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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. L 



ably can not gpt out all; and to save these we 

 would put on a bee-escape at the entrance, so 

 as to shut them out as they come forth. Re- 

 place the piece cut out of the casing, and the 

 sash will conceal the saw-marl<s. In sawing 

 out the piece, the saw should b(> made to cut 

 on a bevi'l, in such a way that, when +,he piece 

 cut out is put back, it will rest against the 

 bevel, or shoulder, and there nailed. It would 

 be better, after titling the combs of brood into 

 the frames, to move bees, hive, and combs, to a 

 location about two miles away, so that they 

 will stay in their new location. Where the col- 

 ony is located between the two walls remote 

 from any sash, you could trap out the most or 

 all of the bees, with a bee-escape; but then, 

 how about the combs and brood? There is no 

 way to get this out except by making an open- 

 ing.] E. R. 



HONEY EXHIBITS. 



Honey exhibits should now be more magnifi- 

 cent than ever. The new honey medals are 

 now ready for delivery, and two of them will be 



sent to each affiliated society, by Secretary Da- 

 dant, at the earliest possible moment. They 

 are furnished without cost to the local societies 

 affiliated to the North American Bee-Keepers' 



Association, and will be awarded by the local 

 officers, one for the best exhibit of comb honey, 

 and the other for the best exhibit of extracted 

 honey. Now for good-natured rivalry! Let 

 the best win. — American Bee Journal. 



THE SEW MEDALS KEADY FOB DISTRI15UTION. 



The secretaries of the affiliated societies are 

 requested to forward their present address to 

 C. P. Dadant. Hamilton, 111., Secretary of the 

 North American Bee-keepers' Association, so 

 that the medals furnished by the North Amer- 

 ican, to each affiliated association, may be sent 

 to them. They will be forwarded by mail, in 

 registered packages. C. P. Dadant. 



Hamilton, 111.. Sept. 22. 



YELLOW CARNIOLAN8 NEyEIt PURE. 



A lady bee-keeper has just written us, ask- 

 ing which we prefer, dark or yellow Carniolans. 

 We know of no pure Carniolan bees which are 

 yellow. Mr. Frank Benton, who has been 

 among the Carniolans, in their home in Carni- 

 ola. and examined them, should be undoubted 

 authority on that point. He says there are no 

 yellow Cai'niolans. We have bred them for 

 years on our isolated islands in the Georgian 

 Bay. and tliere were no traces of yellow, so long 

 as they were kept isolated; but when bred in 

 our own apiary, or in the most isolated places 

 we could find on land, we were unable to breed 

 pure ones, and traces of the yellow race could 

 frequently be found, proving that they were 

 hybrids. While some of our Carniolans give 

 considerable promise, we do not think that they 

 in their purity are equal in all points to our 

 best Italians, or the best yellow races, as there 

 has been so much Cyprian and Syrian blood 

 scattered through our country, also through 

 Italy, the home of the Italians, that we believe 

 there are very few pure Italians, although call- 

 ed pure Italians from their general appearance. 

 It is easily seen how difficult it is to keep a race 

 of bees pure, when th(»re are unquestionable 

 cases of mating between different races, for ten 

 and fifteen miles apart; but the crossing is no 

 detriment so far as honey-gathering and dol- 

 lars and cents are concerned. Hybrid bees of 

 the best sti'ains give as good or better results 

 than the pure bees of any i^train.— Canadian 

 Bee Journal. 



[It was some seven years ago that we visited 

 Mr. D. A. Jones's islands in the Georgian Bay, 

 where he was rearing Carniolans. We will 

 vouch for Mr. Jones's statement, that the Car- 

 niolans then on the islands were black. The 

 fact that they could be kept so while isolat- 

 ed is rather significant, and is a pretty good 

 argument to show that the real Carniolans are 

 black and not yellow.] 



A GRAND SUCCESS FOR A BEGINNER: HE BUYS 



KXJ COLONIES AND SECURES 12,000 LBS. 



OF HONEY. 



This is my first experience with bees. Last 

 spring I purchased 100 colonies; and besides 

 '• learning the ropes " I have taken 12,000 lbs. of 

 extracted honey, thanks be to the bee-publica- 

 tions, and gloi'ious climate, and the kindly sug- 

 gestions of neighbor apiarists. 



H. E. AVlI,DER. 



San Bernardino, Cal., Aug. 10. 



[Well, well, friend Wilder, you have indeed 

 done well. We usually expect that, when be- 

 ginners go in so heavy on bees for the first year, 

 they will lose one-half their bees in less than 

 six ' months, and be a good deal sadder but 

 wiser. We are glad you are not only wiser but 

 happier, and we extend our congratulations.] 



RED-CLOVER BEES AHEAD. 



Red-clover Italian bees, 100 lbs. comb honey 

 in sections per colony. Yellow Carniolans, per 

 colony, 80 lbs. in section honey. Italians, per 

 colony, 00 lbs. comb honey. Blacks, per colony, 

 28 Ibs^ comb honey. The bees are booming at 

 present. Thomas Oberlitner. 



Deshler, Ohio, Sept. 15. 



BASSWOOD HONEY IN TEXAS. 



You ask wliere we get linden honey so far 

 south. Why. friend R.. there is a section of 

 linn hummock, about a hundred miles from the 

 coast here, that is as fine, I suppose, as any you 

 ever saw. Some trees are S^-i feet in diameter. 



W. W. SOMERFORD. 



Navasota, Texas. July 1.5. 



