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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1 



They agree with my dig^estion better than 

 the canned peaches. Now, the great moral 

 here is: To take care of the peaches and 

 all other kinds of fruit before the birds and 

 bees can get a going; and I think it will 

 pay well to do it, even in seasons when the 

 bees do not go near the peaches at all; and 

 I suppose all will admit we have many such 

 seasons. — A. I. R.] 



Here is something further from one who 

 has had ample experience with both bees 

 and peaches. Rewrites: 



I have recently bought a whole apiary 

 for the purpose of being certain that all of 

 my peach-trees would get properly pollen- 

 ized, as I have about 4500. 



Amity, N. Y., Mar. 31. Harry Vail. 



JV. C. R., Ohio. — We would not advise 

 3'ou to set a bucket of syrup out in the open 

 air, as it would result in fearful robbing, 

 and many of the bees would be drowred. 

 To feed syrup, it should be put inside of 

 the hive. 



J. H. G., Mich. — It is possible to feed 

 bees in the cellar, but it is usually not ad- 

 visable, as it stirs the bees up to too great 

 activity. You may, however, feed cakes of 

 hard candy made of pure granulated sugar 

 without any coloring or flavor. 



W. M. //., Wis.—T\\&r& is no 

 practical way of preserving 

 queens for any length of time ex- 

 cept in little nuclei. A dozen 

 queens, or even more, can be kept 

 in mailing-cages under a quilt 

 of a strong- colony for two or three 

 weeks, and possibly a month; 

 but the Good candy should be re- 

 newed at least every ten days, 

 all dead bees shaken out. and 

 fresh ones put in their places. 



/. S., N. F.— There is no ob- 

 jection to leaving- the two extra 

 frames of honey in the brood -nest 

 if you have them; but if the other 

 six combs were well filled with 

 honey, and the bees could be ac- 

 commodated on the six, I would 

 take out the two combs not need- 

 ed, even if they were filled with 

 honey, set them aside, and then 

 in the spring- g-ive them to the 

 colony that might be running 

 short of stores, whether it be the 

 one under consideration or some 

 other one. In any case, when 

 the frame contains brood it should 

 be left in the hive till the brood 

 hatches. 



B. K. \V., Neb. — It is not advisable"" to 

 use old sections that are soiled from the 

 season before. While honey can be stored 

 in them, yet, no matter how good the filling- 

 and how nice the honej', they are pretty 

 sure to go at second-quality grading. This 

 would make a difference of anywhere from 

 two to three cents a pound; and to use 

 brand-new sections in place of old ones, 

 would entail a cost of less than a third of a 

 cent. 



E. H. A'., ///. — Replying to j'our ques- 

 tion of March 26, I would state that j'ou 

 need have no fears that any one who is a 

 neighbor of yours can, by any means 

 known, induce his bees to go and rob yours. 

 If j'our colonies are weak with larg-e en- 

 trances, and his are strong, there is a pos- 

 sibility that his bees might rob yours; but 

 if you will reduce the entrances down to 

 the size that the bees can properly defend, 

 3'ou need have no fear of your neighbors' 

 bees. 



F. W. C, La. — Galvanized iron is suita- 

 ble for honej'^-utensils where the capacity 

 is a barrel or more; but I would not advise 

 its use in smaller cans. In California this 

 metal is used entirely for storage-tanks; 

 but they hold a good many tons, and there 

 is comparatively verj' little of the tank that 

 comes in contact with the honey. Small 

 galvanized utensils would do for a short 

 time, but we would not advise keeping the 

 honey in them for any great length of time. 

 The galvanized metal is perfecth^ safe for 

 extractors in anj^ case, because the honey 

 remains in them so short a time. Its use 

 in this country for this purpose is now uni- 

 versal. 



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