1891 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



763 



hive-factory, and turns out annually a large resent his district in the State legislature: and. 

 number of hives, feeders, and other apiarian be it said to his ciedit. he improved the oppor- 

 appliances for the trade. tunlty to nMider valuabh' service to the bee- 



HAMBAVGII S FOUX 



He also makes and sells the celebrated Ham- 

 baugh foundation-roller, as sho vn in the en- 

 graving, for fastening foundation in brood- 

 frames — a very useful tool of his own invention. 



OUT-AI'IAKIES. 



Mr. H. has, at present, about :l?)0 colonies of 

 bees, and has them divided into four lots, mak- 

 ing three out-apiaries, and one at home, all of 

 which are run foi' extracting. As a great 

 many of his neighbors keep bees, he considers 

 75 colonies the largest number that should be 

 kept in one place, and thinks a less number 

 would do belter. By thus dividing them yp he 

 thinks he is amply repaid for the extra labor it 

 entails. He also practices 



MIGIiATOIiY KEE-KEEI'ING: 



and each year, about the first of August, he 

 moves all the bees, except a portion of the home 

 apiary, further out in the great Illinois River 

 bottom, where they have access to thousands 

 of acres of Spanish m-edle. goldenrod. August 

 flower, heart's-ease. etc.. in consequence of 

 which his fall crop of honey is generally abun- 

 dant. The home apiary, and out-apiaries as 

 • well, are situated on the extreme western edge 

 of the bottom lands, and hence the necessity of 

 moving in order to get the best results from the 

 fall bloom. 



MOVING THE BEES. 



Before moving the bees from their stands, a 

 ventilator is placed on the top of each hive. 

 Tbis consists of a rim :.'3'2 inches deep, with an 

 opening oni' inch wide, and nearly full length 

 of the sides and ends, and covei-ed with wire 

 screen. A piece of lath is placed upright on 

 each side of a hive, and nailed midway to the 

 lid and bottom -board. A strip. i}i inches wide, 

 and three inches longer than the entrance, 

 with an opening cut on one side to match the 

 entrance to the liivi\ and a strip of wire screen 

 tacked ovfr this opening, is used to closir the 

 entrances. As soon as the bees cease, flying, 

 one of these is tacked over the entrance of "each 

 hive with two small nails, when the same is 

 I'eady to be placed upon the wagon. The 

 wagons used in hauling have racks made for 

 the purpose, holding 1(J hives each. All the 

 hives are loaded on tht' wagons the same even- 

 ing they are prepared, and on the following 

 morning before five o'clock are on their way to 

 "pastures new.'" 



IX THE LEGISLATURE. 



Last fall Mr. Hambaugh was elected to rep- 



IIATIOX-FASTENEK. 



keepers of his State. He originated, among 

 others, two important bills for the benefit of 

 bee-keepers, one of which became a law. and 

 was published at length in Aug. 1st Gleanings; 

 namely, the bill appropriating S.5(X) for publish- 

 ing the annual report of the Illinois Bee-keep- 

 ers" Association. The other is entitled '• Spray- 

 ing Bill," which passed the House but was 

 tabled in the Senate. The bill was published 

 in Gleanings for April 1.5. page 326. 

 Quincy, 111.. Sept. 2. W. J. Cullinan. 



[We are very glad to give this sketch of Mr. 

 Hambaugh and of his business. It is indeed 

 fortunate that the Illinois bee-keepers have in 

 the House of Representatives so able a cham- 

 pion. It would be very pleasant to have an 

 appropriation in a similar way for the National 

 Bee-keepers' Association. We may never have 

 it. but we entertain the hope that we shall have 

 some time. 



In our trip through Illinois we had a very 

 pleasant chat with Mr. Hambaugh. and in be- 

 tween sessions at the Keokuk convention. He 

 is a very modest man. and we were very much 

 surprised when the news came, a few months 

 ago. that he had been elected as a member of 

 tlie House of Representatives for the State of 

 Illinois. We are glad that he is not only a good 

 member in his official capacity for the State, 

 but an excellent bee-keeper. There is many 

 another successful bee-keeper who is also fit 

 for the halls of our legislatures.] 



THE ALLEY AUTOMATIC SWARMER. 



HOW SOME SIXTY OF THEM WERE TRIED ANI> 

 FOUND WANTING. 



In response to your call for reports concern- 

 ing the Alley automatic hiver. I submit the 

 following: 



In the year 1S89 I purchased a number of the 

 queen and drone traps, and found them useful 

 in hiving new swai'ms. In 1890 the automatic 

 hiver seemed to promise so well that I purchas- 

 ed .50 as a trial venture. That year being an 

 extremely poor one in this locality, though a 

 few purchased them, no one had a chance to 

 give them a ti'ial. I could not try them myself 

 tiiat season, as I had not a single new swarm. 



This spring, after selling the rest of the fifty, 



