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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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EDITORIAL 



NOW that the quadruple winter case has 

 been adopted as standard equipment by 

 many northern bee- 

 Drifting When 

 Large Winter 

 Case Is Used. 



keepers, it is well to 

 take some precau- 

 tions to prevent 

 drifting when these 

 large winter cases are used. The hives 

 should not be moved very far from their 

 summer position when they are put into the 

 winter case, so the bees will not be so badly 

 confused on tlieir first flight after being 

 packed. Many beekeepers use the bottom 

 of the winter packing case for the hive- 

 stand during the summer, the hives being 

 spread apart as far as they will go on the 

 bottom of the winter case in summer, and 

 crowded together for winter. If there is 

 any trouble from bees entering the wrong 

 Mve, it can be overcome to a great extent 

 by driving a stake into the ground just be- 

 tween the two entrances, or by any arrange- 

 ment that will help the bees to distinguish 

 their own entrance. The type of entrances 

 used in the winter case apparently makes 

 considerable difference in the tendency to 

 drift. 



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BEEKEEPEES who are located where there 

 is much American foul brood can save them- 

 selves a lot of trouble 

 Don't Winter next spring by a lit- 

 American tie attention now to 



Foul Brood. see that no colonies 

 having this disease 

 are permitted to go into winter quarters in 

 their neighborhood. Any colonies that have, 

 been greatly weakened by American foul 

 brood should be destroyed, for it would not 

 pay to treat weak colonies having mostly 

 old bees. No doubt thousands of such colo- 

 nies will be permitted to go into the winter 

 again this year thru carelessness and ignor- 

 ance, only to die in midwinter. Then as 

 soon as the bees can fly they will rob out the 

 honey that is left and the disease is scat- 

 tered to other colonies. Next spring the in- 

 spector may find these hives and burn up the 

 infected combs; but it is then too late, for 



the mischief is usually done before the in- 

 spector can begin his regular work of exam- 

 ining colonies for disease in the spring. Col- 

 onies which are found to be only slightly 

 diseased can be treated now, wherever brood- 

 rearing has entirely ceased, by shaking them 

 on combs of sealed honey and destroying the 

 combs from which they were shaken. 



OF THE more than 4,000 projects being in- 

 vestigated by the various agricultural ex- 

 periment stations 

 Beekeeping Pro- 

 jects at Experi- 

 ment Stations. 



in this country, 356 

 relate to studies 

 on various insects, 

 and 35 of these 

 relate to bees and beekeeping. It will be of 

 interest to beekeepers to know that more 

 projects relating to honeybees are listed 

 than are listed relating to any other insect, 

 apple insects (all species) being covered by 

 20 projects, of which the coddling moth 

 calls for 13. This is a most creditable show- 

 ing for beekeeping and is quite in cont ast 

 with conditions of a few years ago. The 

 beekeeping projects are conducted at 13 ex- 

 periment stations, and there are five others 

 where some work is reported from other 

 sources. 



A BEEKEEPEE in northern Indiana has 

 sold large quantities of honey this fall at 



public sales held 

 Selling Honey at in his vicinity. 

 Public Sale. While he has not 



explained his 

 method of selling, apparently some of the 

 honey is sold at auction to the highest bid- 

 der, probably just enough to create an in- 

 terest and call attention to the supply he 

 has brought with him, which is then sold 

 at the regular price to all wlio wish to buy. 

 No doubt, an arrangement of this kind can 

 be made at almost any public sale, thus of- 

 fering an opportunity to dispose of tons of 

 honey to people who probably would never 

 think of using honey if it had not been 



