GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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Exliibit of A. O. Raffington, of Hutchinson, at the Kansas 

 Mr. Raffington is a beginner in beekeeping, who has made good, 

 bottles at the top contain honey vinegar 



supers. In this column x means excluder. 

 The clot under it means shallow super, 

 while a dash signifies a comb-honey super, 



Reading the record, I find that the first 

 visit was made April 1. There was then 

 no queen nor brood ; full-depth hive. Eggs 

 were given from No. 40, and two frames of 

 brood from No. 48 (to see if queenless). 



The second visit was April 8. On this 

 date there was a queen-cell with grub in it. 

 A laying queen was given from No. 40; 



two frames brood were 

 found, and four more 

 added from No. 48. 

 There were three 

 frames of honey (queen 

 marked xx). 



The next visit was 

 April 15. I found lar- 

 vse and about 4 lbs. of 

 bees, 8 frames of 

 brood, 2 of honey. A 

 full-depth hive was 

 added on top, without 

 any excluder. 



On April 22 I found 

 a grub in a queen-cell, 

 5 lbs. bees, 12 frames 

 of brood, 4 of honey. 

 The top hive and queen 

 were put at the bot- 

 tom; bottom hive and 

 brood on top, with ex- 

 cluder between. 



On April 29 four 

 frames of brood were 

 taken away, and an 

 extracting-super add- 

 ed. 



On May 6 a comb- 

 honey super was add- 

 ed under an extract- 

 ing-super. 



On May 13 queen 

 and brood shifted 

 again. On the 15th the 

 extracting - super was 

 removed, comb-honey 

 super added under No. 

 4 comb-honey super. 



Hammonton, N. J. 



[Tliis record could not be read by one 

 not fully understanding the system; but 

 if it is legible to Mr. Fowler, that is suffi- 

 cient. The point is that what might be 

 called a shorthand system may be used, 

 taking almost no time to make the record, 

 and yet giving a full and complete account 

 of what was done. Doubtless the system 

 would have to be modified to fit the par- 

 ticular needs of each individual beekeep- 

 er.— Ep.] 



State Fair. 

 The large 



HONEY EXHIBITS AT THE KANSAS STATE FAIR 



BY J. P. LUCAS 



The Kansas State fair at Hutchinson, 

 Sept. 16 to 23, 1916, was a gi'and success 

 in every respect. The beekeepers made 

 some exceptionally fine displays. Dr. G. 

 Bohrer, of Chase, Kansas, says it was the 



largest and best ever held in the United 

 States. 



The honey exhibits occupied 1845 square 

 feet of space. There were displayuS from 

 half a dozen Kansas counties — J. A. Nin- 



