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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15. 



THOSE STINGLESS BEES. 



Why don't you tell the readers of Gleanings 

 how you are succeeding with your stingless 

 bees? Beknaed Reismeyer. 



Henry, 111., May 19. 



[They all died within a month or six weeks 

 after we received them, even during the hot 

 weather. Our climate didn't seem to agree 

 with them. They had plenty of stores too.J 



NOT BEES, BUT BOT-FEIES THAT EAT FROM 

 THE SORES OF A HORSE. 



I would suggest that the beesC?) the gentle- 

 man saw eating sores on a horse were the bot- 

 fly, which resemble bees a little. A neighbor 

 complained to me last summer that my bees 

 were bothering his horse in the stable. I found 

 a few bot-flies, but no bees. I think tilthy hab- 

 its laid to the bees are caused by these insects 

 and ignorant observers. 



Harry L. Dwight. 



Friendship, N. Y., June (5. 



CATTI,E HAIR FOR WINTER I'ACKING. 



Last winter we packed two hives with cattle 

 hair, and promised to let you hear how they 

 wintered. They are in tine condition. I have 

 put sections on, and they are woi'king on them 

 some. We are well pleased with our experiment, 

 and have packed fifteen new chaflP hives with 

 hair. I should like to find some cheap hair felt 

 to line a few of our Simplicity hives all around 

 inside the lower story. I would reduce them to 

 eight frames. I think we could line extra bod- 

 ies, and transfer bees without much trouble. 



Please don't think we have an ax to grind, or 

 that we are trying to sell hair. What we do 

 want is a good winter packing that can be re- 

 moved in the spring. Perhaps hair felt will 

 pj'ove just the thing. Mkrriam & Brodie. 

 Tanners and Curriers. 



Warsaw. N. Y., May 2. 



ON THE TRACK. 



"Myself and My Neighbors" in May 1st 

 Gleanings interested me very much, as the 

 village of Elmore is only four miles from here. 

 Mr. Eli EofT is still living there. He is, very 

 likely, a son of the Mr. EofT you mention. It 

 may interest you to hear that Elmore is some- 

 times called the '• City of Churches," as there 

 are eight there. I have, however, heard anoth- 

 er name suggested for it, that would seem to 

 indicate that, in spite of its churches, the 7th 

 commandment is not observed as it should be. 



Woodville, O.. June 4. Jno. F. Nieman. 



[Thank you, friend N. It will afford me great 

 pleasure to mail a copy of the above jom-nal to 

 Mr. Eoff. And, by the way, your town of 

 Woodville is about half way between Elmore 

 and a little place called Pemberville. Thirty- 

 three years ago I omitted to pay the sum of 50 

 cents to a young man of nearly my own age, by 

 the name of Byron Pembcr. I think his grand- 

 father gave the town of Pemberville its name. 

 If anybody can tell me where to find Byron 

 Pember, or any of his people or relatives, I shall 

 be very glad indeed to pay him back that .50 

 cents, with compound interest. I do not say 

 this because I wish to boast of my goodness, 

 but because I believe it would be a grand thing 

 for all of us to stait a little wave in the way of 

 paying off old and just debts. If it should take 

 .something of a boom, like the new water cure, 

 what a grand thing it would be ! I am exceed- 

 ingly glad to hear that Elmore has so many 

 churches. In fact, there is seldom a lack of 

 churclies almost anywheie in our land, if we 

 only look about \is and hunt, them ^ip.] A. I. R. 



NEW HONEY', AND THE BEST HONEY-FLOW IN 

 YEARS. 



My bees are doing fairly well— just com- 

 menced swarming. It is the best honey-flow 

 that we have had for several years. My hives 

 are crowded with bees and honey. I have some 

 very nice white honey ready to market. 



Cherry, Ky., May 23. J. C. Hicks. 



Bees did well through fruit-bloom. The 

 drouth is broken now, and bee-keepers are hope- 

 ful. I don't think I ever saw such a prospect 

 for white clover. It has just commenced to 

 bloom. Some bees have swarmed. The bees 

 here are mostly blacks; some have Italians, 

 others hybrids. S. W. Berry. 



Guilford, O.. May 25. 



With Replies from our best Authorities on Bees. 



Question 187. Some years my bees stm-e no 

 s^irplus after clover, mid some years they store 

 sjoirl]! for some time ((ftcr. Would yon ndvise 

 mi: to hcep on scrtiaus reiuly for oinj late flow 

 if tlicrc is (luy, or wijuld you take ojf (dl sec- 

 tiotis at close of clover harvest and then extract 

 if the brood-combs become crowded ? 



Take off the sections and extract. 



New York. C. G. M. Doolittle. 



Probably the latter method would be best. 

 New York. C. P. H. Elwood. 



I prefer to take off all sections, and extract 

 the late slow crop. 

 Louisiana. E. C. P. L. Viallon. 



I would remove the sections and extract the 

 surplus they might make. 

 California. S. R. Wilkin. 



I generally keep on sections, so if a flow of 

 honey occurs the bees are ready to take advan- 

 tage of it. 



Illinois. N. W. C. Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Your latter suggestion is correct, because fall 

 honey is generally dark; and dark comb honey 

 is of poor sale. 



Ohio. S. W. C. F. Muth. 



I would take off all sections at the close of 

 the clover, and extract after, if there is honey 

 to spare. 



Wisconsin. S. W. E. France. 



You ought to be your own judge in the mat- 

 ter, and be directed by past experience. 

 Illinois. N. W. Dadant & Son. 



If I had just a few bees I would do the first 

 Avay; but if many, the latter; still, it's pretty 

 hard to tell. 



Illinois. N. C. C. Miller. 



Take the sections off at the close of the ivhite- 

 honey harvest. Save your late stores in the 

 combs until spring to build up with. 



Ohio. N. W. H. R. Boardman. 



I would remove all sections at the close of 

 clover bloom, and then watch proceedings; and, 

 if necessary, I would put them on again if I 

 wanted the late honey in sections. 



Vermont. N. W. A. E. Manum. 



I am not an expei't at comb-honey production; 

 but I would say, keep on the sections, as I don't 



