1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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our cellar over 1000 bushels, all safe so far as 

 dampness is concerned. 



A REMEDY FOR THE RECENT TROUBLES IN 

 HAVING WHEAT FALL DOWN. 



If Mr. Root will sow some mustard with his wheat 

 where it is on such rich ground, it will keep the wheat 

 from falling down. I have seen it tried here close to 

 the city on garden lots this year, with perfect success. 

 I do not know how much seed was sown to the acre; 

 but for be.st results it ought to have one stalk to each 

 square foot of ground. W. A. MooRK. 



Taylorsville, Utah, Oct. 8. 



Friend M., no doubt the strong branching 

 stalks of the mustard will hold the wheat up; 

 but one stalk to each square foot would give a 

 pretty fair crop of mustard, to say nothing 

 about the wheat. Would it not cut short the 

 wheat crop? You see this would come in 

 nicely for the bee-keeper ; and the mustard 

 seed could be so readily separated from the 

 wheat that there will be no danger of atiy 

 being left in the wheat if used for seed. But 

 how about getting mustard into the ground ? 

 It strikes me that the mustard seed should be 

 sown broadcast at such a time that none of it 

 would ripen and fall out on the ground before 

 wheat is harvested. 



SHEEP EATING SWEET CLOVER. 



I see in la.st Gleanings that Mr. S-iwyer is giving 

 you a pretty hard going-over about sweet clover. Tell 

 him we have had it growing in our pi ice for 16 or 18 

 years, and it only just about keeps going, and we have 

 favored it to keep it growing, in black prairie soil at 

 that. If Mr. Sawyer will spend his S.jO.OO in a small 

 flock of sheep, and let them tend his sweet clover, I 

 do not think it will hurt his land or the shf ep either. 

 Ours eat it greedily. H. C. Sears. 



Thornburg, Iowa, Dec. 8. 



Thanks for the above item, friend S., to the 

 effect that sheep also will eat sweet clover. 

 My impression is they would not have to be 

 "taught" to any great extent. While I dic- 

 tate this our good friend J H. Crane, of Mid- 

 dlebury, Vt., is with tis, and he saj's his horses 

 eat sweet clover without any " coaxing " at 

 all. In fact, he says the}- beg for it when go- 

 ing along the roadside. 



APIS DORSATA AND THE PHILIPPINE ISL.'^NDS. 



I clip the following from a recent number 

 of the Ainerican Cultivator : 



GIANT EAST-INDIA BEES. 



One of our acquisitions with the Philippine Islands 

 is likely to be a new species of the honey-bee. It is 

 called by naturali..ts the Apis dotsala, and is one-half 

 larger than the American honej'-bee. with a much 

 greater capacity for making both wax and honey, in 

 its wild state it builds combs on large forest trees or in 

 clefts of the rocks in the mountains of the island. As 

 it goes up the mountains for a distance of 5000 feet, it 

 is believed that it can be acclimated so as to live in 

 the United -Stales. Mr. Frank Benton, of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, went to the Philippines to inves- 

 tigate this new kind of bees. He reports them not to 

 be easily irritated, though, of course, if they do sting, 

 a bee nearly twice as large as the ordinary bee would 

 be a formidable antagonist. But as they take 20 to 30 

 seconds after they are angered before' they can get 

 their stings at work, Mr. Benton thinks they can be 

 easily managed. Unfortunately a swarm which Mr. 

 Benton captured in the jungle died on its passage 

 across the Pacific. Mr. Benton was .sick in bed. As 

 no one on board would give the necessarj' attention, 

 the bees perished. These bees have a wasp-like figure, 

 with orange-colored bands encircling their bodies. 

 The combs its makes are much larger than those 



rnade by ordinary bees. If it can be domesticated in 

 hives the hives must be very large ones. In fact, a 

 room would scarcely be too large, and it might accom- 

 modate several swarms. 



Now, there may be some truth in the above, 

 but certainly ihere are a lot of mistakes mixed 

 in with the truth. Mr. Benton went originally 

 to the island of Cyprus, in the Mediterranean 

 Sea. Then in pursuit of Apis dorsata he 

 went on to Ind.a, and then south to the island 

 of Ceylon. But, according to our geography, 

 the Philippines are a very great distance from 

 Ceylon and India, and twice as far from 

 Cyprus. Mr. Benton did not go to the Phil- 

 ippines. I have thoutjht best to copy the 

 above, because just such blundering statements 

 are the ones that go the rounds of the papers. 



TENNESSEE AND THE CIGARETTE BUSINESS. 

 In 1897 the legislature of Tennessee enacted 

 a law ma^-;ing it a misdemeanor to sell cigar- 

 ettes in that State. A test case went tip to the 

 Supreiue Court, and here is the decision : 



The Supreme Court holds that cigarettes are not le- 

 gitimate articles of commerce, because they are whol- 

 ly noxious and deleterious to health. 



FARiVI FOR SALE. 



Farm of 157 acres, 12 miles from county seat, three 

 miles from Ohio River and C. & O. R. R. Good honey 

 location; close to church and school. For terms and 

 full description call on or address. 



JAMES M. DENHAM, Valley, Lewis Co., Ky. 



22d ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENT 

 1899 



Colunibia and Hartford Bicycles 



Prices on and after Nov. J, 1898. 



Columbia Bevehgear Chainless . . $75.00 



Models 50 and 51. 



Columbia Chain Wheels 50.00 



Models 57 and 58. 



Columbia Chain Wheels 40.00 



Ivlodel 49, 1899 Improvements. 



Columbia Tandems 75.00 



Models 47 and 48, Diamond and Com- 

 bination Frame. 



Hartford Bicycles 35.00 



Paterns 19 and 20. 



( Pat. 21, for Men, 25 00 



Vedette Bicycle 



[ Pat. 22, Women, 26.00 



We also have a few Cnlumbia.s, Model 46, and 



liartfords Patterns 7 and 8, on which 



we will quute prices on application. 



No need to purchase poorly made bicy- 

 cles when Colutnbias, Hartfords, and Ve- 

 dettes are offered at such low prices. The 

 best of the riding reason is before you. 

 BUY NOW. 



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