SKl'TliMBKR, 1919 



GLEANINGS I N \i E E C U L T U It E 



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HMDS OF"GRAI?rS?giQMP DIFFERENT FIELDSl D 



that apiary cleaned up again. New cases 

 will be constantly breaking out, even when 

 there is no apparent source of infection. 

 The trouble appears to be that infected hon- 

 ey is stored in the hive in places where it 

 remains for long periods without being used 

 for brood-rearing. Then in some time of 

 scarcity, usually in the spring, this honey 

 is fed to the brood, and then we have the 

 disease again. Any method that keeps in 

 existence a dangerous source of infection is 

 objectionable. Short cuts for the elimina- 

 tion of foul brood are not likely to be suc- 

 cessful except when used by the expert, and 

 he is the one least likely to adopt them. It 

 is the inexperienced and the careless, the 

 one who does not appreciate the risk he is 

 running or the care needed in ail his work 

 with the disease, who is most likely to de- 

 pend on such methods. The man who has 

 had experience in handling foul brood can 

 cure it, with considerable variation in meth- 

 ods according to the circumstances; but for 

 the inexperienced, I honestly believe that 

 total destruction of colonies that are dis- 

 eased is not only the safest way, but nine 

 times out of ten actually the cheapest way, 

 to get rid of American foul brood. 



Grand Junction, Colo. J. A. Green. 



Keeping Waxworms For preserving fresh 

 from extracting-combs from 



Extracting-combs. damage by wax worms 

 after the extracting 

 season, I have used for over 20 years a meth- 

 od which works well in this locality. 



After the last extracting, escape-boards 

 without escapes are put on the brood stories 



Dr. C. G. Luffs winter case of poultry nettiiiy; and 

 tar paper packed with leaves. 



of as many stands as I wish to give empty 

 extracting-combs. Four stories of extract- 

 ing-combs are put on over the escape-boards 

 and left until about Oct. 15, and then put in 

 the honey-house where they are safe until 

 the next June. If carried in on a cold day, 

 the combs will be clear of bees. These combs 

 can be put out any time of day without 

 damage from robbing, if the stands are 

 strong in bees and the hives bee-tight. 



Otherwise it is better to wait till evening. 

 If there is foul brood in the apiary, the 

 combs should be returned to the hive from 

 which thov came. Those views show how I 



Apiary of Dr. C. G. Luft, ready for winter. 



winter my bees in cases of poultry netting 

 and tar paper, packed with leaves. 



Fremont, O. Dr. C. G. Luft. 



The Unusual Flight A few days ago a 

 of a Queen. small nucleus of mine 



swarmed out and set- 

 tled. I caged the queen and hived the bees. 

 Having the bees in their home and the queen 

 in the cage, 1 decided to carry her to a 

 queenless colony in a small apiary located 

 over half a mile away on the edge of town. 

 Using the smoke method of introduction I 

 undertook to run the queen in at the en- 

 trance of the hive, but she took wing from 

 the cage and escaped. According to regula- 

 tions made and provided, she ought to have 

 returned to the cage after a short time. Some 

 of her attendants clung to the cage awaiting 

 her return, but she came not. After about 

 an hour I gave her up as lost and returned 

 home. 



On going into my garden I saw a small 

 cluster of bees, about a hundred, and others 

 coming, and my queen with them. I caged 

 her again, gave her a larger hive, more 

 rombs for her to exercise her laying abili- 

 ties, and now she is happy at home with her 

 own people. 



I am quite sure of her identity. Her ap- 

 pearance was the same as the one I had 

 observed before, and she had come back to 

 within about 20 steps of the place where 

 the little swarm settled when they swarmed 

 out. I inspected all the other hives and nu- 

 clei, and found them in normal condition. 



Carrollton, Ga. L. K. Smith. 



Bees Care for One day as I was ad- 



Injured Queen. ding some frames of 



bees to a hive, the 

 queen left the comb and ran among a 

 group of strange bees on the bottom of the 

 hive. They began to attack her, and, before 

 I could rescue her, one of them caught the 



