1886 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



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language; and I hope the time will soon come when 

 we shall unite in one great brotherhood, to turn 

 the sword and spear into plowshares and pruning-- 

 hooks, and resolve that there shall be no moi-e war, 

 but peace. .T.Wood. 



Ohaupo, Auckland, New Zealand, Mar. ], 1886. 



Well done, hmthcr Wood. We thank you 

 for the kind compliments yon pay us, and we 

 reiterate your words. Let us by all means 

 strive to be brothers, even though the ocean 

 may separate us. 



FKOM 5 LBS. OF BEES TO OVER 10 COLONIES; A 

 KIND WORD, ALSO, FOR E. M. nAYHURST. 



I am a dentist, not an apiarian; but nevertheless 

 I may have some latent or undeveloped apiarian 

 powers or qualifications; and, indeed, if enthusi- 

 asm and love lor the bee and its habits, save its 

 sting-, are earmarks of an apiarian, I have great 

 hopes of success, for these attributes T possess in a 

 marked degree. On May 17 last, I received of E. M. 

 Hay hurst, through Mr. Harry Hobbs, 5 lbs. of bees 

 and live queens. The order and the money sent 

 was for loan-anted queens, and just see how bad- 

 ly (?) Mr. Hay hurst treated me. Owing to the late- 

 ness of the season, and pressure of business, he, in 

 order to fill his orders promptly, sent me tested 

 queens— a method of fair, honoi-able dealing, for 

 which, I have since learned, Mr. Hayhurst has 

 achieved a well-deserved reputation. From those 

 5 lbs. I increased to 10 strong colonies, practically 13, 

 tor I caught a swarm of hybrids in the country, 

 which I divided into three colonies, and Italianized 

 from my Hayhurst bees. At first, reci-eation and a 

 change from the routine of indoor labor was the ob- 

 jectsought; but in spite of everything, I caught the 

 lever; and should I lose my bees this winter, the 

 probabilities are 1 shall be convalescent in the 

 spring, but not absolutely cured. In August I 

 bought of W. M. Scheidall 43 stocks and all his api- 

 arian supplies, consisting of prize bo.xes, 8000, most- 

 ly in-flat; 300 frames for prize boxes, honey-extract- 

 or, A B Cof Bee Culture, Gleanings since 1879, 

 Simplicity hives sufficient to increase my apiary to 

 300 single boxes. Thus you see I have at this writ- 

 ing .56 colonies. If this isn't bee-fever on short no- 

 tice, Mr. Root, then what would you call it? 



Eureka, 111., Dec. 30, 188.5. S. W. Lakin. 



FROM .50 TO 66, and 200O LBS. OF HONEY, BY ONE 

 WHO IS 74 YEARS OLD. 



I take Gleaninos, and am very much interested 

 in reports. T am 74 years old, and have been in the 

 bee-business more or less since I was 18 years old. 

 I took out of my cellar last spring 50 stands of bees 

 in good order. Notwithstanding the poor season, 1 

 took over 2000 lbs. of extracted honey, and put back 

 this fall 66 stands, strong and in good condition. I 

 have never raised section honey, but I think of do- 

 ing so now, as I have given up other business, and 

 will have more time tor my bees. 



Cascade, la., Dee. 30, 1685. Wm. Heitchen. 



FROM 31 TO .54, and 1200 LBS. OF HONEY. 



Bees did better here last year than usual. I be- 

 gan the spring with 31, and closed in the fall with 

 .54. I have already moved most of my bees, and 

 will move the rest soon to the Dugdown Mountain. 



We got last year about 1200 lbs. of honej', in- 

 creased 23 swarms, and sold 3 besides. Most of the 

 honey was extracted, and was sold at 12^ to 15 cts. 



per lb. We have oh hand at this date, about 15 gal- 

 lons. Some of our colonies are weak, but I think 

 we shall be able to begin the spring (say first of 

 April ) with 45. We expect our bees to do better 

 this year, as we think we have a better location. 

 The Dugdown is a part of the Appalachian range of 

 mountains, beginning in Alabama, and extending 

 to the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. We are 

 now at the foot of this range (north of it), so that 

 our bees will have access to the forests on one side, 

 and the fields on the other. J. M. Harris. 



Cedartowu, Polk Co., Ga., Feb. 13, 1886. 



FROM 37 TO 95, AND ONE TON OF HONEY. 



I now have 95 swarms in the cellar, and they 

 seem to be feeling first rate, by their appearance, 

 this cold winter weather. I increased from 37, 

 spring count, to 95, and secured a ton of salable 

 honey. I could have done much better, but I was 

 alone, and had all to do as far as attending to the 

 bees was concerned. My wife made nearly 1200 

 honey-boxes, and helped about extracting some 

 300 lbs. We extracted only to give the queen more 

 room. We are somewhat advanced In years, ray 

 wife being 53, myself .58. H. F. Newton. 



Whitney's Crossing, All. Co., N. Y., Jan. 20, 1886. 



FIRST PREMIUM FOR THE BEST DISPLAY OF HON- 

 EY AT THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSI- 

 TION, BY A "NOVICE." 



At our State Fair, held at this place last Oct., I 

 received a diploma for "best display of honey." 

 I sent a few sections to New Orleans, and have just 

 received a diploma from there for display of " very 

 fine honey," and I feel very much pleased for a 

 "novice" in the business. I have not made much 

 money as yet, but am still pushing along, and I 

 think that, after this season, I shall be able to hold 

 my own. E. A. Moore. 



Reno, Nevada, Apr. 15, 1886. 



THE ENORMOUS YIELDS OF ONE COLONY. 



The past honey season in this vicinity was the 

 best I have known since I commenced keeping 

 bees, ten years ago. It is the first season I have 

 been able to obtain any surplus from the willow. 

 Some of my best swarms gave me 20 to 25 lbs. of 

 willow honey in sections. The season throughout 

 was very favorable. From my best swarm I ex- 

 tracted 360 lbs., mostly clover; this was from one 

 swarm only, no increase. I ran them this season 6 

 stories high, L. hive (winter them in three stories). 

 I think I could have taken 401) lbs. from that swarm 

 if I had had help to extract at the proper time. 

 Last season they gave me only 45 lbs. The two sea- 

 sons pi-evious, that hive gave me 340 lbs. each year 

 (1882-'83); in 1881 it gave me 310. The honey for 

 1882-'83 (640 lbs.) I sold for ip!136. That hive has paid 

 the best of anj' I ever owned. Somehow I have not 

 been able to obtain nearly that amount from any 

 other hive. They seem to have the "push" to them, 

 and work with more vim than any other swarra 

 in my yard. 



I wish to say a word in favor of the perforated- 

 zinc honey-boai'ds. They work to a charm with me. 

 1 would not be without them for twice their cost; 

 no trouble now in obtaining frames solid full of 

 honey in tlie supers. I shall use them largely 

 the coming season. Cl.\reni)ON Butman. 



Plymouth, Maine, Jan. 35, 1886. 



