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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1 



HAND-CAR FOR MOVING EXTRACTING-COMBS INTO THE HONEY-HOUSE. 



clustered on a bush near where the tree 

 stood, perhaps much astonished because their 

 newly found home was destroyed. 



These, with many other instances I could 

 relate, convince me that bees often select a 

 home before they swarm. I do not make the 

 claim that they always do. 



Rescue, Texas. 



A HAND-CAR IN AN APIARY. 



How to 3Iove Hives and Supplies witli the 

 Least Possible Amount of Labor. 



[Our older 

 readers who 

 joined the 

 Gleanings 

 family about 

 the time it first 

 started will re- 

 call that A. I. 

 Root, in his 

 first bee - yard 

 from which he 

 gleaned the 

 inspiration to 

 start this jour- 

 nal, had a short 

 railway run- 

 ning through 

 it like this. 

 We can sub- 

 scribe to all the 

 statements 

 made by our 

 correspondent. 

 This arrange- 

 ment ought 

 not to be very 

 expensive, with 

 the exception, 

 perhaps, of the 

 car. But if 

 light cast-iron 

 wheels were 

 made at a foun- 

 dry, the rest of 

 the car could 

 be assembled 

 from picked- 

 up material, 

 with the help, 

 possibly, of a blacksmith if necessary. 



The track would be a simple affair. Hard- 

 wood rails could be used, made from well- 

 dried timber that would not warp, and tied 

 together at intervals. If made in sections, 

 the location of the track could be easily 

 changed, or the whole thing taken up at the 

 end of the season and stored away in some 

 sheltered place until the following spring. — 



Ed.] 



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A SWARM LATE IN THE FALL THAT 

 BUILT COMB IN THE OPEN AIR. 



BY A. D. STONEMAN. 



BY F. H. CYRENIUS. 



The engraving shows a quick metnod of 

 transporting hives, supers, etc., to and from 

 the honey- house. The hives must occupy a 

 narrow space about 15x100 ft., through the 

 center of which runs a wooden track. The 

 car holds six hives on the platform, and as 

 many more piled on top as desired. 



In extracting honey and taking off supers 

 a sheet or spread that covers up the whole 

 load is used to prevent robbing. The tracks 

 are so arranged that the car runs directly 

 into the house, where the load is uncovered 

 and removed to suit convenience. I find this 

 is a great labor-saver. 



Oswego, ;N. Y. 



This swarm of bees was discovered late in 

 the fall, alighting on the limb of a pine-tree. 

 Some two weeks after that they were still 

 there, as this picture shows. The combs 

 were built 30 feet from the ground, on quite 

 a large limb, and about 15 or 18 feet from 

 the body of the tree. On quite a cool frosty 

 morning I got an extension ladder, and, with 

 the help of my boy, put it in position, tying 

 the top securely. Then with my smoker in 

 one hand and a saw in the other I went up. 

 It was ticklish business standing on the 

 two top rounds, and trying to do any thing; 

 but I found that the bees were very quiet, so 

 I did not use the smoker. The bees were 

 located on the limb where half a dozen small 



