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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



February, 1919 



HEADS OF GRA I N S. 



FROM 



DIFFERENT FIELDS 



down — rather hard on the nuclei, but it was 

 the best I could do. 



The crop was 564 pounds surplus, all 

 taken from supers. The brood-chambers 

 are packed solid with honey, and I have 

 used no sugar whatever. By using sugar for 

 wintering I could have taken another 100 

 pounds of honey from the brood-chamber; 

 but instead I have saved 16 pounds of hon- 

 ey for possible spring use. (These are in- 

 cluded in the 564 pounds.) I expect to 

 make further increase in the spring, and 

 find I have to ' ' dig down ' ' and get a honey- 

 tank, uncapping-can, etc. Don 't you think 

 I did well with three colonies'? 



Edward M. Barteau. 



Brookhaven, N. Y. 



Combs, full of holes and rough, but taken from one 

 of the record-producin? colonieis of E. S. Kinzie at 



Arlington, Calif. 



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Tor Watering Bees In answer to the in- 

 on Desert. quiry of W.. E. Wood- 



ruff of Cottonwood, 

 Ariz., as to a dependable contrivance for 

 watering bees on the desert, I hereby wish 

 to describe a device that will answer the 

 requirements as stated and will be unfail- 

 ing in its operation. 



Take a barrel that is tight, place a fau- 

 cet in the lower hole near the bottom. In 

 the top of the barrel bore a hole large 

 enough to take a fair-sized funnel. Make 

 a bung that will fit this hole so as to be 



perfectly tight. The spout of the faucet 

 is to extend into a shallow pan of any di- 

 mensions to answer the respective require- 

 ments. A rack of lath or other material 

 can be placed in the tray to prevent the 

 drowning of bees. If lath are used, the 

 spout of the faucet should be placed about 

 one-quarter inch above the bottom of the 

 pan. Turn off the faucet and fill the barrel 

 with water to the top. Drive the bung in 

 the top tight, open the faucet, and the water 

 will run out until it is even with the open- 

 ing of the faucet. As the water is used or 

 falls below the spout, a small amount of 

 air will pass into the barrel, allowing the 

 corresponding amount of water to pass into 

 the pan. A piece of pipe with an elbow on 

 the end will answer as a faucet; but when 

 the barrel is being filled the opening on the 

 pipe will have to be plugged to prevent the 

 water from running out as fast as poured 

 in. If a barrel is not large enough, a tank 

 of any size could be made and used in the 

 same manner. Albert G. Hoffman. 



Buffalo, N. Y. 



The Government eixlension men, while giving a course 

 of instructions to beekeepers at Visalia, Calif, re- 

 cently had their attention called to the two large 

 colonies of bees that had built combs under the 

 cornice of the court house about 60 feet from the 

 ground. The combs are exposed the year round, 

 and yet the colonies seem to prosper. One colony 

 is a swarm of the other. The getting of the pictures, 

 of which this is one, drew a large crowd, including 

 the fire department and the sheriff, who had come 

 not to arrest the trespassers but to assist in getting 

 the pictures. The combs are shown above the crosses 

 marked on the picture. 



