GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



July, 1919 



HEADS OF GRAIN I gPQiQtT PIFFERENT FIELDS 



there will be no jjure brown bees left, and 

 therefore it is necessary to look ahead and 

 gradually change our methods until our 

 equipment, etc., are suited to the require- 

 ments of a queen whose egg-laying renders 

 necessary a brood-box of 50 per cent greater 

 capacity than ten of our standard frames. 

 St. Cross, England. C. P. Jarman. 



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Carbolized Cloth I read lately in a bak 



for Driving Bees. number of Gleanings 



that you had not tried 

 using carbolic acid in handling bees. Try 

 the following solution: 1 ounce carbolic 

 acid, I ounce glycerine, 6 ounces water. 

 Shake before using. Make two cotton 

 cloths of a size to cover the top of the hives. 

 Tack one edge to a half -inch roller, one inch 

 shorter than the top-bar of the frames. This 

 makes a small blind in appearance. Do not 

 hem any of the edges of cloth. To use, 

 sprinkle the cloths with the above solution. 

 Use a feather in the cork of the bottle. In 

 taking off the covers, roll the carbolic cloth 

 on as fast as the bees are exposed to thv 

 light. Dry your hands with the cloths, an 1 

 the bees will not sting the hands. 



William Hogg. 

 Castle-Douglas, Scotland. 



in Riverside, Calif. 



Jay Smith Thinks Now Mr. M.-A.-O., I 

 Joke Is on E. R.— think E. R. needs a lit 

 We Wonder. tie more showing up. 



While he and I were 

 he led me an awful 

 chase. When we got off the electric car, 

 E. R. wanted to know at what hotel I in- 

 tended to stop. I told him I did not know; 

 so he said, "We will go to the hotel where 

 1 stopped when I was here last. It was the 

 Stewart Hotel. I do not know just where 

 it is, but I will know it all right once I get 

 my eye on it. " 



It was a terrifically hot day. I had on 

 my overcoat and was carrying two heavv 

 hand-bags. Moreover, it was nearly time 

 for our meeting; but E. R. said it was not 

 far, and it would not take long to find that 

 hotel if I could keep up with him. So he 

 led out at a lively pace, and I followed the 

 best I could. My, how I did sweat! 



He said, "This looks like it just ahead," 

 and we went a couple of blocks, but that 

 building proved to be a church. Then he 

 said, "No, I think it was down here a block 

 or two. That building looks considerably 

 like it." So we went down there. This 

 building proved to be the creamery. 



"Well," said E. R., "This must be it 

 over here, ' ' so after four blocks more we 

 came to the fire department. "Well, well," 

 said E. R. "Then it must be over here to 

 the left." and after six blocks more we 



came back to the electric station from 

 where we started. 



But E. R. is too good a man to be downed, 

 so he inquired of a man standing nearby, 

 "Say, where is the Stewart Hotel any- 

 how.? ' ' 



The fellow looked us over carefullv as 



E. K. Uoot looking for the .Stewiii-t Hotel. 



tliough he was suspicious of our charac t,?rs 

 or our mentalities or something and then 

 replied, "Say, what have you fellows been 

 havir.g to drink? The Stewart Hotel is not 

 in Ri crside! It is in San Bernardino!" 

 Vincennes, Ind. Jav Smith. 



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Another Soldier After reading in 



and Nail Keg. Gleanings about the 



horseshoer soldier boy 

 Avith his two colonies of bees in nail kegs, I 

 thought I should like to tell my own experi- 

 ence with bees. I am not a soldier now, but 

 was during the Civil war, and am now a re- 

 tired blacksmith. In 1916 I found a swarm 

 of bees hanging on a bush by my garden. 

 At first I i>ut them into a nail keg, but later 

 ttansferred them to a Langstroth hive. The 

 p])ring of 191S found us with three good 

 strong colonies. During the season they 

 threw off eight swarms, which we saved all 

 but one. Besides saving over 100 sections 

 of honey for our own use we sold $65.00 

 worth. We are very proud of our bees. They 

 were in fine condition when packed for the 

 winter, and on Dec. 19 last gathered pollen 

 from dandelion blossoms. 



London, 0. T. W. Preston. 



