1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



357 



The houey is almost as white as that from 

 clover, but has a slightly yell'>vv tinge, and a 

 very rank, disagreeable smell and Havor 

 when first gathered — much worse than bass- 

 wood; but when fully ripe it has scarcely 

 any smell, and a rather pleasant Havor. It 

 seems to be good for winter stores, although 

 it candies early in the winter. I wish it 

 would bloom twenty or thirty days earlier 

 in the season, for I hate to see so much 

 sweetness wasted on account of a little tar- 

 dinpss each season. 



Pekin, Ind. 



ORNAMENTAL HIVES. 



BY W. E. STEINEK. 



Seeing so many different kinds of orna- 

 mental hives I decided to make some that 

 would be both ornamental and useful. I got 

 the style from the Pearl Agnes, and sugges- 

 tions from different persons, and the hive 

 shown in Fig. 1 was the result. 



It is a standard eight-frame hive, the sides 

 being framed together from 2 by ^-ineh yel- 

 low pine. After framing, openings through 

 the sides, 6X15, are closed with glass on the 

 inside and a tightfittingdoor on the outside. 

 The bottom-board is nailed to the hive, and 

 the entrance is provided with a small door 

 which, if closed, will have an opening only 

 4X4J. If the door is open, as during the 

 summer, the entrance is 6iX|. At both 

 ends are removable plugs which act as ven- 



FIG. '^. — A KK(iLL.\K H1\K MADE TO KEPKE- 

 SENT A LOG CABIN. 



tilators. These holes are | inch in diameter, 

 and covered with wire cloth on the inside. 



In the illustration the hive has one super; 

 but there is also a second one. Each super 

 holds 24 4x5 plain sections with fences 



The roof parts from the super U inches 

 below the eaves. At this point a flat cover 

 is made across the gabled roof, making an 

 open space in the gable, which is handy for 

 storing bee-veils, records, etc. A door opens 

 into this from the rear gable. 



Fig. 2 shows a standard eight-frame hive 

 with two supers containing 24 sections each. 

 The outside is covered with willow wood, 

 giving a log-cabin effect The hive is paint- 

 ed green, and the ends of the small logs red. 



Myerstown, Pa. 



SEALED COMBS OF HONEY FOR 

 SPRING FEEDING. 



The Practice of Extracting in the Spring 

 and Feeding Back to Induce Brood reai-- 

 ing. a la Alexander, Condemned; Spring 

 Feeding of any Kind Not Favored, and 

 AVhy. 



BY ALLEN LATHAM. 



FIG. 1.— STEINEK's ORNA3IANTAL HIVE. 



The editor, on page 1428, in a footnote to 

 Stray Straws, invites subscribers to offer 

 their experience and opinion. The Straw 

 has reference to an article by Mr. Alexander, 

 which appeared on page 1376. I feel strong- 

 ly that Mr. Alexander errs in this matter — 

 at least in recommending others to follow 

 his custom; errs, because what does not suc- 

 ceed with him is succeeding with others, and 



