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aries, located in the Simi Valley. His bees have something 

 like 15,000 acres to roam over, to 12,000 of which he has the 

 exclusive right. In the next issue of Gleanings will be given 

 some " idea of the magnitude of Mr. Richardson's honey- 

 yields." His chief honey source is purple sage. We pres'ume 

 his yields have been simply immense, for when they have a 

 good honey-season in that part of the country, it seems to just 

 pour in. "Rambler" Martin has been visiting Mr. E., hence 

 the pictures and write-up. 



Mr. F. a. Crowell, a queen-breeder in Fillmore Co., 

 Minn., has just recently taken unto himself a life-long 

 " queen." Our hearty congratulations are hereby extended to 

 the happy couple. Altho Mr. C. has doubtless always been 

 able heretofore to "Cro-well," he will now "Cro "-better — 

 having such " queenly " help. (We beg our New Jersey friend's 

 pardon. We Just couldn't help it that time — it punned itself.) 



A New Jekset Subscriber wrote us as follows last week : 



" Your new system of spelling is a good thing; push it 

 along. If you would strangle at their birth some of those 

 horrible puns you let loose once in awhile, there would soon be 

 a New York in Illinois." 



We are very sorry that our so-called p-jns have offended 

 any one. They are the last things that we would suppose 

 could be objected to. "Those horrible puns!" Well, we'll 

 have to fix them — " strangle at their birth," or else not get 

 them started at all. 



Mr. Frank McNat, of Wisconsin, was in Chicago last 

 week, and of course called to see us. He had 700 colonies 

 this year, in several apiaries, and they averaged about 70 

 pounds to the colony, of extracted honey, thus making about 

 two carloads. It Is all sold. Mr. Pickard, of the same Slate, 

 who had some 50,000 pounds of extracted honey this year, 

 has also sold his crop. Judging from the way these large 

 amounts have been taken, there is a fear on the part of some 

 buyers that the short crop this year would cause a greater 

 rise in the price later on, and they would better buy promptly. 

 In this we think they are wise. 



Mr. Herman F. Moore, who recently wrote a series of 

 seven articles on "The A R C of Marketing Honey " for our 

 columns, is thus referred to editorially in the American Bee- 

 Keeper for October: 



"To the apicultural firmament an exceedingly bright star 

 has recently ascended. This Is the iraprpssion we have re- 

 ceived from a series of excellent articles in the American Bee 

 Journal, on the subject of building up and maintaining a mar- 

 ket for honey, contributed by Herman F. Moore, Esq. His 

 style is pointed, and rings with a vim and business enterprise, 

 backt by bee-keeping knowledge, that will not be without 

 lasting eflect along the line of his travels in the interest of his 

 honey-trade. More Moores ! Is the crying need of American 

 bee-keeping interests." 



Hon. G. W. Sv7INK, of Otero Co., Colo., is not only a bee- 

 keeper but a successful melon-grower. He generously treated 

 the whole convention at Omaha, in the Apiary Building on 

 the Exposition grounds. Mr. A. I. Root, in Gleanings for 

 Oct. 1, had this to say about Mr. Swink and his famous canta- 

 loupes : 



" I had been eating a good deal of trash about that time, 

 and I concluded I would not dare to even taste of the melons ; 

 but when I saw the rest having such a 'picnic,' I concluded 

 I would just ' sample ' them, sick or no sick ; and they were 

 so exceedingly delicious that I really could not find a stopping- 

 place, and, to my great and agreeable surprise, I was not sick 

 a bit. Well, we made the melon-grower 'stand up' and an- 

 swer questions. We were especially interested in hearing him 

 tell that he never succeeded in growing nice melons until he 

 put bees enough in his melon-patch to fertilize all the blos- 

 soms. Now, may be I have made right here an awful mis- 

 take. If so, somebody will correct me; but, if I remember 

 correctly, he said he had 400 acres of melons, and that it 

 takes at least 400 colonies of bees to fertilize them properly, 

 and that it is now pretty clearly settled that you could not 

 grow a large crop of nice melons without having bees in the 

 melon-patch, say a good colony to every acre of melons. I 

 do not know why somebody did not think to get a Kodak view 

 of the convention while the members were all having ' rest 

 and refreshment' with those crates of melons. After we had 

 had all we wanted, the remnants were given to the Indians, 

 who held forth just back of the Apiary Building." 



