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 ln'fs a r (• f o r 

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BEES, MEN AND THINGS 



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 fall flow i« 



-A. S. ('(iiiradi, Octincc County, B.C. 



"As most of onr lioni-y and beeswax goes 

 to Euroj)e, which, I understand, is practic- 

 allv bankrupt, I am wondering whether it 

 wiil i)ay to put any more time on the bees. 

 Practically all beekeepers south of the 

 Ignited States are asking themselves the 

 same thing." — Frank McCann, La Gloria, 

 ( 'ulta. 



"This is the most disaiipointing year in 

 42. It started well, but the bees consume<l 

 all of the surplus they had stored and al- 

 most all they had in the brood-combs. Sumac 

 llowered well but yielded poorly, however, 

 the fall flow promises well. Colonies have 

 been strong all season. Such is the life of 

 the beekeeper." — Arthur C. :Miller, Provi- 

 de iicc C'Ounty, B. T. 



"1 learned last spring tliat when using 

 two brood-chambers a (|iieeii will it'adily 

 pass from the lower to tin' upper story. But 

 so many queens will not go <lown into the 

 lowrr liody when a considerable amount of 

 lirodd has hatched there. Consequently the 

 b.'cs will till these combs with pollen and 

 iuuiey. To (.\ercome this I exchange the two 

 brood-chambers every week or ten days." — 

 W. B. Krickson, Pierce County, Wis. 



It is an unwritten 



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ciation that 

 a|dary within 

 apiary 



with 

 sliall 



our asso- 

 ]ilace an 

 f (if any 

 who will 



a mile ami a h; 

 ler apiary, and all newcomer 

 lall on the secretary of our association will 

 he furnished all information possible as t() 

 where a desirable location can be had if 

 there lie any within the limits of our asso- 

 ciation, which are at the present time pretty 

 well crowded." — (filbert Kussell, Cliurtdiill 

 County, Nev. 



"There are two unusually interesting 

 phases connecteil with beekeeping. One is 

 I hat, if it were not for the bees that daily 

 gather the nectar in the {lowers, it would all 

 go to waste; so the tiees are wonderful con- 

 servators of a valuable natural resource. 

 Secondly, the value of bees in the pcilliiia- 

 tiiiii of fruit and other lilossoms is far 

 greater than is the \aliie of the honey they 

 jiroduce. It has been shown by Govern- 

 ment investigation that honeybees increase 

 the annual fruit crop at least 17% over 

 what it would be, were it not for the work 

 of the bees." — ■George W. York, Spokane 

 Countv, Wash. 



ture. "— B. 

 County, Pa. 



' ' I am 

 ami s(um' 



' ' One of my 

 (•(doilies gather- 

 eil 70 pounds of 

 clo\er honey in 

 a little over five 

 (lays. The clo- 

 ver field sounds 

 more like a ma- 

 chine shop than 

 a (| u i e t pas- 

 Oldson, Northamiiton 



trying out 

 of these 



some 

 have 



ir.-fr: 

 from 



hives, 

 to 17 



frames of brood, and brood to the top-bar 

 as there is no lioney for the bees to i)ut 

 there."— W. T. Eabb, Travis County, Tex. 



''The honey flow started off here in good 

 shape, but has been interfered with by rains 

 and the flood in the Arkansas covering the 

 the bottoms and ruining a great deal of 

 the sweet clover." — J. C. Allen, Finney 

 County, Kan. 



"A very delicious cold drink can be 

 made by adding four teaspoonfuls of honey 

 to a tumbler of cold water and thoroly dis- 

 solving it. This drink is mucli better tlian 

 it sounds. Try it." — Norman Shaw, Cal- 

 houn County, ^lich. 



"We ha\e lost heavily from spray poison 

 here in this \alley. I think about half of 

 the bees got a dose. If it had not been for 

 this we would have had the best crop ever 

 known here." — George W. Saxton, Yakima 

 County, Wash. 



"When the flrst bee comes in with the 

 first load of pollen in the spring, slie will 

 be seen making a great fuss and shaking 

 herself crazily. This, I believe, is to attract 

 the bees in the hive to her load of pollen, 

 so that tliey in turn will follow tliis l)ec 

 outside to the source of supply. Practically 

 no attention is paid to these antics wlien 

 po.llen is coming in freely." — J. H. Fisbeck, 

 St. Louis (Jounty, ^lo. 



"In making the ' )uish-in-the-comb ' cages 

 why cut out the corners as given in direc- 

 tions in the ABC and X Y" Z of Bee Cul- 

 ture? Don't do it — make the cuts only on 

 the sides and after bending down, bend the 

 ends over the sides. Try it and see. In 

 introducing over 200 queens this season 

 there was not a single loss when using the 

 pusli-in-the-comb plan. I want no escort 

 bees in the cage, and it has been bothersome 

 to get them out before the queen was run 

 in the wire cage. Try tliis: Make a slee\e 

 of /.inc excluder the sliape and length of 

 the mailing cage, which permits the mail- 

 ing cage to slil) in leadily. Loosen one end 

 of the wire cloth covering mailing cage, 

 raise it, and follow along with the zinc 

 sleeve until the cage is covered. Escort 

 bees pass thru the perforation, and the rest 

 is easv. " — E. J. Ladd, Multnomah Countv, 

 Ore. 



