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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 15 



that is, 

 ball her 

 and sting 

 her to 

 death, or 

 kill her 

 by suffo- 

 cation. 

 But if two 

 queens be 

 caged in 

 a hive, 

 say for 48 

 hours, and 

 the bees 

 are friend- 

 ly to one 

 they will 

 be friend- 

 ly to the 

 other. Ei- 

 therqueen 

 may be 

 released. 

 Yes, both 

 q u e e ns 



may be released; and so long as they are Icept 

 apart there will be no interference on the part of 

 the bees, probably, for some days. If the two 

 queens are released during the honey-flow, if they 

 can be kept from coming together the bees will 

 not kill either one; but should they be able to 

 meet, a mortal combat will take place. After 

 the honey-flow is over, if the queens themselves 

 do not settle the question, the bees will probably 

 make way with one queen. — Ed.] 



FIG. 1. SHOWING 



APIARY IN A PECAN-TREE 

 IDEAL TREE TOR SHADE. 



A VALUABLE AND 



RIVER-BOTTOM APIARIES 

 TEXAS. 



IN 



A Quick Way of Making Increase at Out- 

 apiaries ; the Danger of Floods. 



BY LOUIS SCHOLL. 



It is well known that the writer keeps bees in 

 a great variety of places. The result is that he 



FIG. 2. — SHOWING FLOOD SCAFFOLDS, AND EXTRA BODIES FOR INCREASE LATER. 



is sure to get some honey somewhere. There 

 are sixteen yards in all. The two pictured here 

 are furthest aAay. No. 1 is 183 miles, and No. 

 2 is 197 miles from home. These can well be 

 called "legged apiaries," as the hives are kept on 

 high scafl^olds on account of the overflows. This 

 spring the water came up several times to within 

 four inches of the bottom-boards, being 3^ ft. 

 deep in the yard, and remaining once for nearly 

 an entire week. These are the highest places 

 for miles around. The water is from 4 to 6 ft. 

 deep over great areas at such times. No. 1 is lo- 

 cated in a young pecan-tree grove. These trees 

 make an ideal shade during the summer, and 

 they shed their leaves for winter so the sun can 

 strike the hives. This is very necessary, as 

 the atmosphere in these wide valley lands is very 

 damp. Besides being one of the best shade- 

 trees for all kinds of purposes, it is a valuable 

 tree for nuts. If the trees have been "worked " 

 (budded or grafted with the thin "paper-shell" 



variety), the 

 nuts com- 

 mand an ex- 

 t ra good 

 price, and 

 there is a 

 good de- 

 mand for 

 them. These 

 trees ought 

 to be plant- 

 ed in place 

 of the many 

 thousands of 

 other less 

 valuable 

 shade -trees. 

 Bees gather 

 much pollen 

 from them 

 in spring. 



Fig. 2 

 shows an- 

 other yard 



