1904 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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must not take any credit to himself for it. 

 All drones from poor queens should be 

 trapped, and all good queens should be 

 provided with drone comb — on drone foun- 

 dation — to make sure that their drones will 

 be large; and it is just as necessary to do 

 one of these things as the other. The rea- 

 scn that drone foundation is recommended 

 is that the transition cells between drone 

 and worker sizes produce irregular drones, 

 and the use of foundation overcomes this. 



If any of the readers of Gleanings have 

 any facts which prove or disprove the re- 

 sults of our measurements it would be con- 

 sidered a favor if they would write me a 

 letter stating^ these facts. Dr. Casteel and 

 myself do not care to ask for theories, since 

 we can make those up to suit ourselves; 

 but any reliable information might be of 

 considerable help, and offer suggestions for 

 more of this work, which will be done in 

 the future by one or both of us. In case 

 any one has any suggestion to offer, the 

 letter may be addressed to Biological Hall, 

 Universit}'^ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 

 and will be appreciated. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



PACK MULES FOR CARRYING BEE-SUPPLIES. 



Making Use of Tbem for a Yard up in the Moun. 

 tains. 



BY HENRY E. WOEST. 



I have an apiary located eight miles from 

 a wagon-road, with only a pack trail to it. 

 There are now 130 colonies of bees in it. 



The honey- cans were packed on the donkey 

 and horses. Bee-hives, tank, extractor, etc., 

 were packed on the three animals in the 

 three former years. In the photo the donkey 

 has on 22 five-gallon honey- cans. I have 

 packed lumber from one to twelve feet long 

 on those three animals. A load would be 

 from 60 to 120 feet of lumber, depending on 

 weight. During the year 1903 I packed on 

 those animals 350 empty five-gallon honey- 

 cans, () tons extracted honey, and 3500 feet 

 of lumber with which to build a house. 

 Newhall, Cal , April 12. 



A WISCONSIN APURY THAT PRODUCED 15,000 

 LBS. OF HONEY LAST SEASON. 



A Galvanized Hive-cover. 



BY LOUIS C. KOEHLER. 



I mail you two photos. One shows a part 

 of our apiary of 252 colonies. From this 

 apiary we received, during the past season, 

 15,000 lbs. of extracted honey. We do not 

 raise comb honey for sale. The little that 

 we do raise we give away. We have a re- 

 tail market in the neighboring towns where 

 we dispose of all our honey. Some of our 

 customers consume as much as 150 lbs. 



The other photo shows the front room of 

 our extracting-house. This house, which 

 is 16X28 ft., is used only for apparatus be- 

 longing to the bee business. The back 

 room is our storage- room for honey, and the 

 upper story is used for storing empty boxes, 

 supers, supplies, etc. 



A HORSELESS WAGON t-OK CARRYING BEE-SUPPLILS UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS. 



