1807 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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fact that it is not (juiio as warm as bassvvood, 1 

 shovild have advised the use of it for dividers. 

 S. T. Pkttit. 

 Belmont. Ont., Can., May 18, 1897. 



AN nn^ROVK.MENT ON DUNN'S WHEELBARROW. 



Tell M. H. Dunn that I think he can materi- 

 ally improve his wheelbarrow, illustrated May 

 1st, by cutting his cover in two, not having it 

 hinged to his box. Use wire hinges where he 

 saws it in two, so the lids (two half-lids) will 

 fold over on to each other, out of the road. I 

 make mine with a very light frame covered 

 with drill, letting the rim of the frame project 

 down on the outside of the box all around to 

 exclude bees more effectually. The frame is 

 stiffened by fastening triangular pieces of tin 

 on the corners. His suggestion, to place the 

 combs lengthwise in the box, is an improve- 

 ment. R. W. Wilkin. 



Newhall, Cal. 



NO PAPER IN FOUNDATION PACKAGES. 



In " Stray straws" of May 15, as to paper be- 

 tween foundation. Dr. Miller asks, "What's it 

 papered for, any way?" Well, I say for no 

 use, for I made up 100 sheets one year ago, and 

 they lay in a pile until a few days ago, and 

 they were just as I left them, and separated as 

 easily as the day I made them: and, still more, 

 I had about the same number of sheets dipped 

 and trimmed ready to put through the mill. 

 They were laid up then, and a few days ago I 

 examined them and found them as I had left 

 them nearly a year before. I put them through 

 the foundation-mill, and they were easily part- 

 ed, and made fine foundation. No use for pa- 

 per here in this hot climate. If I were ordering 

 foundation I certainly would have the paper 

 left out. 



In Straws for May 1st it was said that, if the 

 frames in the supers were crosswise of the 

 brood chamber, the queen would not go alone. 

 I shall try that soon as my hives are all square 

 and will sit either way. 



Prospects for much honey very poor here. 

 John Craycrapt. 



Aster Park, Fla., May 25. 



IN FAVOR OF USING PAPER IN FOUNDATION. 



In regard to paper between sheets of founda- 

 tion, page 362, I would say that from my expe- 

 rience with foundation in this climate, owing 

 to the heat, and long distance it has to be 

 shipped, much of it would get matted together, 

 and be unfit for use, and have to be rendered 

 into wax again, and sold at a loss to bee-keep- 

 ers. J. B. Griffin. 



Cat Creek, Ga. 



HOW TO GET STOCK TO EAT SWEET CLOVER; 

 fjS^. .,_ BY A 12-YEAR-OLD READER. 



EOur bees came through the winter and spring 

 all right. First swarm, May 18. 'J We have a 



bettor prospect this spring for honey than we 

 have had for many years. They are storing 

 surplus from locust. Wo moved into this val- 

 ley this spring, and found that there were but 

 few bees here, and what few there are have 

 very little attention. You can easily guess the 

 result. 



There is sweet clover along the road for four 

 or five miles. No one seems to know how It got 

 there, but I suppose some bee-keeper knows. 

 Papa kept his stock on dry feed till they were 

 nearly starved for something green. He thought 

 they would eat any thing. When they were 

 turned out on sweet clover they smelled of It 

 and gave a snort and ran away for something 

 else. So mamma cut some in a box and put 

 some salt and bran over it, and they ate it all 

 up, and have eaten it ever since. 



Bernadotte, 111. Nora Neff. 



Big prospect for honey; it is coming in like 

 an avalanche, working me a little above the 

 upper notch. M. L. Williams. 



Maysville, Ky., June 8. 



We are having a regular old-fashioned honey 



season. Bees are "just rolling in " the honey. 



Morgan, Ky., June 8. J. P. Moore. 



M. D., Tex.— We can give you no information 

 in regard to producing honey wine, or, as some 

 call it, honey mead. We have never given any 

 thought to this use of honey, as we believe 

 there are other and better uses for it, both from 

 a moral and financial standpoint. 



C. H. O., N. F.— There is no method that we 

 know of for bleaching comb honey after it has 

 once been taken from the hive. Comb honey 

 in the first place should not be left in the hive 

 any longer than is necessary to have the cap- 

 ping completed. This will prevent travel- 

 stains. 



W. W. Y., ^y.— Sometimes swarms in the air 

 are very cross, and no definite reason can be 

 given why they are so, ilnless they are vicious 

 hybrids in the first place. Pure blacks or pure 

 Italians, when they swarm, are usually quiet 

 unless they are molested or jarred unnecessari- 

 ly in taking the cluster off the limb. 



R. T., iTy.— Transferring should usually be 

 done before the honey season. We recommend 

 frnit-bloom; but shortly after will do nearly as 

 well, providing you do not get the bees to rob- 

 bing. For particulars on how to transfer, see 

 page .32 of catalog, also "Transferring," in our 

 ABC book. 



