GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Beekeeping class of the Massachusetts Agricultural College on .an excursion to the historic apiary at 

 Colrain, Mass., where Langstroth carried on his experiments. See editorial. 



They were not much swollen, and the next 

 day were only a trifle sore. I found later 

 that T was practically immune to the poison, 

 for, tho stung occasionally, I never suffered 

 any particular inconvenience from the 

 stint's. 



How I watched those bees! I would sit 

 for hours close to the hive and watch them 

 carry honey and their overloaded pollen- 

 baskets into the hive. I was anxious to 

 know what was going on inside; and after 

 a couple of weeks I opened the hive, but I 

 had put no foundation in the frames, and 

 they had built their comb crosswise, and it 

 was all connected together, so that I could 

 not remove the fiames to look them over. 

 There were signs of brood in some of the 

 combs that I could see, so I left them alone, 

 satisfied that all was going well. In the fall 

 T began to feed them syrup made of granu- 

 lated sugar and water half and half. 



I always bore in mind the admonition in 

 my book, to move quietly, and therefore I 



had no trouble with them. As cold weather 

 came on I i^ut blankets over the hive, cov- 

 ering top and side except the entrance side. 

 This faced south so as to get the warmth 

 of the sun. The day before Thanksgiving it 

 began to snow, and, first covering the en- 

 trance with netting so that the bees would 

 not fly out the hive was placed in the house 

 cellar, which is dry and cool. The comb 

 thej' had made was filled and capped, all 

 but a veiy little of it. I had not expected 

 any surplus honey as the swarm was late 

 and not a large one. The hive was raised 

 about two feet from the cellar bottom and 

 kept dark. 



I love my bees, and shall always keep 

 them. Should I lose all I have I should 

 look for the cause, then buy more to start 

 a new apiary, and try to avoid future losses 

 from any known cause. Bees are interest- 

 ing and profitable. Their wisdom puts to 

 shame the wisdom of man, and their prod- 

 uct is most delicious. 



Glover, Vt. 



A BOY'S START WITH BEES 



BY J. A. ALLARD 



When quite small T was impressed by the 

 only two things which I kneAv about bees — 

 that they could sting, and make honey. I 

 think that I was more impressed on several 

 occasions by the first-named quality. 



My uncles kept bees, and it was when I 

 visited tlieni tliat my interest was aroused. 



The rows of clean white hives on a green 

 background, and the hordes of yellow bees 

 glistening in the bright sunlight, and ever 

 working and humming, made a beautiful 

 picture indeed. 



When my uncle came home from work I 

 plied him Avith eager questions, and he will- 



