GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



OCTOBUR, 1919 



Ordinary blackberry which yields nectar in Georgia and certain other sections. 



plus crops. The honey is light amber and 

 has an excellent flavor. In former years 

 Mr. Lynch of Stockton produced honey from 

 the California dewberry. While I was en- 

 gaged in honey production in Chile, I pro- 

 duced one spring a small surplus from the 

 wild dewberry of that country. 



The English writer Dobbie in his book, 

 ' ' Bee Pasturage, ' ' says of the blackberry, 

 honey value 70 per cent; pollen value 30 

 per cent. The same writer places the honey 

 value of dandelion at 30 per cent, pollen 

 value 40 per cent; from which it appears 

 that he regards the blackberry as much the 

 more valuable. 



The flowers of the blackberrj^ are larger 



than those of the raspberry, and the petals 

 spread out flat affording a convenient land- 

 ing place for insects. The stamens also 

 bend away from the center, and as the outer 

 anthers dehisc first, the flowers are usually 

 cross-pollinated before the inner anthers, 

 which may effect self-pollination, have open- 

 ed. The stigmas may mature slightly before 

 the anthers. The nectar is secreted by a 

 fleshy ring inside of the stamens, and as it 

 can he more easily obtained than that of the 

 raspberry the flowers are visited by a larger 

 and more varied company of insects. More 

 than 100 species have been collected on the 

 inflorescence. J. H. Lovell. 



Waldoboro, Maine. 



A PRACTICAL APIARY HOUSE 



Construction of Apiary House and 

 ^Management of Bees Therein 



By H. William Scott 



MY actual 

 work with 

 the bees 

 dates from the 

 spring of 1885. 

 That season was 

 an extra - good 

 one in Vermont, 

 giving us a 

 bountiful yield 



from basswood, which has now become very 

 scarce. I never owned a large apiary, altho 

 I have cared for many, and worked two sea- 

 sons under A. E. Manum where the business 

 was conducted on a large scale. 



In 1910 my apiary had increased so that 

 it was not advisable to keep it on my 

 small city lot, it being too close to my 



neighbors. My 

 profession does 

 not permit of 

 regular time be- 

 ing spent with 

 the bees, altho 

 I can usually ar- 

 range enough 

 time to care for 

 them. They 

 must be some distance out of the city. No 

 convenient house nor shed was available at 

 the chosen site, which I had selected at the 

 bottom of a basin where two rivers come to- 

 gether. I must have some place in which 

 to store appliances. I must do the work with 

 them, rain or shine. I must have things ar- 

 ranged so I could lock all up and not be 



