1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



701 



comb break down, and that had about 4 lbs. in it. 

 They ate that, and then, although there was a flow 

 of honey, nearly all of them starved. Papa has 

 taken off 369 lbs. of honey this year. One swarm 

 has made 56 lbs. of honey this year. 



Clara Lindsey, ag-e 12. 

 Harford, Pa., July 7, 1S,S8. 



Thank you, friend Clara. We do not oft- 

 en get fertile workers. When we do, we 

 don't think it best to fuss with them very 

 much. Our method is to scatter the brood 

 and bees among several strong colonies— one 

 frame in each colony. It rarely fails when 

 good brood is put m the hive from which 

 the worker brood is taken. Fertile work- 

 ers are much more apt to manifest them- 

 selves among Holy-Land bees than among 

 Italians. In fact, it is a cliaracteristic of 

 the Eastern bees to run to fertile workers 

 when they have been queenless but a short 

 time. 



HOW EUGENIA HIVED TWO SWARM.S. 



My mamma started with Ave colonies this spring, 

 and has increased to thirteen. Mamma and papa 

 were away from home twice when the bees swarm- 

 ed, and my brother and I had to hive them. The 

 first swarm settled on a tree-top which had been 

 sawn off, and was lying on the ground near the 

 hives. We took the hive and placed it under the 

 swarm, and shook the bees in the top of the hive; 

 and when they had all gone in we carried the hive 

 to where it was to stay. It was an after-swarm. 

 Mamma, in cutting out the queen-cells, overlooked 

 one. We hived them on frames with starters, and 

 they built all worker comb. 



The next swarm settled in a tree, so I could al- 

 most reach it. I stood on a bench, and they held 

 the hive on one arm and shook the bees in the top 

 with the other hand. Some fell outside the hive, 

 and settled back on the tree. I placed the hive on 

 the bench and covered it to Keep the bees from 

 coming out. Then I took a tin pan, shook the bees 

 into it that had settled again, and covered it and 

 carried to the entrance of the hive, and slipped the 

 cover a little to one side and let the bees run in. 

 About four hours after we had hived them they 

 came out again and settled in the same place. The 

 hive had no comb in it, so 1 put in a piece with hon- 

 ey on it, and held the limb while my brother sawed 

 it off. I then carried it to the hive and shook the 

 bees in, and they did not come out again. Two of 

 the swarms that came out in May have each cat^t a 

 swarm. W^e take Gleanings, and like it very 

 much. Eu(iKNiA Header, age 14. 



Lynnhaven, Va., July 37, 1888. 



MY EXTRA EIGHT PAGES. 



SPECIAl, DEPARTMENT FOR A. 1. ROOT, AND HIS 

 FRIENDS WHO LOVE TO RAISE CROPS. 



NO SWARMING-BOXES.BUT LETS THE BEES CLUSTER. 



Swarming is about over with us here. Pa does 

 not clip his queens' wings, and he does not use 

 swarming-boxes. When they swarm we just let 

 them settle; and if they settle on a low tree or bush 

 we place a table under them. On this we set a hive 

 and spread a paper in front of it. We then shake 

 the bees on it, and they go in very pretty. Some- 

 times they settle on a high tree. Pa climbs up to 

 them and saws the limb in two, and ties a rope to 

 it and lets them down. One swarm came to us and 

 went into some hives that we stacked up in the 

 barn, and they went right to work. Our bees are 

 mostly Cyprians. Robert Morrow. 



Dripping Springs, Texas, June 33, 1888. 



fOU may remember that I said last 

 month we would have eight extra 

 pages in this issue. Now, I do not 

 mean to occupy these whole eight 

 pages myself, but it is to be for the 

 friends who have written on the subject of 

 raising crops, and articles that we have 

 been holding for a place. I do not like to 

 take much space in a bee-journal, because I 

 fear there may be quite a number of the 

 fiiends who may not be interested enough 

 in this line of business ; therefore we give 

 you as much on bees as usual, and these 

 eight pages extra. 



The first topic under consideration will 

 be canning green corn. I know it is late in 

 the season ; but while the matter is fresh 

 in our minds it may be best to get ready for 

 another season if we are not in time this. 

 As for ourselves, our Mammoth sweet corn 

 is now just in its prime; and one field of 

 Corey's extra-early corn is just now making 

 ears, and showing silk. It was planted 

 July 12. I mention this so you may know 

 how late you can plant sweet corn, and get 

 corn for table use before frost. 



CANNING SWEET CORN ; CAN IT BE DONE SAFEI^Y 

 AT HOME, ON A SMALL SCALE ? 



Friend Root:— I am glad that I can differ with 

 you for once. You say to .T. A. Dillehay, " Thei-e is 

 not any way to can corn so it will keep, outside of a 

 regular canning-factory." We keep it better than 

 factory corn. 



RECIPE. 



Cut the corn from cob; fill into quart cans (we 

 use Mason's), pressing it in very tight with a 

 smooth stick (a cob will do); make it very full; 

 fasten the lid on as tight as you can, with thumb 

 and finger. Put three or four inches of hay in a 

 wash-boiler, and a little at the sides. Put your 

 cans in and fill with cold water; heat to boiling, and 

 boil for three hours; then remove and fasten lids 

 as tight as possible. 



Please try this; and if you do not have the best 

 corn next spring you fever ate, you will not has^e 

 succeeded as well as we do. B. Osburn. 



Irvington, Ind. 



Friend O., at our county fair (here is an- 

 other reason for attending fairs) last week 

 there were on exhibition cans of green corn 

 and tomatoes mixed. They were canned in 

 the ordinary way, just as we can tomatoes, 

 and they kept perfectly the whole year. It 

 has been suggested that the acid of the to- 

 matoes furnishes just the acid that the corn 

 needs to keep it from fermenting. We are 

 going to put up a lot to-day, and will report. 

 While we are on the subject of tomatoes, 

 here is something else from an old bee- 

 friend : 



Friend Knot;— If you have never tried it, please 

 take a " sharp knife " and gather a few choice Mi- 

 kado tomatoes, leaving % inch of stem. Be careful 

 not to break the skin; gather before thej' get over- 

 ripe; take a two or three gallon jar, put in an inch 

 of salt, then place a layer of tomatoes stems down; 

 cover with salt, and so on till filled, being careful 

 not to let the fruit touch, lie an oiled paper over 



