GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



The interesting Kohlos apiary. 



knew it before I left tlie yard an hour later, 

 and was sure of it on an inspection made 

 later. 



I do not recommend requeening so late; 

 but I had the queens, and the very late and 

 mild season led me to make the experiment. 



A veteran beekeeper near by tried to put 

 in eight queens from the same lot into just 

 tlie same sort of bees. He used the cage 

 method, and lost seven out of the eight. 



Providence, R. I. 



[We have just been interviewing our men 

 who work in the yards, all of whom, with- 

 out an exception, we have had for a number 

 of years. On further inquiry we found 

 that the reason they do not use the smoke 

 method is because it takes more time than 

 the cage plan. The former must be carried 

 out very carefully, and, finally, the queen 

 must be put through a contracted entrance. 

 Sometimes they get away from the opera- 

 tor. The men say they can introduce by 

 the cage method more rapidly, especially 

 when there is a large number to be intro- 



duced. Furthermore, the smoke method will 

 not answer in the case of nuclei, either with 

 the babies or with the larger ones. 



We introduce hundreds of queens at a 

 time, and the cage method is invariably 

 used with all our colonies. 



If the directions are followed, the smoke 

 method, barring an occasional queen that 

 gets away from the operator, is quite reli- 

 able, and will probably introduce a larger 

 percentage than the cage plan; but by the 

 latter plan our loss probably does not ex- 

 ceed one per cent; and the time consumed 

 in introducing a hundred queens by the 

 smoke plan will more than offset the value 

 of one queen. 



There is one thing sure, and that is, the 

 directions for introducing by the smoke 

 plan must be followed out to the letter. 

 Right here is the difficulty with some be- 

 ginners. If they are a little timid in han- 

 dling a queen they may let her get loose. 

 For the average beginner we believe that 

 the average candy-cage plan is the safer. — 

 Ed.] 



ONTARIO BEEKEEPERS' ANNUAL MEETING 



BY MORLEY PETTIT, SEC. 



The annual meeting of the Ontario Bee- 

 keeper-s' Association held recently in Toron- 

 to was a recoTd-breaker in point of atten- 

 dance, two hundred beekeepers being pres- 

 ent. President Byer, discussing heavy win- 

 ter losses of 1914-15, attributed them to 



inferior stores and the poor breeding season 

 of the fall of 1914. Demand for honey is 

 good. 



Morley Pettit, secretary-treasurer, report- 

 ed a membership of 1130 and a balance on 

 hand of $234. A large number of members 



