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that may leak from the injured sections. 

 Place the super on the hive and with the 

 hive-tool punch a few holes in the paper and. 

 the bees will do the rest. They will empty 

 every injured cell and repair it again, pro- 

 vided they have room enough below to 

 store." — A. N. Norton, San Juan County, 

 N. M. 



"White clover does not seem to be yield- 

 ing honey very freely, altho there is an 

 abundance of bloom. A plant that is rapid!}' 

 spreading about this locality is Devil 's 

 weed. This seems to be visited by bees; 

 but it has a deep cut that seems to me too 

 deep for the bees to get access to the nec- 

 tar." — F. E. Davis, Dutchess County, N. Y. 



"Nine hundred and thirty- three members 

 were enrolled in the correspondence course 

 in bee culture conducted by the Entomology 

 Department of the Oklahoma A. & M. Col- 

 lege in 1918. This course was the first of 

 the kind ever held in the State and was the 

 means of arousing much interest in bees and 

 honey production. In the class there were 

 612 men, 175 women, 11 boys, and 28 girls. 

 The correspondence course consisted of 16 

 weekly lessons and 4 examinations were 

 held. Instructions were given especially 

 adapted to Oklahoma conditions." — W. J. 

 Green, Stillwater, Okla. 



' ' White clover and alsike are in profusion 

 and yielding well, but for lack of bees the 

 crop will be short. The loss in this State 

 was at least 50 per cent." — H. H. Flick, 

 Adams County, Pa., June 22. 



"The last two seasons have been the poor- 

 est that I have ever known of; but the pres- 

 ent one has proved to be fine so far and 

 promises to be a record-breaker. But the 

 crop as a whole will not be a large one, for 

 the number of colonies has been greatly re- 

 duced. Still everybody who owns bees is 

 making large increase, and many beginners 

 have come into the field. You never saw 

 such great enthusiasm." — J. B. Marshall, 

 Avoyelles Parish, La., June 20. 



"According to reports in this particular 

 locality, 65 per cent of the bees died this 

 spring, and most of them died in the months 

 of March and April. Practically all the bees 

 that were in double-walled hives wintered in 

 good shape and came out strong." — R. E. 

 Wiseman, Mineral County, W. Va., June 25. 



' ' Gleanings in Bee Culture has described 

 a new method of wiring frames which the 

 Americans have named 'The Thousand Dol- 

 lar Trick,' and I think it is most appropri- 

 ately named. This has opened up a wide 

 field of investigation hei-e in South Africa. 

 For it has been a long-standing source of 

 complaint that our bees stored too much 

 honey in the brood-chamber. Here in our 

 warm climate, where frames are so carelessly 

 wired and we depend on all kinds of founda- 

 tion, the foundation must stretch a good 

 deal, the cells become enlarged, and the 

 ((ueen refuses to laj' in them, as they are 

 not the natural size and the bees use them 



for honey storing. Let us give this method 

 a fair trial and see if it does not overcome 

 the bad habit of our bees, for which we 

 have been blaming them during the past de- 

 cade, and, if it does, we will not only save 

 thousands of j^ounds of money, but will be 

 able to name it 'The Thousand Pound 

 Trick.' " — Sunday Times Farmers' Sujiplc- 

 ment, Johannesburg So. Africa, March 28. 



' ' I bought six second-hand worm-eaten 

 hives. Aren't they better for firewood than 

 for hives? I think so. The beekeeper from 

 whom I got my bees expected to have at 

 least 17 swarms for me last spring. I had 

 engaged all of them, and, not having enough 

 hives, I looked up another customer to take 

 what I could not, but there was only one 

 swarm the entire season, and I do not know 

 how many were destroyed by moths. This 

 beekeeper, however, sees only ' bad luck ' — 

 no cause and effect. His hives are all 

 ' gums. ' ' ' — M. S. Oliphant, Sussex County, 

 Del. 



' ' This has always been a great locality for 

 alsike and white clover, and the last two 

 years the farmers have started growing 

 sweet clover. Where much of the land is 

 light and gravelly they have gone in for it 

 quite extensively and some have made small 

 fortunes growing seed. The yield is usually 

 from eight to sixteen bushels per acre, and 

 they were getting $20.00 or $25.00 per bushel 

 this spring. ' ' — J. C. Duff, Tara, Ontario, 

 April 6. 



' ' We bottle up royal jelly and keep it 

 for quite a while. Then when ready to use, 

 we mix a small amount of water and shake 

 the whole contents. I use a common medi- 

 cine dropper to take it out of the bottle and 

 place it in the queen-cells. One dropper full 

 is sufficient for many queen-cells. I find this 

 way saves much time, when our time counts 

 so much in queen-rearing. ' ' — D. W. Switzer, 

 Saluda, S. C. 



' ' There is a little apiary at Lockport, just 

 a back-yard affair, covering a space of 

 about 15 square feet, with six beehives, 

 which are modern in every respect, with an 

 up-to-date bee enthusiast as its owner. This 

 woman has received this past season 65 gal- 

 lons, together with 300 pound-sections of 

 honey, realizing over $33.00 per colony. Al- 

 most anyone can do the same thing if the 

 bees are given the proper care and atten- 

 tion." — Press Bulletin, Baton Eouge, La. 



"I have kept bees here for 20 years, and 

 T never before saw such a late, cold spring 

 as this last one. I think there are other 

 regions far ahead of this for beekeeping — no 

 colonies here with three or four supers on 

 that I have ever seen. The farmers cut 

 their alfalfa before it blooms, so that all the 

 honey source we have is white clover and 

 wild flowers, yet some years the bees store 

 a surplus, but I can't see where they get it. 

 No winter protection is given at all, here- 

 about. Foul brood here is bad, too." — E. 

 S. Thoriiigton, College Place, Wash. 



