1911 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



213 



mediate plan of ventilation, safer and far 

 easier of application than the four-block 

 system. By his plan one could go the 

 rounds of a yard in short order, giving mod- 

 erate ventilation early in the season, and a 

 second round as the season advances, in- 

 creasing or decreasing the openings as the 

 prevailing temperature might demand. 



Then, too, this system offers another ad- 

 vantage over the four-block way, in that the 

 entrance remains where it is, while by the 

 other method the entrance is all around, 

 obliging one to work quite frequently in the 

 line of flight of the bees, which sometimes 

 proves unpleasant. 



THE MELTED- WAX PLAN FOR PUTTING FULL 

 SHEETS OF FOUNDATION IN SECTIONS. 



Now, for the benefit of those finding trou- 

 ble with foundation-fastening and crooked 

 combs, I wish to say that the Yoder method 



pers to aggregate within % lb. as many 

 pounds as there were sections, the lightest 

 one weighing 14 oz. Another lot of 25 sec- 

 tions weighed 20 lbs., and not a section be- 

 low one pound. 

 Manawa, Wisconsin. 



BEE-KEEPING IN FLORIDA, 



The Surplus-honey Sources. 



BY E. G. BALDWIN. 



Contimied from last issue. 

 9. Black mangrove {Avicennia niUcla), a. 

 tree of the coast lands that grows only on 

 soils overflowed daily with the salt sea-wa- 

 ter. Fig. 6, foreground. It will not grow 

 unless it has its daily foot-bath in brackish 

 water. It grows on both east and west 



Kig. 6.— Black mangrove on island off shore of Tarpon Springs in the Gulf of Mexico. 



is the panacea for these tribulations. I have 

 found this way of putting in foundation, 

 full size, in the sections the most satisfying 

 and easiest by far. The sealing holds the 

 foundation securely in place, while supers 

 are toted about before being finally placed 

 upon the hive; and it appears to me to be 

 the key to the production of the finest even- 

 weight sections of honey. 



SEPARATORS NOT USED. 



I have done away with separators entirely; 

 and by carefully placing (in fact, packing) 

 the sections closely together in the supers I 

 find no trouble at all in removing them, the 

 bees having but little chance to stick in any 

 glue. To this manner of putting in sections, 

 and the full-sized foundation, I ascribe the 

 beautiful cakes of honey my bees are turn- 

 ing out. By actual weight I found two su- 



coasts, though the yields from it on the 

 west coast have never equaled those on the 

 east. There are two mangroves, red and 

 black, that are very common, both growing 

 side by side. The ialack is the only one val- 

 uable for honey. It flourishes best on the 

 keys (and adjoining mainland) that skirt 

 the coast from Tampa on the west to Or- 

 mond on the east coast; does not thrive 

 north of the 29th parallel. The honey from 

 mangrove is white, probably the whitest 

 honey in the State. The body is rather 

 thin, though better on the Keys than on 

 the mainland. In flavor it is very sweet 

 and mild, with just the barest suggestion of 

 a salty nature that is not at all objectionable. 

 It is usually pronounced first-class, and 

 easily ranks with the four best honeys of 

 the State — I mean orange, palmetto, tupelo, 



