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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



May, 1919 



HEAPS OF GRAIN T Dj 



How Much of a "Here is a marvel: 



Marvel? Deprived of the an- 



tennae, the worker 

 ceases to take any delight in labor of any 

 kind. ' ' — D. M. MacDonald, January Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. 



Here is another marvel: Deprived of an 

 arm or leg, a human being ceases for some 

 time to take delight in much of anything. 



Medina, O. lona Fowls. 



Approves Wesley For some years I have 



Foster's Method. been using Wesley 



Foster's plan of win- 

 ter protection for my bees, and can not 

 speak too highly of it, tho without bottom 

 packing. I use also another kind of hive 

 with entrances on four sides. The hives are 

 16 by 20. I use a hive-bottom 171/0 by 24, 

 two inches deep, with rear entrance % by 

 10 during the honey flow. When packing for 

 winter I open the rear entrance, close the 

 front, and stand the hive on end. I so 

 seldom lose any colonies that I do not know 

 which kind of hive is best. 



Preston, la. M. D. Smith. 



DIFFERENT FIELDS 



Do Bees Hear? 



I have lieard it asked (and it seems quite queer), 



This mooted question, "Do honey bees hear?" 



And then to me it does not appear 



That a bee can hear when she has no ear; 



Yet I have noticed, when I go near 



A colony of bees they seem to hear. 



NYith my smoker well loaded, I have no fear; 

 But if it wants to flunk I stay in the rear, 



Fur to me it lia.s a'.ways seemed quite dear 

 That a bee might hear without any ear. 



Once I decided some good queens to rear. 

 But a sting on my nose caused a bitter tear; 

 So I said to myself, with a vindictive leer, 

 " I know bees can sting, if they do not hear." 



REFR.AIX. 



To the hand-picked drone, said Miss Pretty Queen 



Bee. 

 " That soothing serenade was just written for me." 



S. E. Miller. 



THE BACKLOT BUZZER 



Uncle Jerry Applebloom says he used to beep bees but he's got it fixe<d now, by ginger, so's they keep him. 



