1900 



GLEANINGS IN|BEK CULTURE 



TWO YEARS FOR $1:^ 



As a rule, persons subscribing for the Review after tlie beginning of the year ask for 

 the back numbers so that they may have a complete volume ; and extra copies are always 

 printed to supply this demand. That no one may be disappointed, more copies are printed 

 than probably will be needed. At present I have nearly 200 complete sets for 1909, and 

 rather than allow them to cumber my shelves, and gather dust year after year, I prefer to 

 have them out doing good ; hence, as long as the supply holds out I will send a complete 

 set to each one who sends me $1.00 for the Review for 1910. 



Back numbers of the Review are different from those of newspapers and some journals. 

 The information that they contain is just as valuable now as when first published. It is 

 impossible on this page to give much description, but I will mention some of the articles 

 that appear in the Review for 1909. They are as follows : 



The Story of a Season. 



My brother Elmer has for three years had the man- 

 agement of our apiaries in Northern Michigan, and 

 last spring he began, in the Review, the story of u 

 year's campaign— beginning with taking the bees from 

 the cellar, and going along, step by step, until the bees 

 were back again in their winter quarters. If you wish 

 to know how our five apiaries are managed for ex- 

 tracted honey, read this story. 



Turning Bees Into Honey. 



There is often an opportunity to buy, at a low price, 

 one or more lots of bees in box hives, or those with 

 odd-sized frames; but there may be little profit in 

 moving them home, transferring, Italianizing, etc. 

 There is, however, a sort of off-hand method, one re- 

 quiring little labor, of turning those bees into honey 

 right on the spot. At the end of the season very tew 

 bees will remain, but there will be a lot of extracted 

 honey and empty combs. It may not be bee-keeping, 

 but it is certainly money-makins. Mr. E. B. lyrreii 

 has done this several times, and he tells about it in 

 this year's Review. 



A Mail-Order Trade. 



For many bee-keepers there is a better way of sell- 

 ing honey than that of sending it to jobbers or com- 

 mission men, or bottling or peddling it, ana 

 that is by developing a mail-order trade. it 

 is not necessary even to leave one's horne, yet 

 good prices may be obtained. Mr. H. C. Ahlers, or 

 Wisconsin, has built up such a trade, selling thou- 

 sands and thousands of pounds each year, and he nas 

 told in the Review exactly how the trade was built up. 

 Memories of Langstroth. 



One of the most graphic (yet touching and beautiful) 

 pieces of writing that ever appeared in the Review, is 

 a sketch of Father Langstroth's life by Jennie Brooks, 

 who was his neighbor and loving friend from ctiiia- 

 hood to womanhood. It has given me a clearer view 

 of this wonderful man than anything else I ever reaa. 

 It is accompanied by a full-page portrait of Langstrotn 

 taken in his 82d year, probably his last photograph, 

 also a picture of the old Langstroth home, as well as a 

 view of the old apple-orchard where once stooa me 

 Langstroth apiary. 



Getting Higher Prices. 



„ The bee-keeper who has harvested a crop of ex- 

 tracted honey fit for table use has gone only halt way 

 toward the coveted goal of 'The Highest net I'rohts 

 upon the Investment and Expenses ot uper- 

 ating the Apiary.' " Such is the opening sentence 

 of an eight-page arlicle by O. L. Hershiser, who takes 

 for his title „ Improving Market Conditions by tne 

 Bottling of Honey." In this article he tells how "e nas 

 nearly doubled the income from his apianes by Doi- 

 tling the product and selling it to srrocers, and tms 

 without the elaborate equipment employed by exten- 

 sive bottlers. Minute details are given from the lique- 

 fying of the honey to the making of sales. 



Send me $1.00 and I will send you the back numbers, place your name on the subscrip- 

 tion list, and continue to send you the Review to the end of next year. 



For ten cents I will send you three of these back numbers, different issues, and the ten 

 cents may apply on any subscription you may send in later ; will also send a specially low 

 clubbing offer. W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Flint, Mich. 



The Gravity Strainer. 



It is more or less of a "bother" to strain honey 

 through a cloth, to wash the strainer, etc., and it is 

 possible to avoid this. One issue of the Review in the 

 past year illustrates and describes two very simple 

 forms of a gravity strainer, whereby the use of a cloth 

 is entirely avoided. 



Tarred-Felt Protection. 



The use of tarred felt as a winter protection for bees 

 has been discussed somewhat, and a lady bee-keeper 

 of Wisconsin, Miss Mathilde Candler, has used it suc- 

 cessfully for several winters, and she has told in the 

 Review exactly how she uses it. There is a full-page 

 illustration of her apiary thus protected. 



No Brushing nor Shaking. 



It is not always possible nor desirable to use bee- 

 escapes ; yet it is often necessary to remove honey for 

 extracting at a time when robbers give trouble ; and 

 S. E. Miller has a decidedly novel method of accom- 

 plishing this with no brushing nor shaking ; and he 

 describes it in the Review for this year. 



129 Colonies— 20,000 Sections. 



In the year 1908 Dr. C. C. Miller produced nearly 20,- 

 (KX) sections from 129 colonies, and in a three-page 

 article he goes briefly over the ground from start to 

 linish, telling how the feat was performed. No comb- 

 honey producer can afford to miss this. 



The Newer Inventions. 



In our Northern Michigan apiaries we have this year 

 been trying an uncapping-machine, a steam-heated 

 uncapplng-knife, and two capping-melters, and in the 

 Review is told the story of our experience with these 

 innovations— one failed ; and, with slight changes in 

 one, the other two were brilliant successes. 



More Money by Frequent Extracling. 



There are two methods of producing extracted honey 

 —that of tiering up and then extracting at the end of 

 the season, and that of frequent extracting. The latter 

 method secures more honey (so it is claimed), and the 

 former gives a superior product (according to its advo- 

 cates i, and those veterans, M.V. Facey, Harry Lathrop, 

 and J. L. Byer, argue the matter and give their experi- 

 ences and views on this all-important point. 



No Drifting. 



As usually managed, carrying bees out of the cellar 

 in the spring is a disagreeable job — the bees rush out 

 and mix up, and sometimes there is loss from their 

 " drifting" to other parts of the yard. All this may be 

 avoided, scarcely a bee leavingthe hive, when carrying 

 them out, and they will begin to fly gradually, with no 

 mixing. My brother Elmer has an article telling how 

 this may be accomplished. 



