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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 



I began with one hive, and am now one of the 

 largest bee-keepers in the north of Scotland, if not 

 the largest. G. W. Riddel. 



Leslie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Oct. 13, 1881. 



I did splendidly at the great Toronto fair, beating 

 for " largest and best display " of honey our great 

 D. A. Jones, of Becton. Edmond Nugei.t, M. D. 



Strathroy, Ont., Can., Oct. 1, 1881. 



Happily, late this fall the bees gave me a lift in 

 the way of a nice lot of surplus honey that helped 

 me out of a close financial place; so I am not 

 cramped, if I did not get to sell any bees. 



J. J. KiSER. 



Des Moines. Polk Co., Iowa, Oct. 21, 1881. 



Please answer this In next Gleanings: Are the 

 Holy-Land queens yellow or dark? 1 bought one of 

 I. B. Good. She is quite dark — more so than Italian 

 queens. J. W. Marshall. 



Constantine. St. Jo Co., Mich., Aug. 13, 1881. 



[Dark, as a general thing, friend M.] 



MULTUM IN PARVO. 



Wet soft weather; 19 queens in the spring; 4" now; 

 most of them heavy with stores and bees; about 800 

 lbs. white honey, extracted; three or four hundred 

 to extract; about eleven or twelve hundred of boz 

 honey; some over 2000 in all. Extracted, 8 and 12c.; 

 comb, 15 to 18c. per lb. V. W. Keeney. 



Shirland, Win. Co., 111., Oct. 24, 1881. 



I have 107 stands of bees on shares. Our bees gave 

 us 7000 lbs. of surplus honey so far this reason, while 

 others have done comparatively nothing. Friend 

 Wilkin was up to see us the other day, and he said 

 he never saw bees thriving nicer. They are still 

 breeding very heavily. I am now Italianizing. 



O. B. Quesner. 



Newhall, Los Angeles Co., Cal., July 23, 1881. 



A three -COLONY APIARY. 



• In reference to bees, my wife is pleased with her 

 success. We have extracted about 160 lbs. from 3 

 colonies, and made a colony by dividing. We got an 

 Italian queen, a good layer, and one colony is now 

 mostly all Italianized. The four are in 2-story Sim- 

 plicity hives. 2 of which you furnished. I would not 

 have any others now. B. H. Lemon. 



Thorold, Ont., Can., Aug. 6, 1881. 



H.4PPY ANYHOW. 



Bees are doing no good with the most constant 

 care. I have gone back from 85 to 73 swarms, and 

 made no honey; it is constant work to keep out the 

 worms. There is but little feed, but it may be all 

 for the best. We are getting a good training this 

 year, even if we do have to work for no money. We 

 are happy and thankful, for the spiritual food is 

 worth all others. I. B. Ru.mford. 



Bakersfield, Kern Co., Cal., Aug. 4, 1881. 



I had a call for "oil of honey." What is it, and 

 how obtained? This was not an extra season for 

 bees here. I report as follows: 20 stocks in the 

 spring, and 26 now; have taken 1200 lbs. of honey, 

 150 of it comb. Sold all I had to spare, by Aug. 20. 

 Two other bee-keepers near here took about 1000 lbs. 

 each. I have been out some time. 



W. C. HCTCniNSON. 



Acton, Marion Co., Ind., Nov. 1, 1881. 

 [Who will tell us what "oil of honey" is?l 



In last Gleanings we notice that you contemplate 

 having a " square " and "crooked" list. It is our 

 desire to be placed in the list of " square " men, but 

 our greatest desire is to merit a place in that list. 

 We think that our past contracts are all square; 

 should we be mistaken, we arc ready to make them 

 so at once. Fischer & Stehle. 



Marietta, Wash. Co., O., Oct. 14, 1881. 



[That is exactly the was' we like to hear our ad- 

 vertisers talk, friends F. & S.] 



nONEY FROM CORN. 



In answer to your question, if bees gather honey 

 from common field corn, I will say, they will. Corn 

 on good rich crroioid. weilhoed, so the corn will thrive 

 well, will yield some honey. I have got more corn 

 honey {his year than I ever got from corn before. 

 My bees gave me over 200 lbs. each of extracted hon- 

 ey the past summer, and doubled the stock of bees. 



Wm. McEvoy. 



Woodburn, Wentworth Co., Ont., Can., Oct. 19, 1881. 



now THE HONEY-BEES HELP. 



I herewith inclose check on New York for $25 00. 

 I received this money as premium on hives and 

 honey at our State fair in Macon last week. We 

 have made almost an entire failure in crops this 

 year; corn and oat crop an entire failure, and cot- 

 ton yielding about one bale to five acres, so you see 

 how hard it has been to raise money. The honey 

 crop is good, and has helped wonderfully in meeting 

 our daily wants. F. N. Wilder. 



Forsyth, Monroe Co., Ga., Oct. 24, 1881. 



BLACK BEES BETTER THAN ITALIANS TO WINTER. 



I have three apiaries, wi' h ■ b^ut 40 stands in each. 

 The bees of the home apiai y arc Italians; the two 

 others are blacks. I can not winter the Italians as 

 well as the blacks. A year ago I lost 7^ Italians to 

 one black swarm ; last winter I lostlO toone. Ihave 

 a large dry cellar, and have always wintered blacks 

 successfully. I keep them in 5 months, or from thj 

 1st Dec. till April or 1st of May. I have brought all 

 home to winter. John Andrews. 



Patten's Mills, Wash. Co., N. Y., Oct. 29, 1881. 



Sll ^LL AVE USE SEPARATORS ? 



I see you request the friends to give their experi- 

 ence with separators, fused them one season, but 

 could not get the bees to do much in them. I find 

 one section in a great number that I can't pack in 

 the case, but I can eat that. I don't think I would 

 be bothered with separators. Our comb honey sells 

 out here better without glass. I put my sections in 

 the upper story, mostly four in a large frame. 



Robert Quinn. 



Shellsburg. Benton Co., la., Oct. 14, 1881. 



I confess I feel a little slighted. Ne.^t time you 

 visit Prof. Cook just let me know, and be sure to 

 buy your ticket only to Fowlervill'^, and I will meet 

 you there, and after showing you my farm, etc., 

 will take you up to the college in a buggy. May 

 be we haven't such fast horses as " Patsey," but 

 they will " get around sure." F. L. Wright. 



Plainticld, Michigan, Aug. 11, 1881. 



[I am very sorry indeed, friend W., I was so near 

 an old friend and customer and didn't know it. 

 When I get up that way again, 1 will assuredly come 

 and look at that farm, bees, etc., and take a ride 

 over to the college. I dearly love rides through the 

 country.] 



