October, 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CITLTURE 



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'HE plan of 

 putting colo- 

 nies in rows 

 north and south, 

 facing alternate- 

 ly east and west, 

 using two-story 

 hives, and cover- 

 ing the whole 

 row with tar pa- 

 per, has proved with me and others to be the 

 easiest, cheapest, and best way to winter 

 here and in similar climates. The most of 

 the honey is in the upper story, and bees 

 generally winter there. Then they have 

 some honey in the lower story to carry up 

 in spring that helps greatly in improving 

 brood-rearing. Tar paper draws the heat 

 of the sun and helps to warm up the hives 

 and aids the bees greatly in early spring. — ■ 

 Daniel Danielson, Morgan County, Colo. 



I note that in the August issue of Glean- 

 ings there is a quotation which might be 

 considered an injustice to producers in this 

 section. I refer to the price quoted for hon- 

 ey by a Portland firm. I believe this is 

 the lowest quotation made anywhere, and I 

 should like to call attention to the fact that 

 they are not producers but distributors. As 

 nearly as we can ascertain, no extracted 

 honey has been sold yet by the actual pro- 

 ducer for less than 20 cents, first-class comb 

 honey bringing $7.50; beeswax 35 to 38 

 cents. I might add that the season so far 

 has been one of the best for many years. 

 The weather during the white-clover season 

 was abnormally cool, and the flow was not 

 a,s heavy as we might have expected with 

 the amount of bloom in sight. Still, bees 

 did well; and those who are in the business 

 of moving their colonies to the mountains 

 have harvested tons. — E. J. Ladd, Multno- 

 mah County, Ore. 



It appears that there is a new bee dis- 

 ease near Rochester, N. Y., and one which 

 will not be very common for a while. Bee- 

 keepers think Mr. Wahl has overestimated 

 the damage he has sustained. The following 

 is clipped from a Rochester paper. ' ' That 

 airplanes flying from Britton Field are 

 claiming so much of the air as to seriously 

 hamper the diligence of his bees, is the 

 claim of Louis Wahl, a Scottsville road 

 farmer, who has complained of the matter to 

 Sheriff Andrew Weidenmann. The planes, 

 he alleged, actually destroyed bees from his 

 apiary and also damaged his orchards. It is 

 alleged that Wahl recently struck Deputy 

 Sheriff John Brasser, who has been detailed 

 to guard the planes, when Brasser trespass- 

 ed on Wahl 's land. Brasser has been ad- 

 vised to swear out a warrant against Wahl. ' ' 

 — John N. DeMuth, Genesee County, N. Y. 



I think it should be suggested to Mr. 

 Myers that next time he tries the honey 

 bath he should wear a bathing suit; or pos- 

 sibly now he could start a health cure with 

 a honey bath as the drawing card. Perhaps 



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it would be bet- 

 ter to await re- 

 sults in his own 

 case before 

 building the 

 sanatarium, for 

 if the effect 

 shows by build- 

 ing him up from 

 a thin fellow to 

 strong, robust-appearing man he could, no 

 doubt, induce many to try the cure. Why 

 would not a honey bath be a good ad as a 

 cure for rheumatism? — J. H. Howe, Cattara- 

 gus County, N. Y. [For further particulars, 

 see news item. — Editor.] 



On page 444 of July Gleanings, Stancy 

 Puerden made mention of modified milk 

 for babies. I know of a similar case as one 

 of my shopmates used it for his baby with 

 good success. The baby couldn't keep the 

 milk on its stomach without the honey. 

 There is also another use for honey. One of 

 my shopmates asked me a few days ago if 

 I had some honey. He wanted me to be sure 

 to save him some, saying that for a cold 

 his wife takes honey and hot milk on going 

 to bed and she would not like to be without 

 it. — Geo. S. Schofield, Hartford County, 

 Conn. 



Bees had been doing tiptop for ten days, 

 when in the middle of August we had a hail- 

 storm that cut everything in its track. Corn 

 is 75 per cent ruined; alfalfa bloom is all 

 cut away; sweet clover the same. Roofs 

 are ruined on my dwellinghouse, henhouse, 

 garage, machine-shed, and granary. The 

 heavy Acme tin covers on the hives were 

 dented and pounded as if a hammer had 

 been used. Each colony lost at least a 

 quart of bees. — J. H. Wagner, Fremont 

 County, Colo. 



It has been very dry in Maine. The hon- 

 ey crop is a fair average in quantity, and 

 excellent in quality. Bees are apt to go 

 into winter with too few young bees, as 

 brood-rearing is being checked. I enjoy 

 Gleanings much when not too tired to sense 

 what I read. Let M.-A.-O. in oftener with 

 his nonsense. It rests one when tired. — O. 

 B. Grifiin, Aroostook County, Me. 



I have been wanting to tell you how much 

 I enjoy the story by Grace Allen in Glean- 

 ings. I think it is a wonderfully fine story. 

 I have but little time for reading stories, 

 but this little -story holds me. After the 

 last is published I hope it will be put into 

 book form. If so, I shall surely want a 

 copy. — Geo. Griesenaver, Cook County, 111. 



Chardon chronicles the doom of a swarm 

 of misguided country bees who never saw 

 an automobile before. They mistook its 

 radiator for a hive, and popped in while 

 the motor was running. That was their 

 finish. — Cleveland Press, Sept. 5. 



We have about half a crop of clover here. 

 Dry weather cut it short. — H. G. Quirin, 

 Huron County, O. 



