(iLEAM.\(iS 1^' IJEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1. 



condition of every hive in your iiand in tlie 

 most condensed form, and can go straiglil to a 

 h\\>' having a laying queen, if you want one, 

 or to a queeniess hive, if you have a cell to put 

 ill, and no false, moves are made, and no unnec- 

 essary steps taken. I rear all my queens now 

 by placing the Doolittle prepared cells in the 

 brood-chamber of colonies that are superseding 

 their queens: and the young queens bred from 

 the best in the apiaiy are so large and tine it 

 makes me feel happy. J. F. Mr Intyke. 



Fillmore, Cal., Sept. 1. 



[You have scored some good points foi- the 

 record-book. The system as you use it may be 

 much better than ordinary records made on the 

 hive where the position of the slate does not 

 indicate any thing; but where the position, of 

 the slate, tablet, or card on the hive-cover in- 

 dicates whether the colony is queenless, or pos- 

 sessed of a cell, virgin queen, laying or tested, I 

 think I should still prefer the slates. The sys- 

 tem which we use is a written record on slates, 

 and the same indicated by the position of the 

 slate on the hive-cover. From any part of the 

 apiary I can tell at a glance which colonies are 

 queenless. which ones have cells, which ones 

 nave virgin, laying, or tested queens. There 

 are advantages in both systems. With the rec- 

 ord-book it is possible to say which colonies 

 need attention, even though they may be miles 

 away.] E. R. 



A VISIT TO " SUNNYSIDE. 



AVHERE SPANISH-NEEDLE HONEY IS PRODUfEI). 



Having just returned from a visit to the Sunny- 

 side apiaries of Hon. J. M. Hambaugh, one mile 

 north of Spring, Brown Co.. 111., I thought per- 

 haps a few lines relative to what I saw and 

 learned while there might be of intei-est to some 

 of the readers of Gleanings. 



THE HIVE. 



Mr. H. uses two styles of hive— the Quinby, 

 eleven-frame, and Langstroth-Simplicity, ten- 

 frame, but rather prefers the Quinby with a 

 seven-inch super, for extracting. Both hives 

 take the hanging frame, and each hive has a 

 spacing- wire, (i la Dadant, in the bottom, 

 which spaces the frames about right below, 

 and greatly assists in keeping them in place 

 while the hives are being hauled from one 

 l)lace to another. 



HAMBAUGH^ SIMPLICITY. 



This is a good representation of his Simplicity 

 hive, except that it does not show the sloping 

 alighting-board. Tliis hive Mr. H. recommends 

 above all others for the average bee-keeper; 

 and his advice seems to be heeded, for he raan- 







HOME AI'IARY' IN 188.5. 



This engraving was made in 188.5, and shows 

 the home apiary as it looked then. A house- 

 apiary is shown in the engraving, which Mr. 

 H. used at first, but afterward abandoned, set- 

 ting his hives in rows upon the ground. 



ufactures more of this style of hive than of all 

 others put together. 



HIVE-FAC'TOKY. 



Mr. H. owns and operates quite an extensive 



