1902 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



775 



Of course, if the aduanas had been there 

 all would have been dififerent. But it is all 

 rig'ht. The only harm done was the spoil- 

 ing- of such beautiful smiles as we had pre- 

 pared. 



As a friend (and Mr. S. joins me) I 

 would advise Messrs. Aduana to put a less 

 savage man at the head of that apiary. 

 Suffice it to say, we learned nothing- about 

 the apiary and its productions, and we 

 soon after dropped into Havana, sad and 

 tired. 



AN A B C scholar's APIARY. 



Inclosed you will find one of my kodak 

 pictures of one of your ABC scholar's api- 

 ary in its third year, numbering- 20 colo- 

 nies. They are all in Danzenbaker hives 

 but two, which are home-made. 



and for the production of a fine grade of 

 comb honey I have not the least idea that 

 there is another hive in existence that will 

 compare favorably with it, and I am fairly 

 well posted in that line. 



Last spring one of my colonies (which, at 

 that time, were all in L. hives) had about 

 a third of its combs built, being a late sec- 

 ond swarm of the previous season; and, be- 

 ing short of queens, I removed the queen in 

 order to have some cells started. In re- 

 moving the cells I overlooked two of them, 

 with the result that the colony cast a very 

 weak swarm with a virgin queen. This 

 swarm I hived on three frames of starters 

 in a Danzenbaker hive. There were actu- 

 ally about three pints of bees. 



This was just at the commencement of the 

 clover flow, which was very poor here. 

 Since that, and before the buckwheat flow, 

 I have taken four full frames of sealed 

 brood from that colony, so you can see that 

 it could not have been strong. 



I have taken 21 sections of A No. 1 in 

 grade, from that colony, and it is just fin- 

 ishing a full super of 32 sections; in fact, 

 they are all sealed except the outside row 

 of cells. 



I believe that, if I had not taken any 

 brood from it, it would have finished 100 



GILPIN'S APIARY OF DANZENBAKER HIVES. 



The queen I got of you last year is a 

 dandy. Her bees gathered 128 lbs. of as 

 nice white honey as you ever saw, up till 

 July 15, and they have another super near- 

 ly filled. H. G. Gilpin. 



Winnebago, Minn. 



A CRITICISM ON THE DANZENBAKER HIVE. 



Mr. F. Danzenbaker: — I feel that I should 

 write you a few lines in regard to your bee- 

 hive. I have given it a very thorough trial 

 this season, and have found it to be, for all 

 purposes, the very best hive I have used; 



sections, as our buckwheat flow was the 

 best we ever had. 



There is only one thing against the Dan- 

 zenbaker hive in this locality; namely, pro- 

 polis. I am substituting OE for closed-end 

 frames, and they are much better; but they 

 do not give the satisfaction in other ways 

 that the closed frames do, and I find it dif- 

 ficult to maintain an accurate bee-space 

 between the frame and supporting-cleat. 



There is one other feature which, how- 

 ever, can be easily remedied; that is, the 

 heads of the rivets in the section-holders 



