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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



-The Ijack of the case opened for inspection. 



with Hoffman frames and tear oft the bot- 

 tom-bar of the frame and break out a comb. 

 But what can an inspector do with one of 

 those okl Langstroth hives when he finds 

 the bottoms nailed fast Avith ten-penny 

 nails, and the combs built at right angles, 

 and every other one at the top-bar of 

 frames, and he has with him neither cold 

 chisel nor crowbar. There is notliing to do 

 but to look wise and to tell the proprietor 

 that, so far as can be disco\erGd, there is 

 no disease in such hives. 



One of the curiosities I discovered on one 

 of my trips was a swarm-catcher whicli 

 consisted of a one-legged milking-stool with 

 a bail with which to hang it up in nearby 

 bushes, the swarm clustering under the seat 

 and along down the leg. I was assured that 

 it was a great success. 



Middlebury, Vt. 



To be continued. 



160 ACRES OF WHITE CLOVER 



BY F. A. TICKNOR 



] am sending two views of one of my 

 ouLyards, located in the raids of 160 acres 

 of white-clover bloom, as may be seen in 

 [he foreground of Fig. 2. A yield of less 



than 200 lbs. per colony, spring count, at 

 this yard is uncommon. In Fig. 1, notice 

 the rows of sections of glass ends filled 

 with new white-clover comb honey ready 

 for storage, Avrapped in newsi^apers to make 

 them moth-proof till ready for market. 



The scenery here is beautiful, and the 

 atmosphere is laden with the fragrance 

 from the clover. The concrete hive-stands 

 are ideal, giving the wingless queens the 

 opportunity to craAvl back until their "cases 

 are called." I have had 55 years of bee- 

 keeping. 



Austin, Minn. 



A WINTER CASE HOLDING SIX COLONIES 



DY L. LIST 



Because of the heavy losses during the 

 last cold season, the subject of successful 

 wintering has acquired a new interest. 

 There seems to be a trend back to outdoor 

 Avintering. When a veteran beekeper like 

 Mr. Holtermann abandons his well-built 

 cellar and returns to that other mode of 

 keeping his bees through the cold season, it 

 is certainly significant. Because of this re- 

 newed interest in outdoor Avintering, the 



