GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



AUGUST 15, 1914 



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and that the apiai^ would be entirely de- 

 stroyed. Mr. Wolfe had men stacking hay 

 about fifty yards away. We ran to the 

 stack and carried armfuls of hay and cov- 

 ered the entrances to many of the hives. We 

 also had Mrs. Wolfe and nearly all the 

 children carrying water, but we could not 

 get the hay from the stack fast enough. 

 Fortunately a part of the next load of hay 

 for the stack fell off the wagon close by. 

 The driver did not stay to reload it, but 

 hurried away. Wit4 plenty of hay near by, 

 so we could nearly cover the hives with it, 

 and plenty of water on the spot, and a 

 good spray-pump, we got the bees quiet at 

 last. Tor some time we had feared that my 

 bees would carry all the honey in the apiary 

 away. 



Mr. .lacobsen's apiary on Little Ki' 



The next day we contracted all the en- 

 trances to the hives to a small space, and 

 watched them closely all day; and when any 

 robbing commenced we showered them with 

 water from the spray-pump, and in this 

 way had no more trouble. It afterward 

 appeared that there was not much damage 

 done. 



Pearsall, Texas. 



[One who has not had the experience can 

 scarcely realize the seriousness of a bad case 

 of robbing. Almost always, in an instance 

 of tliis kind, the bees are started in some 

 way as by exposed honey or by the combin- 

 ation of a weak colony with lots of stores 

 and a large entrance. During a honey 

 dearth look out. — Ed.I 



tok/en and Mr. James Allen in the apiary. 



ANOTHER NEW ZEALAND FIELD DAY 



BY E. G. WARD 



One of the most successful field days of 

 the Canterbury Beekeepers' Association was 

 held on Saturday, at the apiary of the vice- 

 president, Mr. C. A. Jacobsen, Little River. 

 The members and their friends left the 

 Square at 8 :30, and arrived at Little River 

 about 11 A.M., being welcomed by Mr. Ja- 

 cobsen. 



The president, Mr. E. G. Ward, apolo- 

 gized for the absence of Mr. T. W. Kirk, 

 who found it impossible to be present, and 

 introduced Mr. James Allen, president of 

 the National Association, and Mr. L. Bow- 

 man, Apiary Inspector of the Canterbury 

 Province, and expressed pleasure at the at- 

 tendance. 



A general introduction then took place, 

 and lunch was partaken of. The weather 

 was ideal, and the time was profitably spent 

 in demonstrating, and addresses by Mr. Al- 

 len, the president, and the host. 



Mr. A. Ireland spoke on the advantage of 

 co-operation. He referred to what had been 

 done some two years back to interest bee- 

 keepers in the matter, and said that the 

 present time was opportune to push on with 

 the scheme. He thought that honey could 

 and ought to be put up in small quantities 

 by the producers, who should form a com- 

 pany for that purpose and supply the shop- 

 keepers, who really did not care to handle 

 the product themselves. By this means the 



