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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 1 



way. One day I saw a worm of some kind 

 lying in front of the entrance, and I wondered 

 what it was. Once more to the books, and I be- 

 gan to suspect the beeswax moth. Enquiry soon 

 let me know that this insect was exceedingly 

 prevalent in this region; in fact, it seemed to have 

 headquaiters here. What was to be done about 

 h? I decided to transfer to a frame hive, but I 

 did not have one beside me; so, having lots of lei- 

 sure on my hands, I proceeded to make up a couple 

 in a crude way according to the style used by 

 Mr. Hand, in whose articles I had become in- 

 tensely interested, and made the transfer Nov. 6. 

 Rather late, you will say; but let me assure you 

 the sun was shining brightly, and the thermome- 

 ter registered 65 degrees in the shade. At date 

 of writing, a month later, the bees seem to be all 

 right, so I have no real material troubles on hand 

 just at present that I know of ; but I am struggling 



the doctor, but all the same I will Italianizfe in 

 the spring, because, if they develop the demoni- 

 cal traits that are characteristic of those in Ma- 

 rengo I should never be able to attain the sunny 

 countenance for which the oldest, yet youngest, 

 bee-keeper in America is famous. And since 

 there will be no female restraining influence in 

 my bee-yard my language might become more 

 picturesque than it is now when my sweet pets 

 get their innings, and score both hits and bases. 



Last night 1 dreamed a wondrous dream. 

 Somewhere I was traveling in a train, and I <^ot 

 into conversation with the conductor. Our sub- 

 ject was bees. He told me the only place in 

 Oregon to keep bees was near Mt. Hood, and 

 that he had one hive there that gave him 4000 

 pounds of honey each season. I felt sorry I ever 

 woke up. Wouldn't you, too.' 



Medford, Oregon. 



A NEW SHIPPING-CASE WITH 



SLIDING COVER AND CU-HION 

 SECTIONS. 



PAPER TO PREVENT THE BREAKING OF 



very bravely with other men's ideas and the con- 

 ditions in this valley so as to head off trouble in 

 the spring, when I purpose endeavoring to smash 

 all records for building up increase. Of course, 

 I shall probably fail, but will have lots of fun 

 trying. 



I wish somebody would tell me the kind of 

 bees I have. They are not Italians, and I don't 

 think they are Germans. Imagine an interval of 

 30 minutes to have passed since I wrote the last 

 sentence. I have just returned from visiting a 

 couple of my neighbors" yards, where I have in- 

 spected the color of the bees. I found one hive 

 where the bees were very black, but most others 

 very closely resembled mine. Just fancy I am, 

 as a bee-keeper, in the same class as Dr. Miller, 

 for my apiary is stocked with hybrid bees. Of 

 course, he has about 300 hives while I have only 

 about half of one; but in my early youth I was 

 taught that the size of the offense did not count 

 so very much — it was the quality. 



My bees seem to be more gentle than those of 



A NEW STYLE OF SLIDING COVER 

 SHIPPING-CASE. 



BY E. R. ROOT. 



Eiery now and then there has been a call for a 

 shipping-case with a sliding cover so that the 

 case may be opened, a section or two taken out, 

 and the case instantly closed. The trouble with 

 the ordinary case with the nailed cover is that it 

 is not easy to open for the purpose of inspection. 

 When it is put on the counter to retail from, the 

 nails must all be drawn and the cover laid on 

 top. This has its objections, because the cover 

 gets pushed aside, flies and ants get inside, the 

 sections become soiled, and the public does not 

 want them. To make a sliding cover in the or- 

 dinary way requires projections that will split off 

 in shipping. It is important to have the covers 

 so that the top surface of the case may be perfect- 

 ly smooth, so that, when the cases are piled one 



