1884 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



007 



Prof. Cook writes: "When the bees are dead next 

 springr, as they surely will lie in this hive, If we have 

 a severe winter and his directions are followed, the 

 'patentee' will be in his Southern home, and his 

 warrant will be utterly worthless. He says it se- 

 cures more honey. This is absurd. Bees gather 

 all they can in any hive, if given room. Every hive 

 of this liind sold in the country is a damage. 



"This man, I am told, has talien four hundred dol- 

 lars from the farmers around Lapeer, Mich."— It 

 would seem from the words of a leading apiarist, 

 above quoted, that the " Golden Bee-Hive " is some- 

 thing for all bee-keepei-s to let severely alone. 



With such autliority as Prof. Cook for 

 backiiifr. it seems to rne tliat (nir friends who 

 have lieeii investing in riglits in tiie (;()l(U'n 

 bee-hive ouglit to i)e satisliecl witliout fur- 

 ther parley^ Mitchell has pretty much got 

 through; 11. JL Flick has given I'lp trying to 

 blackmail bee-keepers, and it looks as if the 

 Golden bee-hive were the only humbug at 

 present doing anybody any harm. Show 

 every agent the gate as sooii as he mentions 

 the Golden hive to you; have tlie above cop- 

 ied into your county papers; pass the news 

 around as much as you can, and teach this 

 man, as we have others before him, that he 

 can make more money in an honest way than 

 he can by swindling, especially if he devotes 

 the same energy and zeal to some good pur- 

 ])ose. 



I^EMINDERY. 



p,OW is the time in most localities to get 

 ready for winter. If your bees have 

 not abundant stores, or are not get- 

 ting stores on account of the drought, 

 or any other cause, you should begin 

 feeding at once. I should use granulated 

 sugar in preference to any thing else, and 1 

 would prepare it by i)ouring on boiling wa- 

 ter, and stirring it until it is about of the 

 thickness of thin honey. If you commence 

 now (and, as I have said before, I think 

 it by far the best way), commence by 

 feeding gradually at first, and when you 

 find that feed makes them grow, and is go- 

 ing into the work all right, you can increase 

 the dose. 15y the time cold weather sets in, 

 there should be a good strong army of bees, 

 and there should be stores sealed up all 

 around the brood-nest. If the frames are 

 tilled so as to bulge out into all the inter- 

 stices, all the better. If you commence so 

 late that yt)ur nucleus is comparatively weak, 

 they wiir probably be weak in the "spring, 

 and not be able to get a full crop of honey 

 next year. Colonies that are to l)e brimstori- 

 ed, where theic are l)ees enough they may 

 be Ijrought up very <(uickly, and an'expert 

 Avould make good stocks of them almost any 

 time — say even in the dead of winter, if you 

 cared to take tlie pains to fuss with them. 

 If you give them an Italian queen, you will 

 have an Italian colony in the si)ring. Some 

 of the fiiends seem to lose sight of this. It 

 Avon't pay you to send off for Italian bees 

 where you have to pay $12.(J() per lb., or even 

 $1.00, when you can get common bees at 

 home for 2o or 50 cts. per lb. Buy a good 

 queen to put with them, and, no matter 

 what the bees are, they will be all right al- 

 most before you know it. 1 like to sell 

 fjooils, but I ifKe a gvfnt fieal l)ettej- to ,see 



the friends take what they have already got, 

 or something they can buy cheaply of tlieir 

 neighbors, and get a start at a comparatively 

 small exiiense. You can send for new- 

 fangled strawberries, if you like ; but an old 

 gardener told me a few days ago. that if one 

 wanted berries by the bushel, he would 

 stand a very much better chance by taking 

 the good common varieties we have already 

 all around us, than to pay big prices for the 

 new-fangled sorts. It is much the same 

 with bees. The Italians are now almost 

 everywhere, and their superiority is fully es- 

 tablished. If yoiu- means are limited, get a 

 good queen from somewhere near home, and 

 take the bees you find all around yon, and 

 go ahead. A Veteran in the business, who 

 understands exactly Avhat he is going to want 

 next year, will doubtless do a wise thing in 

 purchasing his supplies for the coming 

 season ; but the great mass of beginners 

 would enjoy themselves a great deal better 

 to take a few bees and try the thing without 

 much outlay ; and if you want to stop any- 

 where you tire not much out of pocket. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Progressive Bcc-Keepcrs' Association meets 

 the first Saturday in October next, at Bedford, O. 

 General invitation. J. K. Keed, Sec. 



The next session of the North Am. Bee-Keepers' 

 Assoeiatinn will he held in tlic city of Hoehester, 

 N. v., thc:.'stli, ::'.ttli. aiKl :i(ith of Oct., 1SS4. At the 

 last meeting of the North-Eastern Hee - Keepers' 

 Ass'n, a competent committee was appointed to se- 

 cure a hall, and to make other necessary arrange- 

 ments. A full iD'ogranniie will be prepared, and a 

 general good tijne may be expected. 



L. L. Langstkoxh, Pi eg. C. C. Miller, Sec. 



The fifth semi-annual meeting of the Western Bee- 

 Ke('j)ers' Association, will be held at Tndt'pendence, 

 Mo., Sept. IT, IS, and I'.i, issi, anil at the same time 

 and place will be held the annual li(ini\\- and ai>iarian 

 show. There will be a libei'al premium list, and all 

 are invited to come and compete, and take part in 

 the deliberation of the convention. 



C. M. Crandall, Sec. 



Independence, Mo., Aug. 8, 1H84. 



The bee-keepers' of Hancock Co., O., met in Find- 

 ley, Aug. 9, and organized a bee-keepers' associa- 

 tion, to be known as the Hancock Co. nee-Keei)ers' 

 Association, '.^.Iiiersons i>aying :.*.") cts. each for initia- 

 tion fee, signed the roll, and became mt-mhers. 

 Meet again at cotn-t-house, Findley, Sept. ~U, at 10 

 o'clock. All bee-keepers are cordially invited to be 

 Ijresent. 



P. A. Rieglb, Pros. S. H. Bolton, Sec 



A special invitation is extendc^l to every bee- 

 keeper in the c()unti-\' to come to Kalamazoo, Mich., 

 Sept. 1.") to lit, and make an exhibit at the State Fair. 

 Preparations arc lieing made to make it the largest 

 exhibition of this kind ever held in this country. We 

 ha\-e a line Imildini;-, and large ]n-tMnium list, and 

 want it tilled liy the bee-kceiiers from all over the 

 country. Ample room for all, with an cxi>crt to do 

 the .iudging, can not fail to give satisfaction. For 

 premium list and any otiici- inrormation, appl.v to 

 H. 1). CiiTTiNC, Clinton, iMich. 



A bee-keepers' meeting was held at Han ford, 

 Tulare Co., Cal., July 38, at which the " Central Cal 

 ifornia Bee-Keepers' Association" was inauguiated 

 liy the adojition of a constitution and by-laws, and 

 the election otthe lollowiTig olhcers: ,j'. F. Flory, 

 Presi<lent: (iroige Kamp and F. M. Hart, Vice- 

 Pi-csidents; C. <). Lane, Treasni-ei-; and (icorg<! 

 Hoblcr, Secretary. The next meeting will he held 

 at Hanford, on the tirst Wednesday In Sei)tcml)er, 

 ati» A.M., when all interested in bees and honey are 

 cordially invited to attend. Geo, Hopleh, Sen. 



HiVntorcl, Cal., ^u«'.l,l«»4, 



