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G MEANINGS IN BKK CULTItRK. 



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lu>\vc\cr, soiiiL' niodifioalioii in tin.- way of 

 i^t'ttini,' tlie seed crop. As there are several 

 anions^ our readers who have j;;rown and sohi 

 lis the seed of white Dutch clover, will they 

 kindly answer the ahove?— A. I. R.] 



BKES HANO.INC. t)lT. 



In Gleanings for July 15 I see on page 531 

 the question is asked, " What is the cause of 

 bees hauijing out? " I think the bees become 

 damp for want of a little upward ventila- 

 tion; and I find by putting;- a wedge under the 

 cover at the rear end so as to give the bees a 

 little air-current during the extremel}' hot 

 weather, and taking out the wedge when the 

 extreme heat is over, and letting the rear end 

 of the cover down again, the bees work right 

 along, and there is very little loafing. I use a 

 wedge '4 inch thick. \Vm. II. EacekTv. 



Cuba, Kan., Aug. (i. 



[Friend K., I think you are right about the 

 bees; in fact, substantially the same treatment 

 has been recommended in Gleanings, and 

 found to be successful, if I am correct. — 

 A. I. R.] 



SWEET CLOVER. 



I send you an old number of Clover Leaf. 

 It contains an article on sweet clover, which 

 struck me as being a very able one. 



Sweet clover has gained a foothold along 

 the Cuyahoga River in Independence, next 

 township to Bedford west. We notice good 

 results from an apiary that father has located 

 there. I have saved and fed the fine hay, and 

 the horses eat it with a relish. I believe it to 

 be an excellent forage-plant. 



Bedford, O., Sept. 15. Edson Hains. 



[The article from Clover Leaf is certainly 

 very full and instructive. We make a brief 

 extract from it as follows : — Ed.] 



(ieneral S. D. Lee, President of the Mississippi 

 -Agricultural and Mechanical College, in a letter to 

 this oflfice, .says: " What was the poorest part of my 

 plantation si.x years ago is now the richest from the 

 use of melilotus, and the hay is. in my judgment, the 

 siiperior of red clover for stock." 

 _JL 



SHEEP IN AN APIARY. 



In the last number of Gleanings I read 

 what you have to say about letting sheep run 

 in the apian,- to keep the grass down. But 

 there is a surprise in store for you if you ever 

 try the thing in your ^-ard. The sheep will 

 strip your Concords of the la.st leaf first before 

 they go at the grass, and they will climb on 

 top of the hives in order to get at the last leaf. 

 Carl Vollmkr. 



Absarokee, Mont., Aug. 14. 



[Ver\- likely sheep wouldn't do in our yard, 

 on account of the grapevines. There are no 

 grapevines in Burt's yard. — Ed.] 



and No. :> nothing, resting on the l)ottom- 

 l)oard. In each case I found all the outside 

 surface of the two rows of sections next to the 

 supers nicely fini.shed ; no difference could be 

 noticed. Due attention has also been paid to 

 the dividers. A part has received 5 cleats, 

 another ;>, and the third 2. These last turned 

 out to be just as good as the first ones. 



In conclusion, until better improvement is 

 at hand I shall do away with wedges, and use 

 dividers with only 2 cleats, one at each end. 

 Francois Benoit. 



Notre Dame des Neiges, Can. 



I'LIGHT OF RKES IN WINDV LOCATIONS. 



I should be glad if you could get some prac- 

 tical bee-keepers, who have had experience in 

 windy portions of the Pacific coast, to answer 

 the following question, and let me know 

 through Gleanings or otherwise: How far 

 will bees fly in windy portions of the Pacific 

 coast, and do well gathering surplus honey ? 

 \<\\\ they gather as much lioney if they have 

 to fl}- from two to four miles as they would if 

 they had to fly onh- half of that distance ? 



Thebe, Cal., July 2(). Nicholas Spargo. 



[Will some one on the windy coast please 

 answer? — Ed.] 



smaller crop in YORK STATE. 



My honey crop, as nearly as I can judge, 

 will be about one-third less than last season ; 

 bees have not i:iade much if any surplus since 

 the first week in July. I give it as m}- opin- 

 ion that this part of the State (owing to bass- 

 wood not yielding honey ) will be verv^ much 

 shorter than last season. I am selling in my 

 home market at the same price as last year ; 

 viz., 10 to lo cts. for comb per lb. 



E. J. HaighT. 



Rock Valley, N. Y., Aug. 0. 



F.AIR CROP IN IOWA. 



A fair crop (not extra) of No. 1 white-clover 

 honey. Basswood was nearly a total failure. 

 Bees are gathering honey enough to keep up 

 brood-rearing at present. Whether or not we 

 are to have a fall flow of honey we are not 

 advised, as we have not heard from our honey- 

 prophet lately. O. B. Barrows. 



Marshalltown, la., Aug. 4. 



GOOD honey CROP IN UT.\H. 



A good honey crop was raised in this section, 

 but no sales to date. I am doing very well 

 selling to the local market in small packages. 

 Reading those articles in Gleanings, on 

 making home markets, has greatly interested 

 and assisted me in this line. A. B. Thom.\s. 



Payson, I'tah, Sept. (>. 



success of the pettit system. 

 The pleasure I find in keeping up to the 

 last improvement caused me to try Mr. Pettit' s 

 comb-honey system. To have a fair trial I 

 took 15 powerful colonies, which were divided 

 into 3 parts. No. 1 had its hives raised with 

 wedges % to 0; No. 2 received only a ^s block, 



recipe for honey apple-butter. 



One gallon good cooking apples; one quart 

 honey; one quart honey vinegar; one heaping 

 tea.spoonful ground cinnamon. Cook several 

 hours, stirring often to prevent burning. If 

 the vinegar is very strong, use part water. 



Loveland, Colo' Mrs. R. C. Aikin. 



