusta, Ga. 