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Liook Out for Foul Brood. — A note of warning Is sounded 

 in Gleanings against feeding honey got from other bee-keep- 

 ers. The safe thing is to feed no honey unless you know It's 

 all right. 



Hand-Holes or Cleats. — Editor Root, having heretofore 

 advocated hand-holes because neater and not In the way, ac- 

 knowledges himself now a convert to cleats because it is so 

 much easier to lift hives with cleats. He is now hunting for 

 a combined cleat and hand-hole, neat and good. 



To Fasten Foundation in Frames. — Put the frames on 

 top of a stove, top-bar down, putting on as many as the stove 

 will hold. When the frame is heated, put the foundation on 

 it, and as soon as it melts dip it in a large vessel of cold water. 

 It makes a solid job. — Leipziger Bienenzeitung. 



The Wee Bee-Moth. — This little moth is getting to be 

 very troublesome In the region of AlamedaCo., Cal., says W. A. 

 Pryal, in Gleanings. It doesn't work so much in the hives, 

 but is harder to dislodge than the larger sort, and destroys 

 combs left out of the hives, especially those containing pollen. 



Thieves Spotted by Wires in Frames. — Three colonies 

 of bees were destroyed for Benj. Passage. The deputy sheriff 

 got some clew, sifted the ashes and found the wires that had 

 been in brood-frames, the thieves plead guilty and got 90 days 

 in the workhouse, the heaviest penalty a Michigan justice 

 could inflict. — Gleanings. 



Painting with Propolis. — Prof. Henry, arguing that bees 

 are eager to propoiize the entire inside of their hives, advo- 

 cates doing this in advance for them. He dissolves propolis in 

 alcohol, applies to the hive with a brush, and the alcohol im- 

 mediately evaporing leaves a coat of fine yellow. He thinks 

 the bees like the odor of such a coating on the inside of hives 

 and feeders. — Le Progres Apicole. 



Honigkuchen. — Bring one pound of extracted honey and 

 a H pound of butter to a boil. Let cool for 10 minutes. Add 

 one pound of flour, '4 pound of ground almonds, }i tea- 

 spoonful of cloves, the grated peel of a lemon, and a scant 

 teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little hot water. Mix and 

 set aside over night. Next morning roll out J<-inch thick, cut 

 in small squares, press an almond in each corner and in the 

 center, and bake in a moderate oven. — Chicago Record. 



Time of liarvse, — Challenged by G. M. Doolittle to prove 

 that a young bee remains a larva only five days. Dr. Miller re- 

 plies in Gleanings : " Among those who s,ay five days for the 

 larval state stands Dubini. T. W. Cowan, in the Lth edition 

 of British Bee-Keepers' Guide-Book, page 10, gives 'Time of 

 feeding the larvae' as five days for queen and worker, and six 

 for drone. Years ago 17 to 18 days was considered the time 

 for development of queen. Nowadays it Is brought down to 

 15." 



Keport of the Omaha Convention. — A competent court 

 stenographer was engaged to take down the whole proceed- 

 ings of the convention, and very fortunately this stenographer 

 was also a bee-keeper ; so it is fair to assume that there will 

 be an accurate report of all the proceediugs. These will be 

 given in the American Bee Journal. Gleanings will give only 

 a condenst report, as usual, and this report will be in the 

 nature of editorial snap-shots given from time to time. — 

 Gleanings. 



To Prevent Swarming, and at the same time to get the 

 bees started in supers, a correspondent of Revue Internation- 

 ale says he closed the entrance and let them. have in Its place 

 for 18 days an entrance to the super. Six colonies thus 

 treated filled their supers, while the other colonies of the 

 apiary preferred to swarm. Editor Bertrand thinks the plan 

 worth trying, but cautions against danger of the queen laying 

 in the super, as the bees like to rear brood in the best venti- 

 lated part of the hive. 



