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the leaves being more easily had than paper. 



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 same in the future. May it prosper and 

 flourish. George Re-\., Jk. 



Lehigh Co., Pa., Dec. 7. 



Cypress Wood for Hives. 



On page 7-15 I see the question: "Can 

 cypress boards be used for beehives ? If 

 not. why ?" And Dr. Miller's answer also: 

 " Who can tell us V' 



I believe I can. First, I will say I have 

 no cypress timber, aud am not in the lum- 

 ber business. Yes, cypress can be used for 

 hive-making in every part where wood is 

 used, except sections. The objection to 

 using it for sections is that it is too dark; 

 again, it may not work so nicely at the cor- 

 ners. 



Cypress is of several kinds, but only two 

 are generally recognized here, then only as 

 cypress and red cypress. The first includes 

 many shades of yellowish tinge. The red 

 cypress resembles red cedar, and sometimes 

 smells very much like cedar. 



All cypress (heart) works most beauti- 

 fully into moldings, bannisters, scrollwork, 

 panels, doors, windows, sash-frames, cas- 

 ings, and in fact all Bnisht work. 



Cypress is of the first class where a tim- 

 ber is wanted that will resist rot the long- 

 est. 



I have some bees, and now use Root's 

 dovetailed hive. I have used cypress hives, 

 and would use them again if I could get 

 dovetailed hives made of it. It i^light, 

 durable, and does not warp easily. 



A Mr. Hart, near New Orleans, recom- 

 mends never using pine of any kind for 

 hive-making; he even uses cypress for one- 

 pound sections. I have used cypress brood- 

 frames. Jas. O. Burns. 



Tangipahoa Co., La. 



[This seems to show satisfactorily that in 

 regions where cypress is readily obtained it 

 may be a very satisfactory wooil for hives. 

 It is hardly worth while to test its adapta- 

 bility in the North, for the ease of obtain- 

 ing and subsequent cheapness must always 

 cut a large figure. On that account pine 

 will probably continue to be the wood for 

 all hives made in the North. — Editor.] 



Wintering Bees — Swarming. 



I have two colonies of Italian bees which 

 have stored about 50 pounds of honey since 

 late in June. I bought one colony that 

 swarmed June 14; I moved them 10'4 miles 

 a few days after that; on the 24th they 

 sent out a swarm that filled a new hive and 

 a super as full as it would hold. They have 

 workt nicely, and would undoubtedly have 

 done better had I gotten them sooner. But 

 now here I am at this time of year, and no 

 cellar fit to winter them in. I am very 

 anxious to get the two through safely, and 

 must winter them out-of-doors. Their sum- 

 mer stand was in a cold place for winter, 

 so I moved them to the south of a small 

 shed, and covered them over with leaves, 

 and covered the tops of the hives with 

 sheaves of straw. I also put a board in 

 front of the entrance so as to shade it. yet 

 give ventilation. I took the super off. took 

 the sections out. and tilled the super with 

 clean straw, and put it on in its place again 

 before covering the hive with leaves. 



Now I would like some bee-keeper who 

 has had years of experience in wintering 

 bees out-of-doors, tell me what be thinks of 

 my plan so far. criticize it all he pleases, 

 and then tell me what to do if it will not 

 do as it is. The bees are all right now. or I 

 suppose they are. They are alive, anyway, 

 and the hives are as full of honey as they 

 can hold. I did not weigh them, but I could 

 not carry them with the supers on. and I 

 can lift as much as the average bee-keeper, 

 too, I'll guarantee. I don't think they will 

 starve. The hives are 8-frame. 



I askt some questions about preventing 

 swarming last summer. One of your read- 



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ers got it into his head that I did not want 

 my bees to increase. He is very badly mis- 

 taken. What I meant by preventing 

 swarming was some method of keeping the 

 bees from getting away entirely, or settling 

 on the top of some tree. I am willing to 

 let them turn out a new swarm twice in'a 

 season, but I want to get it without climb- 

 ing trees. H. J. Warner. 

 Cedar Co., Iowa, Dec. 6. 



[If you wanted to know how to keep 

 swarming bees from settling on high trees, 

 you wouldn't be likely to get much light by 

 asking how to prevent swarming. You 

 cannot prevent swarming without prevent- 

 ing increase at the same time, unless you 

 resort to artificial increase. But prevent- 

 ing bees from absconding or settling on 

 high trees when they swarm, is a much 

 easier problem than the prevention of 

 swarming. To prevent a swarm going off, 

 clip the queen's wing. The bees may swarm 

 out. and they may settle on a high tree, 

 but they will not stay very long on the 

 tree. When they ffnd the queen is not with 

 them, back they will come to the hive. The 

 queen will of course jump off the alighting- 

 board on the ground, when you will catch 

 her, cage her, and when the swarm begins 

 to come back have an empty hive ready in 

 place of the old one for the bees to enter, 

 and when fairly started to enter, let the 

 queen run in.— Editor.] 



Several Kinks in Bee-Keeping:. 



Getting Rid of Ants. — I have discovered 

 several things in bee keeping that have 

 been'of use to me. which may prove useful 

 to others in the bee-business. Years ago 

 the ants would make nests in the top of the 

 hives to hatch their young. 1 sprinkled 

 the cloth with strong brine that kept them 

 out, but by accident I discovered a better 

 way : I coopt up several hens with little 

 chickens near the bees ; they would run 

 among the hives, ani pickt up the ants and 

 cleaned them out. The ants only go in the 

 top of the hives to hatch their young. It is 

 a good, warm place, but they are around on 

 tha ground to get their food and the chick- 

 ens pick them up. 



Painting Honet-Barkels —I extract all 

 of my honey. I put it in alcohol barrels. 

 I found that, drive the hoops the best I 

 could, some of them would leak a little in 

 hot. dry weather. I stopt it by painting 

 the barrels all over the outside. 



Preventing robbing.— I have seen in the 

 Bee Journal that you must not have any 

 honey exposed near the bees in extracting- 

 time or it would start the bees robbing. 

 As fast as I extract the combs I set them 

 out in the boxes near the bees and let them 

 clean them up. It attracts the Ijees away 

 from where I am taking out the honey, 

 and they wou't bother but very little, and 

 I have no trouble with their robbing. It 

 keeps them from robbing. 



Charles Inman. 



Midland Co., Mich. 



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