1906 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1129 



got up uuiler his veW unci stung hira, hut 

 he did not run as Prof. Bigelow did at the 

 convention in Jenkintown. June 20, when 

 the stingless bees ran him off the stage, anil 

 he did run for sure: Ijut instead of running 

 you see him holding a frame with hundreds 

 of live bees on it, and he seems to look 

 happy, as he always is when working with 

 bees. This boy is large for his age — not six 

 years old: and I think if nothing happens to 

 him he will be heard from later as one of 

 New York's large l)ee-keepers. At the same 

 time, George's little brother, J. Stephen 

 Brundage, 8^ years old, had his photo taken. 

 He, too, is a bee man, and comes into the 

 home apiary of 200 colonies nearly every 

 day. 

 Salisbury Mills, N. Y. 



[Gleanings offers its congratulations to 

 the little man who is not afrai<l to go among 

 the bees and help papa. As an expression 

 of our good will we are sending him a 1907 

 Root smoker that he is to have all for his 

 own. 



We especially admire the spirit in the 

 young lad who aims at high things. While 

 a small hoy never comes up quite up to his 

 own aspii'ations, yet show me the boy who 

 does not aim high and I will show you a 

 man who in after years never rises very high 

 in the world. If the three-year-old boy can 

 come up to the same proficiency of his older 

 In'other. there is a smoker awaiting him 

 also. — Ed.] 



'MO^ MFFERENT FIELBS 



AN INDUSTRIAL PAKADE. 



I am sending you under separate cover a 

 picture of what wc had in the industrial 

 parade here on the Fourth — a vvagonload of 

 hives with smokers on top and Alley traps 

 on back end, and two observatory hives. It 

 did not pretend to l)e much of a float: but as 

 there were a good many thousand strangers 

 in town that day I thought it a good oppor- 

 tunity to call attention to this brani-h of (jur 

 business. The picture does not do justice to 

 the new wagon and team, which are making 

 their tirst trip with the hives. Back of the 

 rigs you catch a partial view of our store; 

 third story is devoted to bee-supplies. 



DuBois, Pa. F. W. Protheko. 



CAN A DRONE-LAYING QUEEN BECOME AGAIN 

 A GOOD ONE? 



The report of Mr. Whitney, p. 1339 of last 

 year, would be more interesting could he 

 prove that superseding had not taken place 

 in the spring of 1905. This is possible only 



when he has marketl the queen (cutting oft" a 

 wing); otherwise his story tells nothing at 

 all. I ask. therefore, did 'Mr. W. mark the 

 (}ueen? and when was it that good brood 

 again appeared in the hive? It is doul)tless 

 because the operations of June, 1903 and 1904. 

 affected the queen strongly, forcing her to 

 lay more eggs than a queen normally does: 

 and it is no wonder that she became a'drone- 

 layer. But I doubt highly that the bright 

 orange-colored fresh plump queen was the 

 same he bought of A. I. R. 



HIVING .SWARMS WITH A LOOKING-GLA.SS. 



It may be about ten years since the recipe 

 of the looking-glass was given, and for the 

 last five years I have always used the look- 

 ing-glass when a swarm went out. and it is 

 very muc-h used in Switzerlanil. always with 

 the best success — not that you can force the 

 l)ees to settle anywhere you like. Init at all 

 events you can keep the swarm down, and 

 it will settle much quicker than without that 

 instrument. To perform this you take your 

 place so that the swarm is l)etween you" ami 

 the sun, and with proper movements of the 

 looking-glass you let fall the reflection of the 

 sun downward on the swarm. I think this 

 is the best means against absccniding swarms 

 if you come early enough. 



Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Brunnich. . 



[As the great majority of swarms that go 

 out will settle, or at lea".st 95 per cent of 

 them, before going to the woods, it would 

 be hard to believe that the looking-glass ha.s 

 any thing to do in causing them to alight : 

 but when we spray water on the bees we 

 put up a mechanical obstruction, making 

 their tlight laboricnis. and perhaps making 

 the bees think it is raining. I have seen the 

 looking-glass tried, but could never see it 

 had any perceptible effect. — F]d.] 



ITALIANIZING A LOCALITY. 



I think it best to requeen every two years 

 at least, as I have often left it to the "bees, 

 and lost lots of honey l)y the queen failing 

 in the honey harvest. I "keep Italians, buy 

 some queens, and rear some. I do not keep 

 a swarm of blacks long. I have Italianized 

 my neighl)ors' l)ees just by keeping a good 

 strain of Italians. " H. B. Terril. 



Roseville. Ohio. 



[It is true that, if one keeps nothing but 



puro Italian stock in his locality, that stock 



will soon yellow up the bees for a mile or 

 two around. — Ed.] 



CLOVER HAY FOR SMOKER FUEL. 



I shoukl like you to try well-drietl clover 

 hay as a fuel for a smoker. It need not be a 

 tine quality — just so it is well cured. Be 

 sure it is well lighted in the beginning. I 

 should like your opinion of it. Cutting it as 

 for chops is necessary before using it. 



Washington, D. C. W. W. Conner. 



[It untloubtedly would work well, but we 

 prefer greasy waste, which can be got for the 

 asking. — Ed.] 



