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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15 



out the old queen and remove one extract- 

 ing-comb; or if the super is filled with sec- 

 tions, take out one of them. Lay the cage 

 containing the new queen in an open space, 

 with the wire up. If the colony has no 

 super, remove one frame; place the cage be- 

 tween two frames, wire down; now close 

 the hive; let it be for 48 hours. Most likely 

 she will be out laying at the end of that 

 time. If not, make a hole through the 

 candy a little smaller than a worker bee. Lay 

 the cage back , and close it. They will let her 

 out in three hours or less. Now, Mr. Editor, 

 I have introduced 26 by this plan, and did 

 not lose a single queen. By this plan the 

 colony will not be without a laying queen 

 over 54 hours. Perhaps I had better state 

 these queens were all laying ones. 



I use the Benton cage with the pasteboard 

 over the candy-hole. J M. FuWLER. 



Campobello, S. C, Jan. 13. 



[Why, friend F., your plan is practically 

 the same as the one in general use, except 

 that you remove a brood-frame or a section 

 to accommodate the queen-cage. In our ex- 

 perience we have very few failures; but we 

 do not find it necessary to move either a 

 frame or a section; for all that is required 

 is to space two of the center frames a little 

 further apart, so that the cage can be plac- 

 ed face downward where the bees can get 

 at the wire cloth and see the queen, the two 

 edges of the cage coming in contact with 

 the sides of the two top-bars of the adjacent 

 frames.— Ed.] 



FEEDING FLOUR IN THE OPEN AIR. 



I have fed my 20 colonies 100 lbs. of su- 

 gar, and 15 or 20 lbs of flour. I feed in the 

 open, from a five- gallon can with faucet. I 

 place the can on a ten-foot grooved piece of 

 flooring, with the pan at the lower end. 

 The bees do the rest. My colonies all have 

 brood in all stages, some hatching; but for 

 the last two v/eeks we have had frost each 

 morning; but by 10 a.m. the bees are ready 

 for feed. At night I contract the entrance 

 to one inch. Am I right in this? 



It will be a month yet before bees can get 

 any thing from bloom. Do you think it best 

 to encourage brood-rearing, which we can 

 do by feeding? Have I fed too much flour/ 

 I use graham and fine flour, half and half. 



Adna, Wash. B. W. Blake. 



[Years ago we used to put out on flying 

 days in early spring artificial substitutes for 

 pollen to stimulate brood- rearing, but in 

 later years we have abandoned it. Then the 

 substitutes are not nearly as good as pollen 

 from natural sources; and when stored in 

 combs they are liable to be neglected, and 

 left in favor of natural pollen. If we give 

 it two or three weeks ahead of time, brood- 

 rearing will be stimulated to a point where 

 the bees will not be able to take care of it. 

 Their efforts to cover this premature 

 brood result in many lost bees in cool 

 weather. Your particular climate, however, 

 may be mild enough so that the practice 



might be a decided advantage. Yes, I should 

 say you had given your bees enough and prob- 

 ably too much flour. If you will look 

 through your combs you will find some of it 

 that will be packed in the combs where it will 

 remain all the sea-'on.— Ed.] 



LARD OR GREASE FOR REMOVING PROPOLIS 

 FROM THE HANDS. 



I have known for years that tallow, lard, 

 or any of the oils will remove propolis from 

 the hands, or will prevent its sticking if 

 well greased at the start. One should keep 

 oil or grease at hand, and use a little once 

 in a while. I learned this by using grease 

 when grafting in the spring 



W. I. Greenough. 



Mechanicsburg, Ohio. 



A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE ELECTION 

 OF NATIONAL OFFICERS 



The Fillmore County Bee-keepers' Associ- 

 ation, at a session held at Preston, Minn., 

 Feb. 8, passed the following resolution, and 

 instructed me to send it to Gleanings for 

 publication. We are also members of the 

 National. , „ 



Resolved, That the nominations for offices 

 of the National Bee-keepers' Association be 

 made by a referendum vote— the man hav- 

 ing the largest vote being considered the 

 nominee for election. P. B. Ramer, Sec. 



Canton, Minn. 



A CORRECTION. 



On page 82 I am made to say that we sold 

 broilers from 14 to 15 cts. per lb. This is an 

 error, and should be from 14 to 35 cts. per 

 lb., the highest price being received in May 

 and June. Fr. G. Fox. 



Erwinna, Pa., Feb. 10. 

 - [The mistake seems to be on you, friend 

 F., for on looking up your manuscript, we 

 find that you say 14 to 15 cts. per lb.— Ed.J 



CORN SYRUP STILL ON THE MARKET. 



Mr S N. Green, in a late issue of Glean- 

 ings, seems to think that com syrup 



is seldom seen on the market. If he wih go 

 into the groceries in this county he will hnd 

 plenty of it. There are piles of it in every 

 one of them. I heard one woman telling 

 what nice thick syrup it was. I believe 

 most of the grocers in this part of the coun- 

 try sell it, as I see it when delivering honey. 



New Hampton, N. Y. E. D. Howell. 



CAUCASUNS well ADAPTED FOR TOWN AND^ 

 CITY BEE-KEEPING. 



I have one pure Caucasian swarm, one 

 Camiolan- Caucasian, and one Italian-Cau- 

 casian. All are extremely gentle, and 1 

 have had no diflftculty in feeding them. As. 

 I live in town I expect to make all colonies 

 Caucasian next year to avoid trouble with 

 my neighbors, and shall be glad to report 

 my success to you. 

 . Marshall, Mo. Lawrence C. Griffin. 



