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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Apiary of J. T. Kight, Southport, Ind. 



opening inside ten inciies across, through- 

 out the length of the log. There is nice 

 white comb clear from the bottom to the 

 top. I have a notch at the bottom through 

 which the bees go out and in. 

 Lima, N. Y. 



EARLY YIELD OF HONEY IN INDIANA GOOD 



BY J. F. KIGHT 



The spring and summer honey harvest is 

 about to draw to a close (July 21). The 

 yield has been very good in quantity and 

 excellent in quality. Owing to about three 

 weeks' drouth in June the white and alsike 

 clovers' were cut a little short ; but while 

 they did last, the bees carried in nectar with 

 a rush. There seems to be considerable 

 sweet-clover honey coming in now; but I 

 can notice some falling off, as I have one 

 good strong colony on a pair of scales, and 

 the nightly balance is running only about 

 11/2 lbs. daily, while it ran as high as 61/2 

 lbs. during the palmy days of white and 

 alsike clover in May and June. 



As a rule the general honey crop in Indi- 

 ana has been good this year, and in many 

 localities there will be a flow of smartweed 

 and aster honey this fall. 



AN EXPERIENCE WITH AMERICAN FOUL BROOn. 



T have had a little experience this year 

 that was not on the program; and while I 



have always dreaded the thought of dis- 

 ease among bees I can now say that I am 

 really glad that it happened, although it 

 cost me several pounds of good honey and 

 the loss of some very fine wired comb foun- 

 dation. Yet I do not regi'et this loss, for 

 from the experience gained early in May I 

 discovered that American foul brood ex- 

 isted in two colonies, and I asked the State 

 Entomologist to assist me in going tkrougli 

 my apiary of about 30 colonies at that 

 time. He kindly did so, and we found 

 seven pronounced cases of American foul 

 brood. Having read of the different meth- 

 ods of treatment which really ended with 

 the same results, also having before me the 

 printed instructions of the State Entomolo- 

 gist I proceeded to make a cleaning. 



As mathematics is my long suit, and not 

 having the desire for any more labor than 

 was necessary, I commenced to figure just 

 the best, surest, and safest way to extermi- 

 nate the disease. As all authorities on this 

 disease seem to agree upon getting the bees 

 out of the diseased liive and into a new 

 clean one with starters only in the frames, 

 I decided that there ought to be a better, 

 quicker, and more sanitary way than to 

 shake them as is advised by most author- 

 ities. I decided to try the driven method, 

 instead of the " shook " method, which, in 

 tl;e end, amounts to the same, only the driv- 

 en method is quicker, sanitary, and safer. 



