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GLEAN IKGS IN l^EE CULTUIIE. 



Nov. 



case, sections and all, at ouo time? Can not such a 

 thing- be made so it will work? J. H. Louden. 



Bloomington, Ind., (Jet. 18, 1886. 



Friend L., the difficulty of getting out the 

 lower lii;mes when the upper ones are full 

 of sections has never been remedied; that 

 is, there has never been a remedy suggested 

 that will not make the hive more complicat- 

 ed, and more troublesome to work than to 

 have it as It is— at least, that is my opinion. 

 Of course, you can have Ileddon crates, or 

 crates of other styles, to lift out, instead of 

 lifting out the wide frames, and we now 

 make them with crates instead of wide 

 frames when preferred ; but you will And it 

 is some trouble to lift a couple of crates 

 when they are filled with honey, and put 

 them back again. The difficulty, however, 

 is not so very great as might be imagined ; 

 for few honey-producers are in the habit of 

 disturbing the brood-nest when the bees are 

 at work in surplus-receptacles. 



A FRA.ME HIVE PRECEDING I.ANGSTROTn'S. 



C. H. Lake, of Baltimore, was at the Elkton, Md., 

 Fair. Ho, among: an extensive exhibit there, had 

 the effects of Colvin in the apiarian line, and made 

 same startling statements. He had a hive present- 

 ed by Otto, king of Greece, to Mr. Colvin, in use in 

 Greece long before Mr. Langstroth's invention of 

 the " frame." This hive opened on one side, from 

 which "frames" were pushed in on rabbets, or 

 cleats. There were three sets of frames, of about 

 8 or 10 each, above each other, with %-inch space 

 between and at the ends. He also read quotations 

 from old manuscripts, describing these hives, and 

 also showing that separators were in use several 

 centuries ago. If any of this is new to you, I wish 

 you would write to him for his evidence, or go and 

 see these curiosities and papers. 



CHLOROFORM WILL CONQUER. 



I have had a hybrid colony queenless for more 

 than a month, which has resisted all the methods 

 of Introducing queens until yesterday. Three fine 

 queens have been killed, after prolonged efiorts 

 with each. At the Elkton Fair, Mr. Lake had an al- 

 bino queen-cell to hatch, and I came in possession 

 of the queen. The next daj' at noon I presented 

 the same to this hybrid colonj', which at once be- 

 gan to tear her to pieces. I seized and caged her. 

 I then dropped into the bottom of this hive— a 

 3-fram6 nucleus, about one teaspoonful of chloro- 

 form; placed the queen in, and closed the hive up. 

 I waited until all became ()uiet— about 10 minutes, 

 when, on looking in, a good share of the bees were 

 on the bottom-board, ampsthetized. I found the 

 queen, held her in my hand until she could walk 

 around pretty well, when 1 placed her on a comb, 

 and again closed up the hive until the bees were 

 well recovered, when I carried the colony out to its 

 old location, and allowed the bees out to enter. 

 The queen to-day is all right. 



S. W. Morrison, M. D. 



Oxford, Pa., Oct. 11, 1886. 



We are fully conversant with the facts 

 you mention, friend M.,and I believe Mr. 

 Langstroth knew all about it after his frame 

 and hive were invented, for he and Mr. Col- 

 vin were very intimate friends. You will 

 notice Mr. Colvin 's name mentioned several 

 times in Mr. Langstroth's book. These 

 Grecian hives were never made practicable. 



I and the simplicity of the L. frame and hive, 

 compared with them, is what gave bee-keep- 

 ing such a great impetus at the time of 



j friend L.'s invention.— The matter of chlo- 

 roform has been before our journals, and 

 has been a good deal experimented on. 

 Sometimes it answers nicely, as in your case; 

 but at other times it does not. 1 do not 

 know whether anybody uses it regularly now 

 for introducing queens or not. 



HOW TO PURIFY EXTRACTED HONEY ; HONEY 

 IN SODA-WATER. 



Can you tell how to purify extracted honey, so 

 there will not be any sediment? I could sell all 

 my honey at a good figure to the bottllng-works 

 in Grand Rapids, for making a flavoring syrup 

 for soda-fountains, but they fail in filtering it in 

 any way so that it will be clear. They tried, but 

 there would be a sediment of a darkish color that \ 

 spoiled it for use. This is a matter of no little im- 

 portance to the bee-fraternity, as it would make 

 quite a demand for hone3% and that to make a 

 good temperance drink. Perhaps A. J. Cook or 

 others could answer through Gleanings. 



Grandville, Mich., Oct. 9, 1888. J. S. Warner. 



Friend W., straining your honey through 

 the cheese-cloth which we recommend and 

 sell for the purpose, we think will remove 

 every thing that can be objectionable. If 

 your honey is very thick, it will have to be 

 warmed to pass through readily. But in 

 case this straining should not be sufficient, 

 you can filter it through a bag made of 

 coarse fiannel. Tlie particles of tlannel Avili 

 catch every particle of the finest dust that 

 may be in the honey. If Prof. Cook has 

 had experience in straining and filtering 

 honey, vve shonld be very glad to have him 

 tell ii"s about it. 



WHAT RENT SHOULD BE PAID FOR THE USE OF 

 LAND FOR AN APIARY? 



Would you please inform me what is customary 

 to pay in establishing an apiary on somebody's else 

 land? Does the owner of the bees give a share, or 

 pay money? I am thinking of taking part of my col- 

 onies away from home, but do not know what would 

 be right to offer. Does the owner of the land gen- 

 erally have any thing else to do but to watch the 

 bees that they be not molested, for instance? 



Greenville, HI., Oct. 12, 18^6. Gustave Gross. 



Friend G., it is a pretty hard matter to 

 give an answer to your question, or, in fact, 

 any question of the kind. It all rests on 

 circumstances so much that the best we can 

 say is, " As the parties may agree.''' If the 

 owner of the land ])roposes to watch the 

 bees, and keep away thieves, he should have 

 a little more pay on this account. If he also 

 proposes to look after swarms, and hive 

 them, then his pay should be still better. 

 So you see it depends on how much responsi- 

 bility each party proposes to take. Some- 

 times a pound of honey for each colony left 

 on the premises is considered sufficient rent. 

 If that is not enough, say two pounds or 

 more, or even five pounds, where swarms are 

 looked after, etc^ 



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