1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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hives full of honey while the weaker ones 

 live on through the season without storing 

 extra honey. 



There were only two days last season 

 when the bees did not lly out of their hives. 

 It was a warm winter. 



Augusta, Ga. 



BEE KEEPING IN BRITISH GUIANA. 



BY W. K. MORRISON. 



The picture here of an apiary in the city 

 of Georgetown, British Guiana, is almost 

 self-explanatory. The hives are raised on 

 stilts to prevent the very large frogs from 



which are as large as a buggy- wheel. These 

 rest on the water, and are beautifully green. 

 The riowurs are at night like stars on the sur- 

 face of the canals MiDgruve swamps near 

 by help the bee-keepers to make both ends 

 meet; but there are many other flowers, such 

 as cocoanut, royal palm, poinciana, etc. 

 Though low and swampy, the city is not un- 

 healthy; but it possesses one of the largest 

 hospitals in the world. 



When the writer saw this apiary it was on 

 a roof over a grocery and provision store, 

 but it was rather too hot for the comfort of 

 the bees or the owner. I think the owner, 

 Mr. Faraz, is a native of the island of Ma- 

 deria, a beautiful tropic land off the coast of 

 Africa, ruled by the crown of Portugal. 



ANTONIO FARAZ IN HIS APXAKY IN SOUTH AMERICA. 



leaping up to the entrance and devouring all 

 the bees. If the reader thinks this is an im- 

 aginary evil he is mistaken, for I cut one 

 open which had been at a hive for some time; 

 and, so far as I could judge by counting the 

 bee-heads in its stomach, it had just con- 

 sumed 400 bees. 



The city of Georgetown is intersected with 

 canals, and these make splendid breeding- 

 grounds for the frogs. Despite this fact, the 

 city is a hot- bed of bee-keepers, and for its 

 size I should say it had more bees than any 

 other city in the world. The bee-keepers, 

 however, get fair results; but during the 

 rainy season they are obliged to feed liberal- 

 ly to save their bees. 



One of their honey-plants is the wonderful 

 water-lily — the Victoria Regia, the leaves of 



THE BREEDI NG OF QUEENS. 



Is the Time of the Year and the Manner in 



which a Queen is Reared of mniv Ini- 



portance than her Pedigree? 



BY J. A. CRANE. 



I have watched with much interest the tilts 

 between Dr. Miller and the editor of Glean- 

 ings with reference to the advisibility of 

 breeding from pure stock as the best honey- 

 gatherers irrespective of race or color. 1 

 have been experimenting along the same line 

 for several years, and my conclusion is I 

 would rather have a carefully reared queen 

 from my poorest stock than a poor or ordi- 

 nary one reared from the best stock in the 

 country. I would also rather have a queen 



