1894 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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they were put out, the mortality from chilling 

 would be much greater. Even when in the best 

 possible condition they become restless at a 

 temperature of about ()()% and then they strag- 

 gle out of the hive and are lost in the dark. If 

 a much higher temperature prevails th(^y begin 

 to cluster outside the hive. 

 East Townseud, O., Mar. (i. 



[Yes, indeed, pines make the best wind- 

 breaks in the world. You know our apiary 

 (see large cut on next page) is inclosed in a 

 large hollow square of tall evergreens. As you 

 say. it is much more comfortable on windy days 

 iM.side of this square than out. The only trou- 

 ble with the evergreens is that they are so long 

 in growing. 



There was a time when the V-shaped start- 

 ers received more favor than now; but if we 

 remember correctly they were abandoned for 

 the very reason you give. 



And so you are beginning to favor artificial 

 heat in winter repositories? This will give Dr. 

 Miller a grain of comfort. He has stood al- 

 most alone in the advocacy of this idea; in 

 fact, has almost been ridiculed for holding to 

 such a foolish and antiquated notion.— Ed.] 



MANUM IN THE APIARY 



AND IN THE C4ARDEN; THE MANUMLANGDON 

 NON-SWARMEK. 



By A. E. M(tnum. 



"Well, Mr. Daggett, we shall be obliged to 

 defer our trip to the Eaton yard to-day, which 

 we had planned to take, as Mr. H. W. Scott, of 

 Barre, Vt., has just arrived, having come on 

 the morning train; and as he says he must 

 return on the afternoon train, we will spend 

 the day with him here in the home yard, where 

 I can show both of you my new non-swarming 

 hive, and at the same time explain to you both 

 its workings, and my experience with the 

 Langdon-Manura non-swarming method. I 

 see you are busy writing this morning; there- 

 fore, while you are finishing your writing I will 

 show Mr. Scott over the farm, as he is more or 

 less interested in farming. First, Mr. Scott, I 

 will show you my potatoes. Here are 53^ acres 

 in one field, and, as you see, they are just in 

 blossom." 



"Oh, my! Manum. what a fine field of pota- 

 toes, and what long straight rows! How in the 

 world did you manage to get the rows so 

 straight? Why, there is not a crook in them; 

 and. besides, I see no weeds." 



"The rows are 40 rods long; and to get them 

 straight, two of us marked them out with a 

 two-horse marker. I drove the team while my 

 man held the marker; and the secret of these 

 532 acres being so free from weeds is in having 

 worked the ground thoroughly and often, with 

 a cheap smoothing-harrow I made myself with 

 old steel rake-teeth. The potatoes have been 

 hoed but once, very lightly at that. I offer to 

 give $1.00 per bushel for every bushel of weeds 

 any one can find on the .53-2 acres." 



"Why, here are strawberries, and a fine bed 

 it is too." 



" Y'es, this is my new bed of just one acre, 

 and I will double the price for weeds on this 

 acre. I shall soon make a picture of this bed to 

 send to our friend A. I. Root. Over here I have 

 raspberries, mostly Cuthberts. I have, how- 

 ever, three rows of the Shatfers that I want you 

 to notice in particular." 



"Oh, my! What a rank growth of canes! 

 Here is one that must be over feet long." 



" We will see. Yes, it is 7 feet 9 inches long. 

 I have not nipped this hill back. I want to see 

 how tall these Shaffers will grow when not 

 checked. The berries, as you will see, are large 

 and very handsome, and I assure you they are 

 fine-flavored. Here comes Mrs. M. with her 

 baskets. I think she intends to have you test 

 them at dinner with sugar and cream. We 

 think they are very fine. We will now go to 

 the apiary, as I se3 Mr. Daggett is there wait- 

 ing." 



" What have you here, Manum — a new vari- 

 ety of oats?" 



"Y'es; they are the White Plume, a new 

 variety that I introduced last spring; and, so 

 far, I am well pleased with them, as they 

 promise a large yield, you see by the long and 

 well-filled heads." 



" Why, Manum, I never saw such a fine field 

 of oats. Just measure this head. It must be 

 13 inches long." 



" I hardly think it. No, it is only 10% inches 

 long; but my man found one a few days since 

 that was 13K inches long, and I have found a 

 number of stools with 14 stalks, and one of my 

 neighbors reports having found one with IS 

 stalks, all from one seed." 



"I think, Manum, you will get 100 bushels 

 per acre from this field." 



" No, I hardly think so, Scott. I have set my 

 figures at 75 bushels per acre. Well, here we 

 are in the apiary, and we will first examine the 

 new hives. Here they are, you see; I have 8 



THE LANGDON-MANUM NON-SWAKMER. 



stands, or 16 colonies, that I am running on this 

 Langdon non-swarming plan." 



"Well, but I don't see any thing similar to 

 Langdon's device. How do you manage to run 



