1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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the entrance 

 with straw or 

 hay, which is 

 then well 

 sprinkled with 

 water. I have 

 had but a lim- 

 ited ex pe r i- 

 ence with rob- 

 bing^,but have 

 found this 

 method effec- 

 tive so far as 

 I have tried it. 

 I usually leave 

 a small open- 

 ing at the cor- 

 ner, so that 

 bees belong- 

 ing in the be- 

 sieged hive 

 can pass in 

 out and in. 



Louisville, 

 Ky., Oct. 16. 



[Our cor- 

 respondent 

 did not men- 

 this plan of 

 stopping rob- 

 bing by means 



of wet hay or grass strewn over the entrance, with 

 the idea of bringing something new before the 

 readers of Gleanings, for he knew that the plan 

 had been before mentioned in these columns, and 

 in several editions of our A B C of Bee Culture. 

 Indeed, it is given the preference in that work 

 over all others, for the treatment of robbing at 

 the entrance of a hive where the bees are making 

 a poor defense. His idea was to give added em- 

 phasis to this very practical way of overcoming 

 a common difficulty, and we are glad to give 

 space for the very clear illustration, which will, 

 we are sure, make the matter plain. — Ed.] 



CLOSE VIEW OF THE JAPANESE CLEMATIS 



A FIELD 



MEETING 

 PHIA. 



IN PHILADEL- 



BY W. J. ROBINSON. 



LNTING ROBBING BY COVERING THE ENTRANCE WITH WET HAY. 



I am sending you a few prints and a descrip- 

 tion of our bee-keepers' meeting held Sept. 19, at 

 George School, Pa. If you consider the prints 

 of sufficient interest, you may use them in Glean- 

 ings. 



Germantown, Pa. 



[In the newspaper clipping which accompanied 

 the above letter, a full account of the meeting 

 was given. The affair 

 was in reality a field 

 meeting, and a very in- 

 teresting one too, judg- 

 ingfrom the illustrations. 

 After many practical 

 demonstrations an indoor 

 meeting was held in one 

 of the large halls con- 

 nected with the school. 



Field meetings are val- 

 uable in any line of busi- 

 ness; but they are espe- 

 cially valuable in the bee- 

 keeping line. A subject 

 can often be explained 

 much more satisfactorily 

 if the different operations 

 being described are ac- 

 tually carried out. A 

 number of bee-keepers' 

 associations all over the 

 country are adapting this 

 plan to make the meet- 

 ings more interesting, 

 and, in many cases, to 



