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VOL. XXXIX 



JUXE 1, 1911 



XO. 10 



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INCLOSING STAMPS WHEN WRITINC4. 



Sometimes our friends forget, when they 

 write to some of the coriesi)ondents of 

 (tLEANINGS. asking for further information, 

 to inclose a stamj). One man in i)articular 

 said he recently hatl answered upward of a 

 hundred letters, and in not one case was a 

 stamp inclosed. We know this is thought- 

 lessness on the part of our readers; l)ut when 

 a correspondent takes the time to sit down 

 and write a private letter he ought to be re- 

 imbursed to the extent of a stamp if nothing 

 more. Our correspondents neetl not inclose 

 stamps in writing to us. however. 



A PAINFUL injury; PROMINENT BEE-KEEP- 

 ER IiOSES THREE FINGERS IN A 

 MACHINE. 



We have received a letter from G. \\'. 

 Haines, of Mayfield. X. Y., written with his 

 left hand, in which he explains that he 

 caught his right hand in a cutter-head and 

 lost three fingers just below the second 

 joint, and his little finger at the first joint. 

 He says that he will have time now to read 

 bee-journals. 



M'. Haines built a eapi)ing-melter that 

 he u.,ed with good success last season. We 

 ha\ e an engraving which we will use in an 

 early issue to illustrate the plan. 



LOCATING A BEE-YARD; THE ADVANTAGE OF 

 HAVING HIVES IN PAIRS. 



Some bee-keepers will move some of their 

 bees to pastures new. Before they do so we 

 wish to suggest a caution. Locate the yartl 

 at least 200 feet from any common high- 

 way, and an equal distance from any line 

 fence, or from any cidtivated held. A mea- 

 dow is not so bad as a cornfield, because 

 the plowing and the sowing will be done at 

 a time when bees are not living much. It 

 is only when the hay is cut that there is 

 any danger of the horses being stung; but 

 in the cornfield the conditions are much 

 worse because of the necessity of frequent 

 cultivation, bringing sweaty horses with 

 their switching tails into the tiight of the 

 bees. When a honey-tiow is on. bees are al- 

 most sure to offer attack. 



For the best residts in brood-rearing we 

 would locate the apiary out in the open 

 rather than in a dense shade. Small bush- 

 es or trees, not over 10 ft. high, afford excel- 

 lent protection; but usually the right kind 

 of shrubbery can not be found; and hence 

 during the height of the season, when the 

 weather is hot. we advise shade-boards. 

 ^^'e will have some illustrations showing 

 the various types that may be used to advan- 

 tage later on. 



It will also be found to be highly desira- 

 ble to locate the hives in pairs. If one col- 

 ony is a little weak, its brood can be given 

 to the hive next to it, when the weak hive 

 and all can be removed, throwing its little 

 strength over to the other colony. When 

 doing this care, should be exercised in the 

 selection of a queen. We woukl advise 

 caging the one that is the better at the time 

 of uniting; then allow her to eat her way 

 out. or, rather, allow the bees ''to eat her 

 out " in the usual way through a plug of 

 candy. 



But it is in the fall of the year or early 

 spring that the scheme of having hives in 

 }iairs offers particular advantages, for then 

 it is so easy to imite; for it is infinitely bet- 

 ter to hiixe one good strong colony than two 

 halfway att'airs. 



THE HONEY OUTLOOK FOR 1911. 



In the Northern and Central States occu- 

 l)ying that i)ortion of the country known as 

 the "'clover belt "' the prospects are exceed- 

 ingly bright. Many rejiorts are coming in 

 that show that fruit-bloom was the best for 

 years. The weather was cold or chilly uj) 

 to about the first of May; then it finally 

 warmed u]) and fruit-trees as well as the 

 majjles opened up in all their glory, l^rior 

 to that time the backward spring had put 

 the bees in bad condition; but. so far as we 

 can ascertain, fruit-bloom more than made 

 up for lost time. The season looks favora- 

 ble for a clover-flow. 



The bee-keepers of Texas have been hav- 

 ing a remarkably good season; but as Texas 

 usually markets her own crop within her 

 own borders, her seasons, good or bad, do 

 not usually affect the Northern markets. 



The prospects in California were exceed- 



