750 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 



BEES AND MOSQUITOS IN FLORIDA. 



I hived the largest swarm of bees that I have had 

 this year, about a week ago. They are doing well, 

 so you see our bees down here are getting ready for 

 work, while you are preparing for winter quarters. 

 It is almost as good here for bees as it is for mos- 

 (juitos. AV. J. D. 



Lavasota, Fla., Sept. 8, 1884. 



yUEENS FROM FRANK BENTON. 



I, also, received one Cjprian queen from Frank 

 Kenton, Munich, Germany, by express, after 22 

 days' confinement. Queen is in good condition, and 

 now laying; 12 bees dead In cage; candy one-third 

 consumed; honey three-fourths consumed; no wa- 

 ter in cage, and honey partly candied. I think the 

 dead bees in cage were stung to death, as I saw one 

 dying which acted like it. Samuel Heath. 



Kimer, Pa., Sept. 27, 1884. 



quite common in the sandy fields of the South, and 

 have been found as far north as Illinois, but I think 

 it has never been reported as occurring in Ohio. 

 Columbus, O. W. S. Devol. 



400 LBS. FROM A SINGLE COLONY IN ONE SEASON. 



R. Kiliough extracted enough lately from 

 the one hive he had kept without inci-ease, 

 to make its yield over 400 lbs. of splendid 

 honey. It was ordinary in spring, and 

 made its comb for 2 of the 3 stories without 

 even starters. A. W. Rryan. 



San Marcos, Texas, Sept. 2.), 1881. 



QUEENS FROM GERMANY TO OREGON. 



As we have just received two queens (Italians) 

 from Frank Benton, Munich, Germany, I thought it 

 might be of interest to bee-keepers of the North- 

 west if it were reported through Gleanings. Both 

 queens were O. K., and 8 dead bees in one, 18 in the 

 other cage. They came through by express. Charg- 

 es from New York here were $1.00. They were 

 started the 18th of Sept., and received here the 25th. 

 The candy was about half used. C. Rusk. 



Milwaukee, Clackamas Co., Oregon, Sept. 28, 1884. 



MY REPORT FOR THIS YEAR. 



18 galls, extracted honey and 200 lbs. comb. I had 

 10 colonies in spring; 16 now, all in good shape; 

 chaff on all of them. John Davis. 



Allison, Lawrence Co., Ills., Sept. 26, 1884. 



Bee Ba^f^NY, 



OR, HONEY - PLANTS TO BE NAMED. 



HAWKWEED. 



SEND you a package of flowers for a name. I 

 find it to be the best bee-plant that grows in 

 this section of country. On the little bunch I 

 send I counted .50 bees a mile from home. 

 There seems to be a hive turned loose in the 

 patch. It grows about 8 ft. high. 



Jacob Kennedy. 

 Mont Clair, Hendricks Co., Ind., Sept. 8, 1884. 

 This specimen is Canada hawkweed (Hierachim 

 Canadensc, Michx.). This was an unusually large 

 specimen. It is a perennial, with a stout, more or 

 less pubescent stem, and large coarse leaves; flow- 

 ers yellow, drooping, in axillary and terminal pani- 

 cles; in dry woods in Northern U. S., and north- 

 ward. It is probably visited by the bees more for 

 the abundant pollen than for honey. 

 Columbus, O., Sept. 13, 1884. AV. Stow Devol. 



A good report from one of our "indifferent" 



I.MPORTED QUEENS. 



Your " inditterent " imported queens are produc- 

 ing the finest-looking and finest queens every way 

 we ever had. A. W. Bryan. 



San Marcos, Texas, Sept. 33, 1884. 



20 GALLONS of HONEY FROM 3 COLONIES. 



I have only two hives of bees; have extracted 20 

 gallons this season so far, and a few sections of comb 

 honey. I am using an extractor I ordered from you 

 in 1878; it is all right yet. J. C. Smykie. 



Caseyville, Miss., Oct. 7, 1881. 



FROM 15 TO 18, AND 7.50 LBS. OF HONEY. 



My 15 stands of bees increased to 18, and made me 

 75J lbs. of honey, all in the combs; 3 made me noth- 

 ing; 1 made 105 lbs., and two (5 lbs. each before 

 harvest; since then, nothing. 



Levi J. Hahtong. 



Inland, Summit Co., Ohio, Sept. 18, 1884. 



.MY REPORT. 



From 5, spring count, I have taken in 1-lb. sec- 

 tions, 300 lbs. of houey, and increased to 13, and the^y 

 are all heavy with stores for winter. I have taken 

 from my best colony (a new swarm of dark Italians) 

 76 lbs. My honey is mostly made from buckwheat 

 and hearfs-ease. A great many of my neighbors 

 have not got any honey with bees in box hives. I 

 have sold most of my honey at home, at 15c per lb. 

 Geo. L. Jones. 



Grand Ridge, 111., Oct. 9, 1881. 



buttonweed. 



Please tell me the name, and what you think of 

 this weed or grass as a honey-producer? It grows 

 everywhere here, and the bees work on it some. 



Sonora, Ky. Tom Phelps. 



This is Diodia teres, Walt., known to some as but- 

 tonweed— a member of the Madder family. It is a 

 small branching plant, the brownish stems growing 

 5 to 18 inch es long. The leaves are about an inch 

 long, with one vein, opposite on the stems, and 

 joined by stipules furnished with slender brownish 

 hairs. The flowers are borne in the axils of the 

 leaves, one to several in each axil; they are small, 

 white or reddish, broad-fanned form- This plant is 



from .50 TO 79, AND 4000 LBS. OF HONEY. 



I never had any bees in as nice shape for winter 

 at this time of the year as they are now. Queens 

 are laying in nearly every hive. I started with 50 

 colonies in the spring, and increased to 79; have 

 not got all of my honey ott' yet, but I shall have 

 nearly 4000 lbs., about 150.) lbs extracted and the 

 rest comb honey. If I could get any thing like a 

 fair price for it, I should feel pretty well paid for 

 my trouble. I have sold only about 800 or 900 lbs. 



Tampico, Ills., Oct. 6, 1884. E. A. Emmons. 



FRO.M 3 TO 21, AND 330 LBS. OF HONEY. 



The luminous match-safe has turned up at last. It 

 was found in the honey-extractor. I hand you my 

 first report. Last spring I had 3 colonies; increas- 

 ed to 21 by artificial swarming; have taken 330 lbs. 

 honey, mostly exti-acted; sold honey at an average 



