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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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apiary without a veil. Again, there is a 

 class like myself who will dispense with 

 one as much as possible, and wear it where 

 necessity calls for it. 



AN ABSCONDING SWARM llECOVEKED. 



Later.^-June 14th.— Yesterday afternoon, 

 about 4 o'clock, word came that a swarm 

 had left the swamp apiary and had clustered 

 about an eighth of a mile north, on a bass- 

 wood-tree. Mr. Smith and 1 hastily gath- 

 ered up all the paraphernalia we thought 

 might be necessary. Arriving at the place 

 where the swarm was said to be, we hastily 

 scanned the trees— but no swarm. I began 

 to think they had surely left us, when, lo! 

 as I was circling around one of the trees, 

 and glancing downward, I espied about 

 eight pounds of bees hanging on tlie under 

 side or a hollow rotten log. It was the work 

 of but a few minutes to scoop the bees on to 

 frames of foundation, and then place them 

 in the Simplicity hive. What bees could 

 not be secured in tills way were jarred off 

 by lifting the log up (it was not a very large 

 one) and dropping it on tlie ground. A few 

 minutes more, and we had the satisfaction 

 of carrying the swarm back, first climbing a 

 wire fence, and then following the railroad 

 track until we reached the apiary. The very 

 thing lacking in this adventure (V) was that 

 we didn't have a chance to use our swarm- 

 ing tools which we brought along, or climb 

 perilous heights. But, never mind; may be 

 we will yet. 



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COBRECTION. 



Some way or other one of our printers made our 

 friend M. H. Hunt's ad. in last issue read "10 per 

 cent off from prices given in the price list," etc. It 

 should have read, '* 10 per cent off o»i scriiofis from 

 prices given in price list." The customers of Mr. 

 Hunt will please take notice. 



OUR SWAKMING ISSUE. 



In this number our readers will notice that we 

 have given some prominence to swarming and 

 swarming-devices. From the nature of the case 

 we could not make this oifi/eij/ a swarming issue; 

 but we have done so as far as we could in Justice to 

 the writers of the very excellent articles which we 

 have on other subjects in this number. 



ENGRAVINGS. 



It is with no little feeling of pride that we say to 

 our readers that the engravings for Gleanings are 



executed, with a very few exceptions, especially 

 for its own pages. Even the illustrations repre- 

 senting things in foreign journals have been re- 

 engraved at our own expense. We arc very glad 

 to have our friends send us sketches of new imple- 

 ments which they have found to be valuable in 

 their own experience. Some of them, which have 

 been sent in for our inspection, we do not repro- 

 duce, either because the idea is old, or because it is 

 not of sufficient interest for the mass of bee-keep- 

 ers. Do not, therefore, be disappointed if you do 

 not see your drawing reproduced. 



DR. MASON'S PICTURE IN THIS ISSUE. 



We take pleasure in calling attention to the very 

 excellent portrait of the president of the N. A. B. 

 K. A., found on page 475 of this issue. This, as also 

 the preceding ones which we have had recently, 

 has been executed by the new process; and if the 

 photograph is natural, the reproduction must be so 

 necessarily. We sent a proof of the engraving to 

 Dr. Mason's family, and in reply Mrs. M. says: 



It looks very life-like. I do not see how an en- 

 graving could be made to represent any one more 

 naturally. The children say, that if any one sees 

 it and then sees their father they will know who he 

 is, for it looks just as natural as life. All to whom 

 it has been shown say that it is just like him. 



The same may be said of the other recent por- 

 traits which we have made— they are exactly true 

 to nature. 



HOW TO PUT FOUNDATION INTO WIRED FRAMES. 



As we have had some inquiry as to how to put f dn. 

 Into wired frames we give our method, as follows: 

 Make a board i4 inch thick, and the right size to 

 lit nicely inside the frame. Cut a groove in it 

 across the middle to let the tin bar in it when you 

 lay the wired frame on it. Have your fdn. cut the 

 right size to tit inside the frame, and warm enough 

 so the sheets will not crack when handling. Next 

 take a wired frame with the diagonal wires upper- 

 most. Enter the lower left-hand corner of the 

 sheet of fdn. from the center of the frame under 

 the diagonal wires and over the vertical wires, and 

 in the dii-ection of the corresponding corner of the 

 frame, at right angles to the diagonal wire. When 

 you get this end in place, draw up tlie right-hand 

 lower corner, wrinkling the center of the sheet 

 toward you until the corner of the sheet passes 

 under the diagonal wire. Then di-aw it down to its 

 place as you did the other end, and the most dif- 

 flcult part of the job is over. 



Now warm the sheets till the fdn. is quite pliable. 

 Lay the frame on the board first described, and 

 level the sheet of fdn. down with Blood's roller. 

 Then with the wire-lmbedder run over the wires on 

 each side, pressing them into the fdn., and you are 

 done. With such a frame you will get stronger 

 combs than you can in any other way that we know 

 of. 



SAW-PALMETTO HONEY EQUAL TO CLOVER. 



J. N. Harris, of Charlotte Harbor, Fla., sends us 

 a small vial of saw-palmetto honey, and desires to 

 know if we do not think it compares favorably with 

 gilt-edge clover honey. Upon inverting the vial 

 the honey was so thick that it would not run out. 

 We could taste it only by passing a knife-blade 

 into the vial, and drawing it out. The honey has a 

 very slightly aromatic flavor, but it is decidedly 

 pleasant, and we should say that it does compare 

 very favorably with clover honey. We have offer- 

 ed friend Harris, for a barrel of it, the same ao we 



