860 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Dasheens 6^4 feet in height, grown liy Bays D. Gather, Pell City, AIn. 



We had a long hot dry summer, and the 

 third cut started coming into bloom when 

 only a few inches high. As the crop would 

 obviously be of little use for hay, I let it 

 stand for the benefit of the bees. They had 

 a glorious time, and I believe they obtained 



a large amount of liuney from this source. 

 Except under unusual circumstances I doubt 

 if alfalfa would ever secrete much honey in 

 this country, owing to the moist climate 

 and the relatively cool summers. 



Minster, Ramsgate, Eng., Jan. 10, 1914. 



SHEENS SIX AND ONE-HALF FEET M HEIGHT 



BY BAYS D. GATHER 



I am sending a photograph taken Augu ^t 

 22, 1914. These are the dasheens which 

 were carried over winter in the dirt in 

 which they grew. The day this photo was 

 taken, some of them were very near 6 feet 

 in height. To-day, Sept. 5, many of them 

 are 6 to 61/2 ft. 



In the picture the front shows the little 

 Misses Elizabeth Hart Gather and Eulah 

 Ney Gather, with Pays D. Gather and Bays 

 D., Jr., in the rear, all standing full height. 



You will notice that the plants and the 

 dresses are harmoniously tropical. 



Pell City, Ala., Sept.*^5. 



A SIXTEEN-FMAME HIVE AND THE PROBLEMS IT SOLVES 



BY J. E. HAND 



THE ECONOMICS OF HONEY PRODUCTION. 



While beehives do not gather honey, the 

 fact remains that economical methods of 

 honey production must I'esult from econom- 

 ical principles of beehive architecture. The 

 acme of hive perfection is not merely to fur- 

 nish sufficient room for breeding and the 



storage of surplus honey, for, aside from 

 these, there are problems to solve that bear 

 directly upon the economics of honey pi'o- 

 duction, and the hive and system that af- 

 fords the most economical solution of these 

 problems will yield the greater profits. This 

 refers to the increase problem, the swarm- 



