GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Honey exhibit at the Brattleboro (Vt.) Fair, 1913. This is an excellent set-up of the local product, 

 the brilliancy obtained by the electxic illumination from the rear. 



Note 



comb honey which is not glazed or otherwise 

 protected from the attack of bees. The 

 glazing is further advisable from the sani- 

 tary standpoint. Another feature which 

 Mr. Coombs might have utilized is the glass 

 shelving so much liked by those who display 

 in Connecticut. Glass shelving, of course, 

 facilitates the transmission of light and adds 

 lo the brilliancy of the exhibit. 



Mr. Coombs is, by the way, an enthusi- 

 astic and progressive beekeeper. He in- 

 forms the writer that, from 131 colonies, he 



secured 1793 pounds of fully capped comb 

 honey and 2209 pounds of extracted honey. 

 Mr. Coombs also raised upward of 1000 

 queens, and has, besides, handled upward 

 of 400 colonies of bees, a part of which was 

 tlie increase from his yard. He puts into 

 winter quarters about 131 colonies. The 

 neetar flow in his locality is largely clover 

 and raspben-y. By judicious manipulation 

 it is estimated that at least 500 colonies may 

 be supported in the vicinity. 

 Amhei-st, Mass. 



THE OPINIONS OF SOME FRUIT-MEN AS TO THE VALUE OF BEES 



Location for Outyards Provided by the Fruit-men who also do 

 all the Hauling Necessary 



BY J. M. DONALDSON 



On page 790. Nov. 15, the editor says: 

 " We believe the time will soon come when 

 beekeepers living in fruit districts need pay 

 no rent for out-apiaries." With me that 

 time has already come. When I moved into 

 the fruit-belt of New Jersey, long before I 



liad increased my bees enough to make out- 

 apiaries necessary, I began receiving re- 

 quests from fruit-growers to place bees in 

 their orchards, owing to the fact that they 

 wanted the bees more than I did the loca- 

 tions. I was able to make bargains with 



