1000 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



bear in mind is tlint the hives must be loaded no that 

 combs are parallel with the track or rails. — Ed.] 



Horizontal Openings through the Top-bars 



I am a beekeeper of fifty years, and have had 

 quite good success in vs'interins out of doors. Eor 

 many years I have placed a Hill device of some sort 

 between the frames and enamel cloth; and now the 

 idea has struck nae, " Why not have a passage 

 through the top-bar for all seasons?" It seems as 

 though it would be a gi-eat help to the bees in sum- 

 mer working as well as for winter. 



My bee\ard is enclosed by an eight-foot board 

 fence on three sides — about a quarter of an acre; 

 then it is grown up with trees — a sort of an idle- 

 wild, with evergreen windbreaks near by, so it is 

 well protected. My bees winter better than those 

 of most beekeepers here. 



I have taken Gleanings from the first number. 

 I keep about forty colonies, and am engaged in 

 general farming, and mix in beekeeping. 



South Lyon, Mich. Alonzo Boedon. 



[Passageways through the top-bars have been 

 suggested, but it is doubtful whether the advantage 

 thus secured would pay for the comparatively great 

 expense of cutting the holes. — Ed.] 



Why the Old Bees Leave the Hive to Die. 



It's strange how popular beliefs cling — page 867, 

 Nov. 1, T. P. Robinson. The facts are, that no 

 kind of bee leaves the hive with the express purpose 

 of dying. Bees die in the hive in cold weather, and 

 are carried out on warm days and dumped in front. 

 They do the same thing when kept in for any reason. 

 When a bee wants to leave the hive it tries to do 

 so by wing; but if it can't do so by vsring it will go 

 on foot, and, more than likely, never be able to get 

 back, and consequently it will perish. 



Galena, Kan., Nov. 5. J. P. Beumfield. 



Geese for Keeping Grass Do-wn 



On page 719, Sept. 15, Mr. A. J. Halter gives his 

 experience with rams in the apiary as mowiug-ma 

 chines; but it does not seem to have been a great 

 success, as he intends to try ewes nejct year. I'm 

 afraid he will not improve matters, as they are just 

 as likely to knock the hives over as the rams have 

 done; but if he will try a few geese they will crop 

 the grass bare, and not interfere with the bees in 

 any way. I keep sheep, geese, and bees. 



W. A. Teare, 



N. Ballabey, Isle of Man, England. 



Do Not Stir the gjnrup when Making Candy 



Please tell our bi-otber fj-om St. Paul, Minn., page 

 153, Feb. 15, that his trouble is that he stirs the 

 candy while it is boiling. That is why it goes back 

 to sugar again. I had the same trouble as long as 

 I stirred it. He should boil it slowly and not stir. 

 Then it will come out all right, and the quality of 

 the candy will be good. I tried about four batches 

 before I got one that was all right. 



Tingley, Iowa, Feb. 31. F. G. Hausz. 



Beekeepers, as a Class, Temperance Men 



We had the annual meeting of the "f r land Si ate 

 Beekeepers' Association this week, and were fortu- 

 nate enough to have with us Mr. W. A. Selser, of 

 Philadelphia, who gave us a very interesting ad 

 dress. We then went out to a dinner given by the 

 Baltimore Beekeepers' Club at a hotel with bar at- 

 tached; although we had about 30 to dine, nearly in 

 sight of the bar, not one took a drink of any kind. 

 which I think speaks very well, as we have men of 

 all classes in the club. 



Baltimore, Md., Nov. 23. S. G. Crocker, Jr. 



[The same thing has been noted at other conven- 

 tions of beekeepers when they met at hotels. Men 

 who produce honey are a dry lot. — -Ed.] 



County Association Advertises Bee Business 



We are getting a lot of alfalfa in this cciuntry, 

 and only in the last two or three years did people 

 think bees would live here. A few of us have Lees, 

 and have done well here. There are very few in the 

 county. I have 70 colonies, which is the largest 

 apiary in the county. For the last two years some 

 of us have had to fight foul lirood. We organized a 

 county association to fight this, and, in general, pro- 

 mote the business, and have had several very profit- 

 able meetings. 



To advertise the business our association made an 

 exhibit at a recent county " silo school," where all 

 the best farmers come. As secretary of the associa- 

 tion I had printed a little statement of what some of 

 the beekeepers here have been doing. We have a 

 fine bee country here, and our association is going 

 to develop it. 



Cordell, Okla., Dec. 2. 



A. W. F. Lee, Sec. 



Washita County Bee Keepers 

 Association. 



Do Bees Pay? 

 Will Bees Live Here? 



Tbii 



1 tliia 



criy buiilled, PAY BETTER DIVIDENS Ibsi 

 HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS to to w»» 



couary that might be naved by beea. 



la additloa to Ibe hoaey Ibe allalfa aoed c 



per ceal by beea. 



ia ALFALFA. BEES prop- 

 leal on Iba. fann. 

 the alfalfa faraia ot tkia 



SOME RECORDS 



e of your oei£hbor8 and members of this a«*ociatioa arc doiot- Ask them. 



farmer ahould doI do wbal these have doae. 



The hi^beal aulhoriliea aay ALFALFA HONEY IS BEST OH THE MARKET, ool 



eacepliag white clover or buchwbeut. 



Use oolbine but mojero palenl bives. tbe old box hive is a relic o[ the past sod • BII- 

 ace lo bee keepers. for furlher ioformBlioa see 



WASHITA COUNTY BEE KEEPERS ASSOCIATION 



John Boblen. Prcsldeal. A. W. P. Lee, Secrelir;. 



