GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



FROM THE FIELD OF EXPERIENCE 



June, 1917 



of honey and half a pint of water. Boil twenty 

 minutes. 



Of corn, take two quarts, cut off the ear; half a 

 pint of honey, one pint of water, four even table- 

 spoonfuls of salt; boil twenty or thirty minutes, then 

 put into jars or bottles. 



Of tomatoes, take three quarts, one pint of honey, 

 three tablespoonfuls of salt; boil the same as corn. 



Of corn and tomatoes, take two quarts of corn, 

 two quarts of tomatoes, one and a half pints of 

 honey, half a pint of water, five even tablespoonfuls 

 of salt; boil thirty minutes, then seal. 



Grape, raspberry, blackberry, cherry, plum, and 

 peach juices are made as follows: One quart of 

 juice, one pint of honey, boil from ten to twenty 

 minutes. Mr.s. H. K. Beard. 



A Large Swarm-catcher 



An objection often raised against the 

 Manum swarm-eateher is that it is too small. 

 It is large enough to get about a third of a 

 swarm, and the rest of the bees will follow 

 only when the queen is among those inside 

 the cage. Now, the queen being the first 

 to settle, she is usually in the upper part of 

 the swarm; and as the Manum swarm- 

 catcher is nearly always tilled with the low- 

 er half of a good swarm the queen is gener- 

 ally not caught unless the swarm is a very 

 small one. 



For these reasons I take a large light box, 

 as shown in the illustration. Inside, about 

 3 inches above the bottom, I have a board 

 fixed with a hole in the center to correspond 



Hamelberg's swarm-catcher. 



with another hole in the bottom, the pole 

 being stuck thru both holes and thus held 

 firmly. 



The lid is automatically closed by means 

 of a couple of rubber bands. A small cleat 

 under the hinges keeps the lid from going- 



The swarm-board in position. 



