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G L E A X I >■ G S I ^' BEE CULTURE 



December, 1911 



HEADS OF GRAIN 



Another Plan of From the colony of 



Eliminating laying workers I re- 



Laying Workers move three combs, 



place a frame of 

 foundation or drawn comb next to the re- 

 maining combs, and then introduce a two- 

 frame nucleus with a la^nng queen in the 

 side left vacant. 



Mathis, Texas. H. D. Murry. 



New Scheme for Tlie illustrations show 



Colony Records two sample sheets 



which I have prepared 

 for keeping a simple and accurate account 

 of an apiary. I know of no such book on 

 the market, but would be glad to see one 

 published. For the beginner it would be 

 ideal because he could profit much by past 

 experience as he referred to his account 

 from time to time. It would be no less valu- 

 able to the experienced beekeeper who would 

 use it for studying the success of past treat- 

 ments of diseases, the progress of weak colo- 

 nies, or for choosing a hive from which to 

 breed queens. It seems to me such a book 

 as this would enable beekeepers to run their 

 apiaries on a more scientific basis. 



New Haven, Conn. Clarence B. Mackav. 



DIFFERENT FIELDS 



The Distance Being interested in the 



Bees Will Go distance bees fly for 



for Xectar nectar, I have made 



many tests on this par- 

 ticular question. When I started beekeep- 

 iiig I lived in Yorkshire, England, in a vil- 

 lage called Tale, near the btinks of the 

 river Aire. It happened that exactly three 

 miles as the crow flies was a place where 

 much heather abounded. This place was 

 called Baildon, and was on the edge of Bum- 

 bles iloor. Now, there was no heather any 

 nearer than that, and yet the first year I 

 kept bees my one colony stored 60 one-pound 

 sections of heather honey. This not only 

 proves that bees fly three miles, but also 

 that they fly by scent, and often against the 

 wind, as most frequently the winds came 

 from that direction. 



I also tried the experiment of dredging 

 my bees with flour. The entrances were 

 ,iust plastered with flour, so that as they 

 came and went they became completely cov- 

 ered with it. On investigation I soon found 

 that my bees were working on bramble 

 bushes at least t"no miles and a half away 

 from home. All this has thoroly convinced 

 me that, when it is necessary, bees will fly 

 a considerable distance for nectar. 



Barrie, Ont., Can. Edgar Thomas. 



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