Dkcembek, 191'i 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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BELIEVE 



the use of 



cartons to 

 cover sections of 

 honey should be 

 encouraged, as it 

 not only keeps 

 the comb from 

 dust and dirt, 



but from flies and other sources of dis- 

 ease, and, in addition, g-ives us a chance 

 to employ cheap advertising on each carton. 

 * * * I believe in the use of a nice tasty 

 carton that Avill compare well with other 

 packages with which it is placed. * « * 

 I believe it will pay." — J. E. Crane in 

 Doviestic Beekeeper, p. 3(50. 



FINDIKG A LOCATION IN THE SOUTH. 



'• The northern beekeeper who dreams of 

 finding an ideal location in the South should 

 spend some time there before tearing up 

 stakes and moving his family. In general, 

 southei'n locations are not equal to those in 

 the North, and social conditions are so 

 different that one should become somewhat 

 familiar with the South before making a 

 change. * * * The best plan for one 

 contemplating such a change is to spend his 

 winters in the South, becoming familiar 

 with the conditions and customs, until he 

 feels sure that he is prepared to adjust 

 himself to them. The nortliern man who 

 goes south expecting to show those who 

 haAe lived there for years a better Avay of 

 doing things is not likely to siiciceed very 

 tar. "--American Bee Journal, p. 332. [Ad- 

 vice more safe and sane has not been given. 

 — E. G. B.] 



AVINTER CARE OP BEES. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips, the federal bead of 

 apiculture in the United States, writing in 

 a recent and timely bulletin, emphasizes one 

 fact that is of universal importance; viz., 

 the imperative need of wind protection. 

 He says that wind protection is necessary, 

 and, unless it is provided, heavy packing is 

 of little value. We believe this advice is 

 as valuable for beemen in the South, even in 

 Florida, as it is further north, especially so 

 in November, December, January, and Feb- 

 ruary. The two latter months need it for 

 the sake of the early breeding, the two for- 

 mer for the sake of the life of the bees and 

 the conservation of honey. 



GOOD inFAS IN AMERICAN BEE JOURN.'^L, 



P. 336. 

 1. Use of ten-gallon milk-cans for trans- 

 porting honey from outyards to the home 

 apiary and extracting-room. They are 

 easily handled, are strong, tight, and yet 

 the honey is easily poured out to the last 

 drop. 



E. G. Baldwin 



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2. Doctoring 

 the bee-escapes. 

 If of board, the 

 Porter escape is 

 in the center and 

 strips are nailed 

 to the board, 

 meeting in the 

 center and divid- 

 ing the board into four e((ual sections that 

 center at the escape. If the wire . escape 

 is used, the escapes are at opposite diagonal 

 '"orners, and a strip of wood rurs from one 

 to tlie other across the board, making tAvo 

 triangular sections of the board. These 

 both look like good ideas. 



3. Enameled Avire cloth is rolled into a 

 cylinder about the diameter of a stovepipe 

 and the lower end is closed by like material. 

 This is set into the honey-tank, resting on 

 the bottom, and coming high enough so the 

 top Avill be level with the top of the tank. 

 The honey poured or pumped into this cyl- 

 inder is thus strained by settling and is then 

 run off at the bottom of the tank, leaving 

 the sediment in the cylinder. Later it is 

 heated and run thru a cloth. Having been 

 once strained, the honey has but little to 

 clog the clot II strainer. The plan seems in- 

 expensive, effective, and Avell worth a trial. 



SAVE THE WAX. 



" Mr. Crane's writings are always entire- 

 ly practical, and seasoned by a Avide ex- 

 perience. He seems, hoAvever, to have over- 

 looked a source of revenue Avhen he recom- 

 mends burning the scrapings from propoliz- 

 ed sections. Altho this material looks 

 worthless, Avhen melted with plenty of water 

 and stirred thoroly many Avill be surprised 

 to find the propolis sink to the bottom of 

 the vessel, and often 30 per cent or more of 

 Avax come to the surface of the Avater." — 

 E. G. Carr in Domestic Beekeeper, p. 402. 



FROTHING HONEYS. 



Why does honey froth or bubble when 

 no fei-ment is present? asks W. D. Null, 

 American Bee Journal, p. 191. He alludes 

 to honeys in Alabama that are so full of air 

 or some element of a frothing nature as 

 to blow out the cappings of the cells at 

 times. He declares that Washington ex- 

 perts say no ferment is present. He begs 

 for more light on the question. [In Florida 

 it is Avell knoAvn that the honey from the 

 cabbage palmetto Avill froth heavily, and 

 bubble in the cells on uncapping. These 

 bubbles seem to be more air than anything 

 else, for they disappear after extracting. 

 There is no bloAving or explosion of covers, 

 etc., such as IMr. Null describes. Surely 

 more careful investigation along this line 

 is demanded. — E. G. B.] 



