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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUIIE. 



Apr. 



seed early. After j-ou have finished canvassing, 

 add up your orders, send to a reliable seedman, dis- 

 tribute, and get pay for your seed, and your work 

 for the season is done; but it should be repeated 

 every season, to enlarge your "base of supply " as 

 much as possible. Of course, you will have to wait 

 one season before the alsikc will bloom. 



In localities where different apiaries are near to- 

 gether, if the seed is furnished under cost, the par- 

 ties should make up the amount of the difference 

 pro rata, according to the number of colonies they 

 have. 



A WORD OF CAUTION ABOUT SOWING ALSIKE. 



First, get the very hcst seed you can find. Poor 

 seed is an abomination. Don't sow it on dry, sandy 

 land, for alsike delights in a moist soil. Try this 

 plan, brother bee-keepers. I think you will be 

 pleased with the results, especially if the alsike is 

 sown on land at all suited to it. 



This simple plan of increasing pasturage may not 

 be new, but I never hcaixl it mcntionetl, though 

 doubtless some have tried it. Geo. O. Goodhue. 



Danville, Quebec, Canada, March 30, 1886. 



Friend G., I believe that whenever you 

 write for the bee-journals you always give 

 us something good ; but the above, it seenis 

 to me, is the best suggestion we have ever 

 had in regard to artificial pasturage. I only 

 regret that we didn't have it in time for an 

 earlier issue. 



^EPe^wg ENcenF^6iN6. 



WINTERED FINELY. 



■y bees wintered finely this winter, and are 

 starting off well this spring, although the 

 loss of bees throughout the country has 

 been very heavy this winter. At least one- 

 half of the bees have died. I have the Ital- 

 ian bees. They are the bees lor this country, as 

 they are much stronger than the blacks. 



.1. W. WiLLlIIDE. 



Webster, W. Va., March 31, ISSB. 



CELLAR WINTERING. 



I suppose reports of cellar wintering are in order 

 now, so here goes: My bees (95 swarms) were put 

 into the cellar about Dec. 1st, and taken out March 

 26th, with a loss of only 3 swarms, and the survivors 

 are all in excellent condition except 2 swarms, which 

 1 find by my plat-board were laffe second swarms. 

 The way my bees were arranged, and the cellar pre- 

 pared for wintering, T did not feel the least bit wor- 

 ried or uneasy about them. I am now feeding them 

 sugar syrup, with Gray's Simplicity feeders. 



C. A. Sayre. 



Sargent, Floyd Co., Iowa, Apr. .5, 1886. 



prospect for a HONEY-YIELD GOOD; BEES BOIL- 

 ING OVER STRONG. 



Bees are humming again. They have been on the 

 wing two days, and the weather is all that can be 

 asked for— just right for bees. The snow is all gone 

 and the prospect for a honey-yield is good. I think 

 the white clover is not winter-killed, for the snow 

 has been on the ground all winter until now. My 

 bees came to the front 68 strong, and boiling over at 

 the entrance; they ai-e bright and healthy, but I 

 will not count my chickens before they are hatched. 

 They may not be so strong in May. John Rey. 



East Saginaw, Mich., Mar. 5, 188(5. 



from 43 TO 90, AND OVER 3030 LBS. OF HONEY. BE- 

 SIDES 100 QUEENS REARED, IN THE H.^NDS 

 OF A BEGINNER. 



I Started with 43 swarms last spring; 20 of them 

 were in the Viallon hive, and 23 in the old bo.x hive. 

 I transferred late on account of not having hives. 

 I have now 90 colonies, about 80 heavy and strong. 

 I extracted over 3 )00 lbs. of honey and several hun- 

 dred pounds of comb and section honey. Hone3' is 

 slow sale here. I sell extracted at 8 cts., comb at 

 lOcts. I have 2 bbls. on hand now. In addition to 

 this I reared over 100 queens. I have a good Italian 

 stock now. I think this does very well for a begin- 

 ner. My hopes are not blasted by any means. In 

 doubling my nuclei I found one h.tc queen, not 

 fertilized. J. J.Waldrip. 



Staitles Store. Texas. Feb. 1, 18;-6. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture. 



Published Scnil- Monthly. 



.^^. I. I^OOT, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



For Clnbbicg Sates, See First Page of Beadicg Uatter. 



Thou Shalt eee grpater things than those— John 1: 60. 

 A NEW DRESS. 



The Canadian Bee Journal now comes out dress- 

 ed in a neat and tasty cover. It has just finished its 

 first volume, and our Canadian ^friends are to be 

 congratulated upon its success. We wish it all the 

 prosperity it deserves, and that is a good deal. 



ORDERING THINGS WE DO NOT ADVERTISE. 



We expect to keep in stock, ready to ship prompt- 

 ly, every thing we advertise in our catalogue; but 

 where parties think proper to order of us things we 

 do not advertise, we will do the best we can to sup- 

 ply their wants. But we can not be responsible for 

 the quality or jirice of goods we procure for others 

 simply as a matter of accommodation. We expect 

 to do all we agree to do, but we can not always do 

 what we do not agree to do. 



THOSE BIG BARRELS. 



It is said that "Aggers won't lie if you place 'em 

 right; " and when our printers got the weight of a 

 barrel of maple sugar 520 lbs., instead of 250 lbs., in 

 our last issue, it showed the truth of the old max- 

 im. After some of the last sheets were printed, we 

 discovered that the size of the sheets of perforated 

 zinc should have been given as 7 feet long, instead 

 of 8, and that a whole sheet contains le'a square 

 feet, instead of 182,i. Vv^e'll try to be mere careful 

 next time, if you will make a note of this. 



A PASTEBOARD BOX, WITH A " WINDOAV " IN IT, FOR 

 HOLDING COMB HONEY. 



Mr. a. Cox, of White Lick, Ind., sends us one of 

 our ordinary pasteboard bo.xes, with a round piece 

 of isinglass set in the front. A round hole is made 

 through both label and box, with a suitable punch. 

 The Isinglass is then laid over the hole, and the la- 

 bel pasted on, holding it securely. Customers can 

 then get a glimpse of the beautiful white comb, 



