GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



iAxuARV, 1921 



HEADS OF GRAINS from d DIFFERENT FIELDS 



lying all around in his shop. Some he had 

 used to nail on his inner covers. Now this 

 man has been keeping bees for 23 years and 

 selling bee supplies for that long, and yet 

 did not have a single hive that I could lift 

 a frame out of. So I do not think he has 

 given the modern hive a very good boost. I 

 believe that every man that sells bee sup- 

 plies should know how to put them up and 

 should strongly urge the use of comb founda- 

 tion. T. C. Johnson. 

 Jjogansport, Ind. 



Must Have Bees steal eggs ? No doubt 

 Stolen Them, about that. One could not 

 prove it in a court of law, as 

 he would have to have witnesses who saw 

 the bee steal the egg and get away with it. 

 I have several times come across colonies 

 (queenless, of course) with only one or two 

 eggs, from which they raised or tried to 

 raise queens as early as February. If they 

 did not steal those eggs from some other 

 colony, where did they come from? 

 Fredericktown, Mo. Jas. Bachler. 



The New Year. By Bill Mellvir 



(With Apologies to Walt Mason.) 



I hail the bright and glad new year — I 

 say to it " Good day ' ' and shall not stop to 

 shed a tear for that one passed away. The 

 old year goes out with a wheeze all limp 

 and rheumy-eyed, the new year comes in like 

 a breeze all wool and three feet wide. The 

 old year when its tour began was full of 

 buoyant hope, but now we 've put it in a can 

 as disappointing dope. I hail this newborn 

 stranger now. I hope he has the goods to 

 give us all the laws allow and lead us from 

 the woods. I hope the bees will winter well 

 and be so strong next spring that every col- 

 ony will swell with pep and go, by jing. I 



hope we '11 have a honey flow that fills up 

 shot-tower hives so we can have some coin 

 to blow for fodder for ou?- wives. But when 

 we've earned the rubles fine I hope we'll 

 save a few to salt away in luscious brine as 

 all the wise ones do. But if the new year 

 brings no wealth I hojie he '11 not forget to 

 bring us all most joyful health for that's 

 the best thing yet. Then we can warble and 

 perspire thruout the summer's day as busy 

 as a house afire till time to hit the hay. The 

 old year 's buried out of sight beneath the 

 grime and grit. The new year starts his hope- 

 ful fliglit and ought to make a hit. 



