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Gleanings in Bee Culture 



BEE-KHEPKRS IX ATTENDANCE AT THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OKLAHOMA 

 bee-keepers' association, held at STILLWATER, JAN. 19, 1911. 



No. 3, and cover up for about four days; 

 then, if eggs are found aljove the exckider, 

 the queen is in the right i)lace; if not, the 

 exckider will have to l)e removed and anoth- 

 er trial made. 



Tlie third plan was to (lri\e the bees from 

 the lower hive by jjounding on it, and when 

 the major i)art of them were up in the new 

 hive, we sli])i)eti the excluder in between; 

 in the majority of cases the queen would be 

 found above. This latter plan was worked 

 ui)on some hybrids with which we had batl 

 luck in getting the ipieen above. The hy- 

 brids were well adai)ted for tliis method, as 

 their nervous disijosition caused them to run 

 about as soon as the pounding upon their 

 hive began. 



it will be noticed that these old hives that 

 we transferred were about the size of the 

 eight-frame L. hive, and that we traiisfer- 

 red them into the ten-frame width of hive. 

 Engravings 8 to 5 make this plain. The 

 excluder projects over the edges about two 

 inches. This space was left o])en during the 

 three weeks or more it took to shift these 

 bees into our regular hives. As it was dur- 

 ing the honey-iiow, and as they were all full 

 swarms, there was no danger of robbing. 

 Neither did this abundance of ventilation 

 seem to do them any hurt, for it was sum- 

 mer time. 



THE WHEELBARROW IN THE APIARY. 



In Fig. 2 the ditTerent uses of the wheel- 

 barrow are shown. The fact is, there is 

 hardly a day nor even a manipulation about 

 the yard but that the wheelbarrow is j^ut to 

 use. All our empty stories are wlieeled to 

 the different hives, and the Daisy is along 

 with us again, as usual. Many of our yards 



are located ui)on \ ery uneven ground — new 

 ground in the woods or pasture. A wheel- 

 barrow is much better than a two-wheeled 

 cart on uneven ground. Engraving No. 2, 

 Fig. 2, shows the start with a wheel l)arrow- 

 load of honey for the extraeting-house. while 

 No. o shows the same load ready to enter 

 the house. Doors, 82 to 'Mi inch, are provid- 

 ed in our extracting-houses, so the wheelbar- 

 row, loaded with honey, ])asses through easi- 

 ly, and we run the load right in close to the 

 unca])i)ing-tal)le, so there is a minimum of 

 lifting. 

 Remus, Mich. 



OKLAHOMA BEE-KEEPERS ORGANIZE. 



BY N. FRED GARDENJCR. 



The engraving shows the bee-keei)ers in 

 attentlance at the first annual meeting of 

 the Oklahoma Bee-keei)ers' Association, 

 held at Stillwater, Okla.. .Jan. 19. 1911. The 

 association was organized in December, 1909, 

 and incorjKM-ated shortly afterward. The 

 l)rincipal i)lace of business was declared to 

 be Stillwater, and it has l)een i)lanned to 

 hold each annual meeting at tlial place dur- 

 ing the farmers' short course of lectures and 

 demonstrations furnished each year free of 

 charge by the staff and faculty of the Okla- 

 homa Agricultural and Mechanical College 

 of that place. The ])eoi>le of Oklahonui in 

 all branches of agriculture are taking advan- 

 tage of the high class of knowledge to be se- 

 cured in this manner, and the attendance 

 will soon be very large. The oflicials in 

 charge of the course kindly jirovided a com- 

 fortable classroom for the business meeting 



