MAY 15. 1916 



thru the hives. This will mean a tremen 

 dons boost to brood-rearing, and, in the case 

 of the stronger colonies, swarming. 



Short Course for Beekeeping at the 

 Massachusetts Agricultviral College 



We desire to call especial attention to the 

 photograph on page 398 of the class in 

 beekeeping at the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College, while on an excursion to the 

 historic apiary where Langstroth carried on 

 his experiments. This class has proven very 

 popular; and with so good a man as Dr. 

 Ciates in charge, it is no wonder. Those 

 who are able to profit by this opportunity 

 should be congratulated on being able to 

 take advantage of such instruction. 



A general announcement of this Short 

 Course appeared on advertising page 18 of 

 our last issue. Those desiring to enroll in 

 (his class must register early, since the num- 

 ber that can be accommodated is limUed. 

 If there is a large attendance the work has 

 to be divided up, making it difficult to han- 

 dle the students. Fifteen is the preferred 

 number. 



"Near" Honey 



Some time ago our attention was called 

 to an advertisement of a recipe for a honey 

 substitute. With our anticipations running 

 high, we sent our five two-cent stamps and 

 received the following, written in pencil : 



" A good recipe for an article resembling 

 honey, but not honey, is made by taking 

 glucose and reducing it to the consistency 

 of strained honey. When cool, add one 

 dram of pot. alum to the gal., first dissolved 

 in a small portion of the dilute glucose. 

 Add a small portion at a time of rose fla- 

 voring extract until the mixture has the 

 right flavor." 



We wonder what the "right flavor" would 

 be in this case. Probably the first small 

 portion would give a flavor about right for 

 clover or sage honey, the second for bass- 

 wood, third for aster, and so on up to 

 buckwheat. We wonder how many more 

 small portions would have to be added to 

 make chincapin honey! 



Beekeeping in the South Atlantic 

 States, Again — a Correction 



A CORRESPONDENT, referring to our re- 

 port of Dr. Phillips' addi'e.ss in our April 

 1st issue, page 2r)9, regarding box-liive bee- 

 keeping in the south Atlantic states, com- 

 plains that not all the beekeepers in this 

 portion of the country are in the box-hive 



class — that there are many progressive and 

 up-to-date beekeepers there. 



It is but fair to say that Dr. Phillips in 

 his address at the Chicago convention went 

 on to state that some of the best beekeepers 

 in the counti-y were located in that portion 

 of the Southland, and that what he was 

 about to say represented only those bee- 

 keepers up in the mountain districts and 

 other portions of the state remote from 

 towns and cities. The omission, therefore, 

 was no fault of Dr. Phillips, but, rather, 

 our own. Our apologies are due, therefore, 

 to our correspondent, and to Dr. Phillips in 

 particular. 



Locating Outyards ; the Importance of 

 Shrubbery or Trees 



At tliis time of the year many outyards 

 will be located; and it is important to place 

 them where the individual hives will be 

 screened from each other. When all the 

 liives are placed out in the open, every hive 

 is in plain view of every other one, cross • 

 bees are more inclined to follow their oAvner 

 all over the yard. Experience has shown 

 over and over again that an outyard of bees 

 located in the midst of shrubbery will be 

 comparatively tractable, while the same 

 yard of bees, when put into an open yard 

 may become cross.* The reason of this is 

 very plain. When the operator or the hives 

 are screened from general view these stray 

 angry bees lose sight of the operator as he 

 moves about, with the result that he can 

 work all day in quiet without a veil, and 

 with very little smoke. It is probable that 

 the vision of bees at close range outdoors 

 is not very good ; at all events, it is very easy 

 to dodge them. We have frequently, when 

 followed by angi-y bees, merely stepped 

 behind a bush or a tree, and then gone on to 

 another portion of the lot unmolested. 



Of course, it is not always practicable to 

 locate apiaries in favorable spots, and one 

 is compelled to take what he can get rather 

 than what he would like. 



In locating one or two hives in a back 

 lot in town, it is important to place these 

 hives where the bees do not get a general 

 view of the entire premises except as they 

 fly up to go to the field. When out in quest 

 of stores they are usually very quiet and 

 gentle. Trouble between neighbors can 

 very often be averted by so placing the 

 liives that the surroundings will be of the 

 character wo have described. 



* Over and over again we have discovered that 

 Uie same botw that were gentle at the home yard, 

 wliere each hive is behind a trellis of grapevines, 

 would often be mean to handle at outyards j'laced 

 out in the open, where every hive is ip view of the 

 other. 



