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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



June 



honey by the 15th of May at least, so they will be 

 ready to work In boxes as soon as white clover makes 

 its appearence. The man who gets the honey is the 

 man who is ready with his bees when the honey is 

 ready for him. If the weather is favorable, I think I 

 shall g'Ct a little surplus from apple-blossoms this 

 season. I have not lost a swarm for two winters; 

 but my good luck does not depend on my own skill 

 alone. Last fall I dreaded the approach of winter, 

 and prayed that my pets might winter safely. My 

 prayers were answered. I always bear in mind the 

 following passages: " Aslx, and it shall be given un- 

 to you. " "God will help those who help them- 

 selves." H. AIjFHED. 

 Lordstown, Trumbull Co., O., May 7, 1881. 



,$cf4§ and §ti^m§. 



j^O-DAY I have CT hives with bees, 58 averaging 

 some brood in 4 frames, and 9 having a little 

 patch of brood, in one or two frames. 

 Marengo, 111., May li, 1881. C. C. Miller. 



NEW HONEY AND A GOOD PRICE. 



I hope the honey tumblers will be in soon, for I 

 have honey to fill them aready, and engaged at I6-3 

 cts. per lb. E. J. Atchlev. 



Lancaster, Tex., Apr. 22, 1881. 



At a meeting of the Southern Mich. Bee-keepers' 

 Association, held in this city the 11th inst., 39 report- 

 ed on hand last fall, 771 colonies; on hand May 11, 

 335. B. Salisbury, Sec. 



Battle Creek, Mich., May 13, 1881. 



BURYING BEES. 



I bury my beos as we do potatoes, and have for 3 

 years past, anijl lost 25 per cent. Also H. D. Mason 

 lost 15 per cent of those buried. S. H. Corbin. 



Fabius, N. Y., May 1, 1881. 



APRIL SWARMING IN OREGON. 



I had one flue swarm of bees come out April 21. 

 They are doing finely. Expect more in a day or two. 

 A. J. Brumbaugh. 

 Cottage Grove, Lane Co., Oregon, April 23, 1881. 



I have to-day finished taking my bees out of the 

 cellar. They have been in 1.58 days without a fly; 

 put in 137 swarms, and set out 130 in good condition. 

 There has been great loss of bees in this section the 

 past winter. N. F. Case. 



Glensdale, N. Y., Apr. 27, 1881.' 



FLORIDA. 



Our bees are gathering honey in large quantities 

 from the lime, bananas, and oranges, and we think 

 It beats the white clover in flavor. It does not look 

 so white. It is not only ourselves who think so, but 

 strangers who visit our tropical island. 



C. A. DE Louo. 



Key West, Monroe Co., Fla., Apr. 12, 1881. 



I have lost 80 swarms out of .55. I am the only one 

 around who has any left; one of my neighbors has 

 lost 58, all he had. I want to find, through Glean- 

 ings, where I can procure a dozen nuclei Italians. 

 Levi H. Baldwin. 



Hingham, Sheb. Co., Wis., Apr. 18, 1881. 



OPEN-AIR EEEblNG. 



I am feeding sugar syrup in the open air; feed as 

 much as 12 or 15 gallons at a feeding. It is a suc- 



cess. I have now no bees in the neighborhood to in- 

 terfere. I can furnish you a few million Simpson 

 plants at 10c per hundred if you fall short. Spider 

 plants and catnip same price. H. K. Boardman. 

 East Townsend, O., May 4, 1881. 



NEW HONEY BY THE TON. 



I commenced this spring with 132 colonies; have 

 increased to 1-16, and have taken to date .5760 lbs. ex. 

 honey, with about 600 lbs. more to come out next 

 week. I have had between 40 and 50 natural swarms, 

 all of which I returned except 14 that would not re- 

 main in parent hive after cutting out queen-cells. 

 If I get as much honey per hive as I got in 1879, I 

 will close the season with 14,430 lbs. J. D. Bedell. 



Franklin, St Mary Par., La., Apr. 24, 1881. 



CELLAR WINTERING. 



Mr. C. R. Miles, of Pawnee City, Neb., says, " I tell 

 you, the cellar Is the place to winter bees, and no 

 more words about it." I indorse every word of that: 

 it is a whole sermon in a nut-shell. 



Erie City, Pa., May 8, 1881. C. H. Fronce. 



DRONE COMB ON FLAT-BOTTOMED WORKER FDN. 



I find that the bees disregard the cell foundations 

 in the flat bottomed wired fdn., for in some sheets I 

 find that they built up the greater part with drone 

 cells, though the fdn. was for woihcr cells. 



Louis Knorr, M. D. 



Savannah, Ga., April 30, 1881. 



HIVES UP ON BENCHES. 



Two-thirds of the bees in this section are non est. 

 I have lost but 3 colonies out of 8; wintered on sum- 

 mer stands. My neighbor's bees sat on high benches, 

 while mine are placed close to the ground, and were 

 buried in snow, to which I attribute my better suc- 

 cess. J. P. SWAUTHOUT. 



Crystal Springs, Yates Co., N. Y., Apr.2i), 1881. 



In regard to bee-keeping, I would report that I 

 purchased two Italian colonics from L. C. Root in 

 May, 1880; increased them to 8, and have wintered 

 them without loss; also 4 black swarms bought last 

 fall. Wintered in cellar, with occasional fires in 

 coldest weather. At least 50 per cent of the bees in 

 this county are dead. S. Markwick 



Ox Bow, Jefferson Co., N. Y., May 13, 1881. 



FOUL BROOD IN UTAH, ETC. 



Our bees have wintered well on summer stands in 

 Salt Lake Co., Utah. We did well with beos last 

 summer. They stored much honey, and have con- 

 siderable bees and brood now. Some are swarming 

 naturally at this date. We expect to have a good 

 season for bees, from the present appearance of the 

 times. I am the County Bee Inspector of foul brood , 

 and there is considerable less of it now. I did not 

 meet with any person last season, 1880, but was will- 

 ing to destroy all the bees and hives that I found in- 

 fected, by burning them up. Geo. B. Bailey. 



Mill Creek, Utah, May 10, 1881. 



ONIONS VERSUS BEES. 



My bees are all dead, but don't you say a word, and 

 I will make it all O. K. I am going to raise onions 

 this year, or at least make a trial. 



J. Patterson Watt. 



Duck Creek, Mercer Co., 111., Apr. 12,1881. 



[Well, if you really insist on it, friend P., of 

 course I won't say a word about it; but I can not 

 help thinking (all to myself, you know) that may be 

 you will have as much trouble with onions as the 



