Gleanings in Bee Culture 



iiiui thtr Cleanings for half a year. 



feet calmness, and the little animal squatted on the 

 edge of the cap and bent down its head to the bee's 

 mouth, which was slightly trembling, and sucked 

 up a drop of moisture. 



I instantly understood. The movements I had 

 just witnessed were preparatory to the animal's 

 meals. When the louse wislies to feed it?goes to the 

 bee's mouth, where the motions of its feet, armed 

 with bent claws, produce a tickling sensation. i)er- 

 haps disagreeable to its host, but at least provoking 

 some movement of the bucal organs, which slight- 

 ly open and release a small drop of honey which 

 the louse at once licks up. 



Thvis the Braula ccvca is not a real parasite of the 

 bee in the true sense of the word. It is rather a 

 guest— queer, if you like thus to consider it, like so 

 many others existing among animals. 



Valparaiso, Chili. 



BINDING COPIES OF GLEANINGS CHEAPLY. 



BY C. A. KINSEY. 



Take the copies of Gleanings from .July 

 1 to Jan. 1, 12 in all. That is enough to be 

 convenient. Place them in order in a clamp 

 or vise and fasten firmly. Drive three shin- 

 gle nails along the back on each side. It is 

 not necessary that the nails go clear through 

 if they are driven in from both sides. Then 

 take them to a printing-office if convenient, 

 and have them trimmed. Cover can be 

 added if desired. This way will keep them 

 firmly together, and with the yearly index 

 at the back it will take only a few moments 

 to find any article desired. 



GASOLINE-CANS FOR HONEY. 



Can you inform me if it is safe to use gas- 

 oline-cans to i)ut extracted honey in — that 

 is, if there will be any substance from the 

 gasoline that can't be washed out that 

 would taste in the honey ? 



I can get a considerable number of such 

 cans, all new and in good condition, for 

 nothing, that could be used to store iny 

 honey in, or for local trade. 



Belgrade, Mont. 



[We do not believe there would be any 

 objection at all to gasoline-cans provided 

 they are clean and free from rust. Kero- 

 sene-cans can seldom be cleaned so that all 

 the odor of kerosene is removed, and the 

 honey is then tainted; but if you can be 

 sure that the cans you refer to have never 

 been used for kerosene, but only for gaso- 

 line, w^e do not think there will be any dif- 

 ficulty at all. They would have to be 

 rinsed out, of course; for after a can is emp- 

 tied of gasoline there is some dirt and sed- 

 iment that remain, usually; but this could 

 be easily washed out. — Ed.] 



AN OKLAHOMA EXHIBIT. 



Some Proof that Oklahoma is Advancing as a 

 Honey State. 



BY N. FRED GARDINER. 



Photography has become a wonderful art. 

 It can reproduce on a flat surface, in black 

 and white, marvelous shades of beauty, and 

 in many instances bring to our attention 

 details that escai)e the eye in actual obser- 

 vation of the original ol)ject. But photog- 

 raphy falls far short of doing justice to a 

 honey exhibit. It seems that the eye of 

 the camera can not penetrate the glass jar 

 and show uj) the rich tint and the delicate 

 structure of the honey and the comb. 



