1884 



GLEANENGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



26 gallons for our own use, worth $20 00, ail from one 

 pound of seed, which cost us 15c. We think that is 

 very good for beginners. 



Mr. Gilbert and myself both keep bees, and we 

 study the ABC which we bought of a brother bee- 

 keeper. We run a woodworking shop, and manufac- 

 ture bee-keepers' supplies. Wm. H. Nash. 



Adrian, Mich., Dec. 28, 1883. 



PRE\T:NTtNG SECOND SWARMING. 



Bees in this section seemed to desire to devote 

 their whole time last season to swarming. My 35 

 colonies increased 15 good strong ones for winter, 

 and gave me about 1000 lbs. of box honey. I exper- 

 imented with a few to prevent seoond swarms com- 

 ing out. by removing the old colony to a new stand 

 after the first swarm hai issued, and placing the 

 new swarm on the old stand. This seemed to give 

 the new swarm a large working force, and weakened 

 the old sufficient to prevent a second swarra in 

 most instances. What do you think of the plan? 

 L. D. Worth. 



Reading Center, N. Y., Dec. 24. 1883. 



The plan yon give is an old one, friend W. 

 I think yon will find substantially the same 

 thina: in the ABC book. I believe it is a 

 very good way, only it is pretty hard on the 

 old stock. It prevents them from swarming 

 by crippling them, and removing all their 

 flying bees. As a matter of course, the hive 

 fiill of brood suffers from lack of nurses, and 

 many young bees are lo<t that would other- 

 wise be saved. But it may be a very good 

 plan for those who have but little time, and 

 so many bees they do not care for the loss of 

 a few. 



$€l^s and §nirks. 



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HOW LONG WILL COMB HONEY KEEP? 



F|LEASE tell US through Gleanings how long a 

 good article of comb honey will keep, if stored 

 in a warm dry place. I have over 3000 lbs. 

 yet; have 99 colonies tucked away for winter. I 

 keep them in chaff the year round. Hybrids gave 

 me better results than the light Italians. These 

 beautiful bees are tit only for swarming purposes. 

 J. A. Newton, M. D. 

 BoonvillP, Ind., Nov. 22, 1883. 



[We have kept comb honey as much as two or 

 three years by keeping it where it will not freeze, 

 por be exposed to dampness of any kind. The worst 

 trouble with it when kept so long is candying. The 

 cells that are unsealed are also liable to slight change, 

 which makes the honey of a little different taste 

 from that recently from the hives. I do not believe 

 it is well to try to keep honey more than from year 

 to year.] 



N. A. B. K. A. 



Friend Boo<.— Please add in the list of new mem- 

 bers .ioined at the national meeting at Toronto, the 

 two following names: 



Chas. Humphrey. Rockney, Ont. 



W. A. Morrison, Frelighsburg, Quebec. 



And add to the list the four following names which, 

 in some manner, were forgotten to be reported: 



Richard Hnmphrcvs. Bothwell, Ont. 



IraOrais Whitlpy, Ont. 



AlPx. MnK'chr.i(>. Angus, Ont. 



D. B. Ullery Northampton, O. 



Cinolnnati, Dec. 14, 1883. Chas. F. Muth. 



My report for 1883 stands: 18 swarms from 5, be- 

 sides one got away, and 375 lbs. comb honey. I think 

 that is good. Jas. J. Church. 



Waterford, Ont., Can., Nov. 3. 1883. 



Mr. Thomas Graham Ashmead, of New York State, 

 is on our streets to-day. Having shipped here about 

 two hundred swarms of bees, he pmpnses locating 

 them somewhere near New Smyrna, and entering 

 quite extensively in the sale of both bees and honey. 

 We cordially welcome all such accessions to our 

 State.— Florida Herald, Nov. 6. 



My brother-in-law and [ started with one stand 

 apiece in the spring, in box hives; we now have 10 

 by natural swarming —8 strong ones. 2 rather weak. 

 We had one swarm that we took 42 lbs in one-pound 

 sectiims from. That was the best we could do. 



Myron, la., Nov. 30, 1883. John Gilbert. 



SOME QUERIES ABOUT ALFALFA. 



Should it be sown in the spring, or fall? 



[I can not answer about fall sowing.] 



Will it do Well with other grass seed? 



[I think not. My impression is, it should be sown 

 by itself.] 



Will it blossom the first year, and, after sown, 

 remain permanently? 



[I think it blossoms the first year, and it does re- 

 main permanently.] 



Will it make good hay for cattle? 



[Very good. Cut while yoving and tender, or while 

 just in bloom.] 



Is it a bad weed when once established in the 

 ground? Charles E. Price. 



Smlthtown Branch, L. I. 



[1 think not.] 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The annual meeting of the South-eastern Michigan 

 Bee-keeping Association will be held at Adrian, 

 Mich., in Plymouth church chapel. Jan. 23. 1884. All 

 are invited. H. D. Cutting, President. 



H. C. Markham, Secretary. 



The Mahoning-Valley Bee -Keepers' Association 

 will be held in the Town Hall at Newton Falls, on 

 Thursday, Jan. 24, 1884. As that is the meeting to 

 elect officers, every member, and all interested in 

 the production and sale of honey, are requested io be 

 present. L. Carson, Pre&ident. 



E. W. Turner, Secretary. 



CIRCULARS RECEIVED. 



E. T. Lewis & Co., Toledo, O., have sent us two 

 price lists — one relative to api-irian supplies in gen- 

 eral, and one is devoted to their extractor exclusive- 

 ly. Each 3Hx6. The printing is quite fine. 



By readinir Kind Words, you will notice that 

 friend Doolittle has opened the campaign for 1884 

 with a circular and price list gotten up about the 

 same as last year. We *' kind o' " lose sight of Doo- 

 little the bee-keeper when we notice the extent to 

 which he deals in grapes, berries, potatoes, and 

 what not. 



From away across the "big pond" comes a price 

 list from Wm. W. Young, of Perth, Scotland. It is 

 .5x8 inches in size, contains 20 pages, well illustrated. 

 Among the list of "foreign" pictures, we notice 

 that ouiic a large per cent of them are from Ameri- 

 ca. The pamphlet is also a good index of the rapid 

 strides that apiculture is making in foreign lands. 



G. B. Lewis, Watertown, Wis., has sent us a 1«- 

 page list of what he manufactures in the way of 

 apiarian supplies, etc. The pages are about 3ijx5'/i. 

 On the back is a pretty picture of friend Lewis' 

 factory, standing by quite a stream of water having 

 an abrupt fall of about four feet, as nearly as w^ 

 can judge by the picture. 



