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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



or two of brood or honey during the sum- 

 mer; but for the most part they will need 

 no further attention. 



By the last of July the old colonies will 

 have lots of honey stored in the extracting 

 stories. Instead of taking this honey, the 

 upper stories with what bees they contain 

 can be set on a new stand, together with a 

 couple of frames of brood and a cell. Hav- 

 ing their combs already drawn, and plenty 

 of stores, they build up rapidly and are in 

 good condition to take advantage of the fall 

 flow. 



I have demonstrated the above methods 

 to my entire satisfaction, and proved that 

 it is easy to treble the number of colonies 

 spring count, and secure two crops of hon- 

 ey at the same time. All this mates the 

 queens hustle, and wears them out very 

 quickly. I believe it is good practice to 

 requeen every year to secure the best re- 

 sults "■ in this locality." Besides, a young 

 queen will lay all winter, and in the spring 

 jump in and fill the hive in no time. 



Bordlonville, La. 



WHERE THE BEES KEEP THE HOME 



BY HENRY HOGRAVE 



During the years that I have been a read- 

 er of Gleanings I have read moi'e than one 

 story in which it was stated that bees paid 

 for this or for that ; but in this little narra- 

 tive of mine I want to describe how they 

 managed to keep that Avhich I had already 

 secured. 



From my earliest childhood days it had 

 always been my ardent wish to live in the 

 country, even trying to persuade my par- 

 ents when a mere boy to move away from 

 the city. So, after having been engaged in 

 the retail dairy business for a dozen years 

 or more, and after having taken a better 

 half unto myself, I thought the opportune 

 time had arrived in which to materialize 

 one of my most cherished hopes. 



Accordingly, in the fall of 1909 I pur- 

 chased for cash a ten-acre tract with good 

 buildings, located about twelve miles from 

 the metropolis of the state. My city friends 

 all predicted my early return to the city, 

 and for the first year or two it seemed as 

 tho their prediction would be fulfilled. 

 Luckily, however, and thanks to the busy 

 little bees, I am still on the place, prosper- 

 ous and contented. 



When I moved to the counti-y I did not 

 even think of bees, much less dream of 

 keeping them so that I could keep the place. 

 I had planned to do truck-gardening, as 

 I had often helped my mother in the back- 

 lot garden ; but, owing to the too great dis- 

 tance from town, it was not a paying prop- 



Home of Henry Hograve, Waukesha, Wis., which the bees " keep." 



