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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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HEADS OF GRAIN l l ?gg Q fl DIFFERENT FIELDS 



This colony is packed winter and summer, 

 the ]in('kinin-('nse Vicing covered on the sides 

 and ends with black tarred i)aper which 

 makes it hot in summer. Altho their sum- 

 mer entrance is 4^/^ inches wide by % inch 

 deep, yet they have never swarmed. This 

 colony, when grafted cells are given it, will 

 seal the cells containing larvae less than 48 

 hours old. If you have never seen queen- 

 cells sealed over containing larvse 24 to 48 

 hours old, and believe that bees always wait 

 till the eighth or ninth day to seal them, I 

 can seii<l you some later that will convince 

 you otherwise. 



1 take this to be a non-swarming trait 

 since this colony, tho headed by a five-year- 

 old queen, has never shown any inclination 

 to swarm, nor will they finish to maturity 

 queen-cells grafted in the regular way. 



Ontario. John A. McKinnon. 



[This is written in reply to comments 

 made on page 319 of the May issue. Mr. 

 McKinnon also calls attention to the fact 

 that we quote him as saying that he puts a 

 super of combs over an excluder, leaving 

 space for a bar of cells. Of course that su- 

 per contains combs of brood, as is shown 

 later in the same i:)aragraph when we speak 

 of removing two "of these frames of 

 brood." 



In regard to capped queen-cells containing 

 larvae only two or three days old, several 

 were found in one of our colonies about two 

 weeks ago. Such cells never came to our at- 

 tention before. — Editor.] 



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Introducing and These cages can be 



Uniting Cage. m a d e in one, two, 



three, or four - frame 

 sizes, etc., for introducing queens and unit- 

 ing bees. I have succeeded in introducing 



For introducing queens and uniting bees. 



queens where there was robbing going on, 

 also when laying workers were present, by 

 using the one-frame size. Just take a frame 



with capped brood and some honey. Brush 

 off the bees and hang the frame with the 

 queen in the cage. 



The drawings and sample are for Hoffman 

 frames; but the same principle applies to 

 other styles as well. A. E. H. Fabian. 



Lake Geneva, Wis. 



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Beekeeping on a Few people realize the 



Big Scale. amount of supplies a 



large beekeeper re- 

 quires. It takes from half a ton to a ton 

 of smoker fuel alone for a good season 's 

 run, and from one to two dozen Jumbo 



A few exfractoi's used Tiy Luisliev. 



smokers. No, we do not try to destroy 

 smokers, but they just wear out from serv- 

 ice. I buy what the junk men call tree- 

 wraps for fuel. Foundation in half-ton lots 

 does not last long when you have thousands 

 of new Hoffman frames to fill every season. 

 Wire in two and three dozen one-pound 

 spools, and nails by the keg, also 60-pound 

 honey-cans by the thousand, are a few of 

 the expenses besides six good men. Gasoline 

 and cylinder oil by the drum are also large 

 items with the beekeeper since autos have 

 become so reliable an assistant. But if one 

 can get honey by the carload, expenses do 

 not hurt a good beekeeper. The picture 

 shows a few extractors used, also a small 

 pile of honey ready for shipment. 



California. A. E. Lusher. 



Brown Bees to be The ravages of the 



Replaced by Italians. Isle of Wight disease 

 in this country have 

 thrown a different complexion on beekeep- 

 ing, because it has been found that Italian 

 bees have a greater resisting power. There- 

 fore the breed with which we are now re- 

 stocking the country is more prolific. 



Our brown bee was a great favorite, part- 

 ly because of the beautiful cappings on sec- 

 tions and partly because its habits fitted 

 our hives and methods of management 

 which had developed from our experience 

 with this particular bee. 



It is probable that in a very few years 



