1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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begins to freeze iu the full. Even after it is 

 frozen the stock do well on it if any is left. 



I have 160 colonies of bees near this tield, 

 and it is a sight to see it when it is in bloom. 

 The bees keep on tilling the 

 supers slowly with the honey, 

 which is water-white, and very 

 agreeable to most people. For 

 me, this clover has yielded hon- 

 ey every season: but the bees 

 do better on it at times. My 

 neighbors keep some bees, so 

 about 300 colonies work on it 

 annually, and yet the field is 

 wonh from $8.00 to $5.00 an 

 acre each year for the bees 

 alone. I have made a very close 

 study of this matter. 



I think it will not be many 

 years before these bees will 

 have hundreds of acres of sweet 

 clover to work on, and then I 

 expect to see real results. 1 have 

 seventy acres of sweet clover 20 

 miles from home, where I never 

 expect to keep bees; for I want 

 only a good rich pasture in this 

 place. 



A willow-tree once blew down 

 and broke the fence so that my 

 cattle walked right into my 

 neighbor's hay-tield. A ditch 

 extended from my field into his, 

 and the sweet-clover seed had 

 been washed down until it 

 grew along the banks in his 

 tield. This neighbor had told 

 me he was afraid it would cov- 

 er his farm; but my cattln 

 found it that night, and ate it 

 nearly to the ground without 

 touching either the alsike or 

 the timothy. 



Maquoketa, Iowa. 



[In a letter written later, to 

 Dr Miller, Mr. Coverdale made 

 the statement that sweet clover 

 is worth $4 an acre for honey, 

 $15 an acre as pasturage for 

 cattle, and $30 an acre for seed, when the 

 seed sells near home for $10 a bushel. This 

 makes a total of $49 an acre, — Ed.] 



another strainer- tub; so I made one with a 

 home-made gate, as shown in the cut. While 

 this worked very well on honey at ordinary 

 temperatures it was inclined to leak with 



A HOME-MADE HONEY-GATE OPEN. 



The block next to the can is securely nailed in position, the heads 

 of the nails then being soldered to prevent leaking. The handle- 

 block is bolted tightly to make a good fit. 



A HOME MADE HONEY GATE 



BY E. F. ATWATER. 



Sometimes we need a honey-gate on very 

 short notice; and, if not near a large supply- 

 house, we hardly know what to do. 



One day in September I made a brief call 

 at the home and apiary of F. A. Powers and 

 was at once interested in his home-made 

 honey-gate. The general construction will 

 be clear from the cut. It is made from 1{- 

 inch lumber, about 4 inches wide. The 

 block next to the tub or tank is cut out ac- 

 curately to fit, and nailed on from the inside 

 of the tank. On arriving home I needed 



HOME-MADE HONEY-GATE CLOSED. 



hot honey. I then soldered over all the nail- 

 heads and holes inside the tub, made a tiu 

 tube to fit snugly in the 2-inch hole, and 

 soldered it neatly on the inside. But even 

 then it is not so good as the regular gate, for 

 hot honey; but for cold honey it works as 

 well as one can wish, and will serve very 

 well for temporary purposes, while the cost; 

 is next to nothing. 

 Meridian, Ida. 



We have just received the annual report 

 of the Horticultural College, Kent, England. 

 In this college only women are trained as 

 professional gardeners and bee-keepers. A 

 full beekeeper's couise is provided in con- 

 nection with fruit culture. This shows very 

 conclusively the close connection between 

 the two industries, and it is true they are 

 practically inseparable to a great extent. 



