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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1 



It is a very simple arrangement, liut it is 

 one of tlie little trieks of the trade that are 

 worth knowing and worth practicing. The 

 snpers, when piled thus, allow a free circu- 

 lation of air between the rows of sections 

 and between the supers. 



Those here shown are just as they came 

 from the hive with the fences between the 

 sections. Then at Mr. Burt's leisure he takes 

 down the honey, grades and scrapes it, and, 

 last of all, cases it. But lately he has not 

 had much to case, for his customei's come 

 right to his bee-yard, taking the honey at 

 retail tlirect from the supei"s. 



A REMARKABLE SET OF 

 INO-COMBS. 



EXTRACT- 



Third-prize Photo. Class B. 



BY <i. B. WOODBURY. 



In producing these combs of honey I 

 wished especially to secure thin strips of 

 comb to be used in jars, such as are shown 

 in the foreground of the photo. I failed to 

 note the time taken to get these frames 

 tilled out, l)ut it was not long, for no travel- 

 stain appeared on any of the combs. This 

 honey, put up as described, was awarded a 

 gold medal at Portland, Ore. The fi'ames 

 were prepared with half-inch strips of foun- 

 dation for starters, and the whole ten put in 

 upper story at once after taking out a full 

 super of extracting-combs. The colony was 

 very strong, all frames drawn together, and 



combs straight and almost completely seal- 

 ed. The (H)lony afterward gave a super of 

 ideal sections, well tilled. 

 Glendale, Cal. 



[This is really a remarkable piece of work 

 on the part of one colony of bees — especially 

 so as these fine combs were built from nar- 

 row starters of foundation. Had full sheets 

 ])een used instead, foundation reaching clear 

 to the bott(jm-bar, the result would not have 

 been so surprising. Mr. Woodbury said the 

 colony was a strong one, and, indeed, it 

 must have been; and in order to get every 

 thing sealed so perfectly, the bees were 

 probably allowed to be cramped for room. 

 As nearly as I can judge from examination 

 of the haif-tone, the bees built store or drone 

 comb below the narrow strips of foundation. 

 This would be natural under the circum- 

 stances. — Ed.] 



««»»» 



THE AMERICAN BREEDERS" ASSOCI- 

 ATION. 



A Special Committee on Breeding Bees and 

 Other Insects. 



BY STEPHEN N. GREEN. 



Here is an organization that deserves the 

 most hearty support of evei'y bee-keeper. 

 The question of better 6ec.s has been greatly 

 neglected. livery periodical devoted to bee 

 culture is crammed with information regard- 

 ing new appliances, new methods of work, 

 and new discoveries — all very impoi'tant and 



THIRD-PRIZE PHOTO. CLASS B *A REMARKABLE SET OF EXTRACTING-COMBS FROM 

 COLONY BELONGING TO G. B. WOODBURY, GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA. 



