GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



jn-ofitable way for the northern honey-pro- 

 ducer to get his bees. A one-pound colony 

 purchased early, and put on combs and hon- 

 ey, will probably give him. that season, as 

 much honej" as the average colony he has 

 wintered over. You see these one-pound 

 packages consist of j'Oung worker bees and 

 a young queen, and consequently they are 

 not subject to spring dwindling. 



I predict that soon the honey-producer in 

 the extreme north will sulphur his bees in 

 the autumn, and thereby save honey and 

 combs to run one-pound colonies on early in 

 spring. Of course, he can strengthen his 

 weak colonies in early spring with young 

 bees without queens from the South if he 

 dislikes to kill his bees in autumn. He 

 can also use these early swarms from the 

 South to make increase which will give a 

 good surplus the first year. The express 

 charges are from 20 to 40 cents each, de- 

 pending on quantity and distance. 



In 1901 I shipped bees up river into 

 Georgia in June, this being the beginning 

 of migratory beekeeping on this river. In 

 June. 1907. I shipped 300 colonies of bees 

 to Fitzpatrick, Ala. Finding this a good 

 locality for queen-rearing I offered queens 

 for sale. Since then I find that most of the 

 time I have orders for all we can rear. 



We now have seven yards in which are 

 a few more than 700 full-sized colonies for 

 the production of bees and honej-. TVe also 



A small swarm from a matin?-lox took vp quar- 

 ters in a pine-tree twelve feet above gronnd. Sealed 

 brood could be seen withct molesting the bees. 



run about 600 mating-boxes in the spring — 

 some less the latter part of the season. 



Yankee mother-in-law. southern husband. Ohio wife, and hybrid children. 



