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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURI 



Heads of Grain from Different Fields 



Honey-house Bee-escape 



I have a honey-house bee-escape that has never 

 failed us. It is made up of a series of wire-cloth 

 cones inserted in a 1%-inch space on top of the 

 window-screen, with a double set of flat wooden 

 escapes on the outside, which is covered with wire 

 cloth. I have yet to see the first bee that has 

 returned by the way it came out, and it lets them 

 out by the droves. J. E. Thompson. 



Halfway Tree, Jamaica, B. W. I. 



Eggs Hatching by Artificial Heat 



T think Dr. Miller, page 301, May 15, will find 

 that the eggs of bees, if kept continuously warm, 

 will hatch without the presence of the bees. I 

 very well remember removing from the supers a 

 number of sections in which the queen had started 

 to lay. For want of a better place they were 

 carried mto the kitchen temporarily. At that 

 time we were sweltering in the midst of a hot wave. 

 A few days later, in removing the sections I waa 

 surprised to find very young 

 worker and drone larvae in- 

 stead of the eggs. 



J. Ford Sempees. 

 Aikin, Md. 



[We have had other reports 

 from beekeepers who find that 

 eggs of queens, if the temper- 

 ature is right, will hatch with- 

 out the presence of bees. — 



Ed.1 



[This looks as though it might be a good honey- 

 house bee-escape. The additional screen over the top 

 of the cones would prevent the bees from going 

 back. The only objection we can see to it is that it 

 IS complicated to make. — Ed.] 



Honey from Second Crop of Clovers 



At present bees are working on the second crop 

 of red, white, and alsike clover, and goldenrod. They 

 are giving more trouble about swarming than at 

 any time this season, although I have put super* 

 on every colony. 



NEWLY INTRODUCED QUEEN LAYS AMONG 

 QUEEN-CELLS. 



I let a laying queen run into a colony for fun, 

 with queen-cells ready to hatch, and found her next 

 day laying on combs among the queen-cells 



Derby, Vt., Aug. 25. Newell H. Wilson. 



[The second crop of red clover has vielded more 

 this year than for some seasons back. It should be 

 remembered that the corolla tubes of the second crop 

 of red clover are much shorter than those of the 

 hrst crop, provided it has not been too dry when it 

 comes into bloom. 



Letting loose a laying queen into a hive having 

 queens-cells sealed over, would, in our opinion nine 

 times out of ten— yes, ninety-nine times out of a 

 hundred, prove a failure. That it worked in your 

 case was the exception that proved the rule The 

 hardest colony, in our experience, to introduce a 

 queen to is one that has queen-cells prettv well ad- 

 vanced—especially those that are ripe and readv to 

 give off a virgin. — Ed.] 



Bees a Feature of the Hamil- 

 ton County Fair 



The Hamilton County Agri- 

 cultural Fair at the Carthage 

 fairgrounds was a success in 

 every detail to all concerned. 

 The horse races, fine poultry, 

 hogs, cattle, the bees, and bal- 

 loon ascension drew big crowds 

 the four days of its duration. 

 The weather was fine, which 

 accounted for the large attend- 

 ance of city and country folk 

 alike. City folk appreciate the 

 country fairs more from year 

 to year. They realize that the 

 farm and suburban gardens 

 must go hand in hand with 

 the manufacturing interests. 

 Electric cars and automobiles 

 bring the city and country 

 nearer to each other than in 

 former years when people re- 

 lied mostly on omnibuses and 

 road wagons. In no line of 

 rural production has science 

 done more than in the keeping 

 of the honeybee. "There is 

 nothing at a county fair that 

 the visitors are more interest- 

 ed in than in live bees in ob- 

 servatory hives." This is the opinion of Mr. J. G. 

 Creighton, who had charge of the bees, honey, wax, 

 honey vinegar, and bee-supplies at the Hamilton Co. 

 fair. Mr. Creighton received a first prize on the 

 four first-named articles; Mr. Charles H. Weber first 

 prize on bee-supplies; Mr. Wm. Schmees second 

 prize on live bees. Mr. John J. Leonard won a 

 second prize on comb and extracted honey. Mr. 

 Creighton is quite an enthusiast on countv fairs. He 

 resides at Harrison, O. Mr. Charles H. 'Weber and 

 Mr. Wm. Schmees are from Cincinnati. Mr. Leon- 

 ard makes his home in Elmwood, O. 



Henry Reddert, Sec. 



Too High a Price Makes Honey a Luxury 



I heartily agree with Harry Lathrop, Aug. 1, p. 

 478. I have followed the same plan of selling honey 

 direct to users, at a low price, with the idea o/ 

 making it a popular food. Working for a higher 

 price strikes me as a class luxury. I do not kno-w 

 that it can generally be done until there are more 

 beekeepers. 



Bergville, Minn. A. B. Whitk. 



Large Number of Swarms Caught in Boxes 



On p. 466, Aug. 1, A. I. Root stated that there 

 must have been a terrible stampede of runaway 

 swarms in this part of the section. Now, though I 

 have been here only since April 4 I have seen more 

 than 75 swarms captured in the same way, and I 

 also know of an old gentleman who caught over a 

 hundred in boxes in this part of the section. 



Whittier, Cal. H D H 



