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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



lember. and in some years it rains very little, 

 perliaps once or twice scantily. When rain 

 commences in October the hornets disap- 

 pear, as rain destroys them. They do not 

 keep stores in their nests, and in rainy 

 weather they cannot lly. 



For ten years I have been using the trap 

 shown in the illustration. The top "A" is 

 iilas? in a wooden frame. The lower part 

 is made entirely of galvanized sheet 

 We fill this with soapsuds about % 

 The frame of the top fits over the 

 lower part. Underneath the square opening 

 marked " C " a piece of liver, meat, or any 

 thing similar is used as a bait over a board 

 resting on four legs. Under the legs of this 

 board are jout small vessels containing about 

 V2 inch of water. This water prevents ants 

 from going to the baits. This device is 

 important, because if ants go to the food 



Pi" 



ii'on. 

 inch. 



(lie hornets will not venture' near it. Each 

 trap catches about one thousand hornets a 

 day. Honey makes the best bait. A sheet 

 of queen-excluder or wire netting of about 

 Vi-inch mesh should take the place of the 

 top glass in order to let the bees out. 



When a number of hornets are caught in 

 the trap, honey-bees will not visit it. This 

 trap has done excellent work. In three or 

 four days all hornets were trapped and live 

 bees saved. They enter from the bottom 

 and rise xip into the trap and fall into the 

 soapsuds. This affects their eyes so that 

 they can not rise up again, and in an hour's 

 time they are drowned. Vinegar will do as 

 well as soapsuds. Many beekeepers have 

 copied my glass trap as a substitute for 

 their bottle trap. 



Nicosia, Island of Cyprus. 



lOTT'S OFFICE AND QUEEN=BREEDMG YAMD 



BY E. E. MOTT 



Fi^. 1 shows a partial view of the home 

 apiary of 275 colonies. The honey-extract- 

 ing room is the first building at the right. 

 The second building at the right is the office, 

 and the third at the right is the storekeeiD- 

 ei"s dwelling. One long building at tlie left 



is the warehouse and cellar that safely Avin- 

 ters 300 colonies of bees. 



Fig. 2 shows the office at north end. The 

 bay Avindow gives a sight of east, west, and 

 north, while at the desk. 



Glenwood, Mich. 



Fig. 1. 



-Mott's home apiary o^ 275 colonies and matiiig-yard ; extractiug-liouse and offioe in the 

 Tlie 



;ht back- 



ground. 



18 mating-hives are shown scattered between tlie huge hives. 



