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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



873 



see, doctor, it is a matter of education, to a 

 certain extent. I can give you also the opin- 

 ion of a Wisconsin beekeeper of far greater 

 experience than myself — Mr. Frank McNay. 

 I had a talk with hini this present summer on 

 the same question. He thinks as I do, that 

 bees can be made to lose their desire and tt-n- 

 dency to swarm, by proper management. He 

 related how at one time he purchased a good- 

 sized apiary from a farmer, and worked them 

 the same as he did his other yards, but was 

 surprised to find these bees casting swarms 

 right along, while there was none in the other 

 apiaries. In apiaries of bt es that he has own- 

 ed and operated for a number of years he has 

 so little swarming that it is not necessary to 

 keep any one in on the waich. 



poking fun at you, but actually desired more 

 light, as I think Dr. Miller did also. It is 

 certainly true that, by careful selection, one 

 might accomplish much in getting a lot of 

 bees or colonies that will not swarm very 

 much. Frank McNay, whom I have long 

 known to be one of the most extensive and 

 practical bee-keepers in Wisconsin, would not 

 be sponsor for an idea of this kind unless he 

 knew from experience there was something 

 in it. 



But here is an article from Mr. A. Norton, 

 right on the same subject, very largely con- 

 firming the experience in the line of produc- 

 ing comb honey with shallow brood-cham- 

 bers, and the possibilities of keeping down 

 swarming. — Ed ] 



WISCONSIN FOUL-BROOD INSPECTOR I.OOKING FOR FOUL BROOD. SEE EDITORIALS. 



Now, Dr. Miller and Ernest, if either of 

 you wish a queen from one of my colonies 

 that has worked right along without swarm- 

 ing for the last ten years I will sell you one 

 for $200. You see, it is just as easy for me to 

 have $200 queens as it is for others ; but don't 

 mention that I offered them to )'ou at such a 

 ruinously low price. When people refuse 

 11000 for a single Belgian hare, even $300 for 

 a good non-swarming queen ought to be con- 

 sidered low. 



Browntown, Wis., Sept. 26. 



[Referring to the Straw on the first page of 

 Sept. 1 Gleanings, I would say that, so far 

 as my connection was concerned, I was not 



PRODUCING COMB HONEY IN SHALLOW BROOD- 

 CHAMBERS IN CALIFORNIA. 



BY A. NORTON. 



Friend Root: — In your issue for Sept. 1 you 

 call for the experience of any who have tried 

 the method described by Mr. Lathrop in the 

 same issue. About four years ago Mr. T. H. 

 Kloer, of Terre Haute, lud., had an article in 

 Gleanings describing this plan for comb 

 honey. That same season I had an article in 

 Xhe. Pacific Apiculturist on the method, which 

 I had independently hit upon myself that 

 year. I gave credit to Mr. Klrer in my arti- 

 cle for precedence in having his own method 



