1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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live even one week ; but I am happy to tell 

 you that, before he died, he had learned 

 pretty well to say, " Thy will, not mine, be 

 done."' I did not see him just before his 

 last moments ; but his friends told us that 

 he selected the 23d Psalm to be read at his 

 funeral service. Now, friends, can you not, 

 with what I have told you in mind, catch a 

 glimpse of the beauty of this 28d Psalm in 

 a way that you never did before? Poor 

 Robert! He had never seen much in life 

 but trouble and privation, sickness and 

 pain ; and, added to it all, Satan tempted 

 him in his last moments by such suggestions 

 as I have told you about. When every thing 

 seemed hopeless, however, like a drowning 

 man he turned and grasped firmly to these 

 wonderful soul-cheering words — "• The Lord 

 is my shepherd ; I shall not want." These 

 words, above all others, he chose to be read 

 at his funeral sermon ; and we have every 

 reason to believe that he died holding fast 

 to them. Is there uot a lesson here, dear 

 friends, for you and meV When you feel 

 tempted to complain again, think of the lit- 

 tle story I have just told you, and of poor 

 Robert. Was I liot right when I told him 

 that I would rather have his place, and sit 

 in his chair, than to have health and 

 strength, and be in the place of that man 

 who was cutting his wheat on Sunday? 



Blessed is the man that walketh not in the coun- 

 sel of the uug-odly, nor standeth in the way of sin- 

 ners, nor sitteth in the sent of the scornful. 



1^EP0^T^ ENcea^^eip. 



QUEEN-CELLS NOT HATCHING ; PROSPECTS GOOD 

 FOR FALL. 



^^% EES are done swarming in this locality. I had 

 Oi only 19 swarms this season. The bees seem a 

 ^^ little backward about working in section 

 ■~^ boxes. They are giving tine returns in extract- 

 ed honey. J have had considerable trouble 

 in the way of imperfect queen-cells, or cells that 

 will not hatch. They are built in perfect shape and 

 size, but have had several where the larvfe looked 

 to be about half grown, and had died from some 

 cause, leaving the bees queenless for several 

 weeks. Bees seem to be healthy in every respect 

 otherwise. Can you tell me the cause of this nui- 

 sance? Bees seemed bent on leaving and going to 

 the woods this season. I have lost 4 fine swarms, 

 while some of my neighbors have lost nearly all 

 their swarms. There are more wild bees this sea- 

 son than I ever heard of in anj' one year. One 

 man has found 11 trees already. We are expecting 

 a good fall crop of honey, as it is in the fall that we 

 get the best returns in surjilus honey in this locali- 

 ty. Buckwheat promises so far to yield honey fine- 

 ly ; also forest flowers promise to give a fine crop of 

 fall honey, from the present outlook. Gleanings 

 continues to be a welcome visitor. 

 Luttrell, Ala., July 12, 1888. B. G. Luttrell. 



It is possible that the queen-cells in ques- 

 tion became chilled or overheated. Some- 

 times bees will take a drone larva instead of 

 worker larva and build a cell around it. 

 They do not do this, however, very often ; 

 but when they do it seems to be a sort of 

 mistake. The walls are then rather smooth 



on the outside. The poor drones thus fa- 

 vored always die, seeming to be unable to 

 endure the concentrated food. See tlie ABC 

 on this subject. There is one other cause 

 that might account for the dying of the lar- 

 va. In the early stages of foul brood we 

 have noticed that the larva in a (lueen-cell 

 will sometimes die before the worker larva ; 

 but I should not be alarmed, for you i)roba- 

 bly have not foul brood. 



1 think the honey crop is going to be good. I shall 

 have the first honey in the market this month. 

 Everybody in this vicinity has the old box hive, ex- 

 cept your humble servant. E. A. Moore. 



Reno, Nev., July 3, 1888. 



poplar in bloom. 



Bees are doing better this season than ever be- 

 fore, up to the present time. Poplar is in bloom 

 longer, and produced more honey, than 1 ever 

 knew before. Jaees M. Denham. 



Valley, Ky. 



only two barrels of honey and 400 sections, 

 from 400 colonies. 



I have only two barrels and probably 400 boxes, 

 from over 400 colonies. Buckwheat is our only re- 

 source now. W. L. COGGSHAIiL. 



West Groton, N. V., July 35, 1888. 



STACKS OF HONEY. 



You should just see our stacks of honey. We 

 have it by the ton. The second shipment made aft- 

 er advertising in Gleanings was half a ton to one 

 man, and pa has been shipping every few days 

 since. Pa says your paper beats the world on ad- 

 vertising. Ray Murray. 



Ada, Ohio. 



HONEY statistics. 



In looking over the report of Honey Statistics in 

 Gleanings of July 1.5, we are surprised at the re- 

 port in many localities, especially our own. We 

 consider the average over 100 per cent. We have 

 taken from one hive over 75 lbs. of honey, and 

 divided it once. From another hive about 75 lbs., 

 and divided it twice. The queens ordered from you 

 gave i>erfect satisfaction. All persons in this 

 vicinity who keep bees consider this one of the best 

 years we have over had. We are pleased with 

 Gleanings. L. W. Philson. 



Racine, O., July 31, 1888. 



been extracting FOR A MONTH. 



This is a comparatively new country, and sparsely 

 settled— only a few in this county and valley in the 

 bee business, and they have only a few stands. 

 This seems to be a good healthy place for bees. We 

 have a few orchards, but most of the honey is pro- 

 duced from sweet clover, lucern, and a few wild- 

 flowers. 1 have been extracting for a month past. 

 We mostly winter our bees on their summer stands, 

 and they do well. N. B. Baldwin. 



Elsinore, Utah. 



THE best WHITE-CLOVER CROP THAT HAS BEEN 



HAD FOR YEARS. FRO.M 16 TO 31, AND 1000 



LBS. OF HONEY. 



1 had 16 colOT'ies, spring count. 1 increased to 31, 

 and have taken, up to date, lOOU llis. of honey- 

 about half extracted and one-half comb. I have a 

 better home market for extracted than comb. 1 

 would Sell 350 lbs. in nice 1-lb. sections, and nice 

 white-clover honey, for straight $50, free on board 



