Gleanings in bee cuLftTRK 



Mr. Drumwright in his apiary. 



Mr. Druiiiwriiiht himself, his horse, and 

 his bees, seemed to be the sole occupants of 

 the place. May they live many more years 

 to enjov their work together. 



Ph'ilo, 111. 



HOW I BECAME INTERESTED IN BEES 



BY BRYAN STRUBE 



One morning in May, 1912, as I was 

 passing a schoolbouse I saw something 

 hanging on a limb. A terrible humming 

 sound met my ear. I knew then that it 

 must be bees, although I had never seen so 

 many bees before. I had heard my father 

 talk about them, however, but be had never 

 kept any since I could remember. I hurried 

 home to tell my father. He took a barrel 

 and put in two cross-ijieces about six inches 

 from the top, in order to keep the combs 

 from falling. As soon as he looked at th.e 

 bees he said that they were Italians, and 

 that it was the largest swarm he had ever 

 seen. We saw^ed off the limb and let it down 

 to the ground easily, a distance of about 

 fifteen feet. We set the barrel over it, i.nd 

 drummed on it until they sta"'"tcf. in. We 

 then Avent home to wait until evening before 

 trying to move the bees. After daik we 

 started, taking with us a sheet and a tub. 

 We found that the bees were all in the bar- 

 rel. We spread the sheet over the tub, set 

 the barrel down in the tub, and tied it up 



like a washing of clothes, then put the bar- 

 rel in the buggy and carried the bees home 

 safely, a distance of about a mile. The next 

 morning they were flying around, and soon 

 began to work in their new home. 



Later 1 ordeied two Danzenbaker hives. 

 We transferred them about the middle of 

 August. We took about a gallon and a 

 half of honey from the old barrel. In trans- 

 ferring them they swarmed out on two dif- 

 ferent limbs. We hived them in two hives. 

 In lialf an hour they were all in one hive. 

 We then supposed there was but one Cjueen. 

 They filled the brood-chamber and made 

 four sections of surplus. 



Ever since I have been reading all I could 

 get on bees. I am sixteen years old, and 

 think that beekeeping for pleasure, profit, 

 and recreation is hard to beat. 



Oak Grove, Kv. 



HIVE-PLIERS 



A New Tool which Saves 25 per cent of Stings 

 and Does 25 per cent More Work 



BY JOSEPH GRAY 



A good laugh does no one barm, and I 

 surely had a good one at the idea of using 

 " sugar-tongs," yet 25 per cent less stings 

 and 25 per cent more work caused me to 

 change my views. So from jest I turned to 

 earnest consideration of their use, and at 



