April, 1920 



GT. EANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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HEADS OF GRAIN T gfFRQJiQ qrDIFFERENT FIELDS 



years than insect-pollination, and it was not 

 until after insects began to visit flowers 

 that the secretion of nectar became of im- 

 portance. J. H. Lovell. 

 Waliloboio, Me. 



Reply to Fowler In reply to C. C. Fowl- 



on Breeding from er 's remarks in the 



the Best. last issue Dr. Miller 



wishes us to cull at- 

 tention to the fact that if one continually 

 breeds from the best queens, the drones will 

 all have the best grandmothers and will, 

 therefore, be the best drones. — Editor. 



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How to Handle If the weather is cool 



Pound Packages at the time of arrival, 



in Cool Weather it will be found that 



the bees from the 

 packages refuse to take the feed from the 

 feeders when the feeders are placed at the 

 entrance or in the lower part of the hive. 

 This difficulty may be overcoijie by placing 

 the feed above. Prepare the hive with four 

 or five frames of drawn comb or foundation 

 with the entrance contracted and covered 

 with a piece of queen-excluding zinc. Also 

 prejiare a Mason fruit jar of feed (one and 

 one-half parts of sugar to one part of water) 

 with 12 to 20 holes pierced in the cap. The 

 holes should just admit a pin. In the inner 

 cover to one side, with an expansion bit, 

 bore a hole 2% inches in diameter. Set the 

 hive in place, shoving the frames to one 



TUr jiack.-iKi; of bees is placed beside the frames. 



side, and place the package of bees beside 

 the frames. Then pry off the lid from the 

 package and sprinkle a few drops of the 

 syrup on the bees and along the top-bar of 

 the frames. Invert the inner cover over 

 the brood-nest and place the feeder in the 

 hole in the cover. There should be a i/4-inch 



space underneath the feeder. Surrounding 

 the feeder should be placed an empty body, 

 and over this the outer cover. 



The bees will soon crawl out of the pack- 

 age and take the feed. After two or three 



Hive with feeder in place ready for the empty body 

 and outer cover. 



feeds if no honey is coming in, change the 

 cap for another one that has three holes. On 

 the next day after arrival a frame of brood, 

 if obtainable, may be given to the bees. 

 Medina, O. J. E. Thompson. 



Points of Decided The annual report of 

 Interest in a the Department of Ag- 



Jamaican Report. riculture of Jamaica 

 states that during the 

 past year 188,000 gallons or 1,175 tons of 

 honey were exported to the United King- 

 dom at a value of £154,700 (about $541,450). 

 It is interesting to note that this is greater 

 than either of the two of Jamaica's major 

 products, cacao and cocoanuts. 



Our readers will doubtless remember an 

 article that appeared in Gleanings last July, 

 written by the Government Inspector of 

 Apiaries, Ch. Noel Eddowes, in which were 

 explained the radical measures taken by the 

 government to stamp out American foul 

 brood at its first appearance at Kingston 

 harbor where bees robbed diseased honey 

 from a vessel at anchor. All colonies, the 

 total numViering 1,719, within three miles of 

 Kingston, whether such colonies were dis- 

 eased or not, were burned, the owners com- 

 pensated, and no colonies allowed in this 

 area for a year. The government report 

 states that there is every reason to believe 

 this prompt and drastic action has effective- 

 ly stamped out the disease, and bees will 



