1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



57 



young- bees are just starting out on a 

 cleansing flight, and in this way catch up 

 all the bees needed to start a batch of cells, 

 with very little trouble, and practically no 

 labor. Just stand aside and let the screen 

 till up. When full, tilt the super forward; 

 and as you do so, slide the thin lid, C, down 

 so as to cover completelj' the back opening 

 of the super. The first opening is covered 

 with wire net, as is distinctly shown. 



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Carrj' the trap to the operating-room and 

 place it upon a bench of convenient height, 

 wire down, and raised upon blocks to ad- 

 mit air, and then let it remain until the 

 bees fairly beg for a bit of brood or a 

 queen. 



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An opening is cut through the lid, C, 

 which is covered with a tin slide, T, until 

 the bees become fully aware of their queen- 

 lessness, then they are admitted to a set of 

 combs, tiered above the super, b}' simply 

 drawing the tin slide, T. The bees will 



almost immediately troop joyously up and 

 take possession of the combs. Give them 

 larva? at once. 



I use a small hive-body holding 5 combs 



4VX8'2. This I place directly over the 

 opening, H. On the combs are placed the 

 cell-bars for holding Swarthmore compress- 

 ed cups; and as soon as the bees occupy 

 the combs the larvie are inserted through 

 the holes in the cell-bars, each cup having 

 been supplied with an eg^ deposited there 

 bv the breeding queen. Twenty- four cups 

 are given, and all are generally accepted. 

 The body being small, the cluster is com- 

 pact, and heat is maintained, vet ventila- 

 tion is good, and, as a result, we get fine 

 cells. 



ORGANIZATION AMONG BEEKEEPERS IN CALI- 

 FORNIA. 



California Organized ; Organization Begun on a New 

 and Substantial Basis. 



BY F. E. BROWN. 



Organization is the watchword on the Pa- 

 cific coast among the bee-keepers, and it 

 behooves the committee of the National or- 

 ganizers to do fast work or the local branch- 

 es of the National Association will be far 

 in advance of the mother order. 



Last week the writer went to Los Ange- 

 les to attend the California State Bee-keep- 

 ers' Association, and there was much en- 

 thusiasm along the line of national organ- 

 ization, and I assure you I did all I could 

 to promote the national idea of marketing 

 honey, and wish to report that my time was 

 not wasted. There was a committee ap- 

 pointed at that convention to organize for 

 the marketing of honey, consisting of L. E. 

 Mercer. G. W. Broad beck, M. H. Mendleson, 

 J. F. Mclntyre, Emerson Bro's, and F. 

 E. Brown. This committee spent one day 

 after the meeting adjourned, and effected 

 one of the most substantial organizations 

 ever known on this coast. 



The name of the new organization is the 

 California National Honey- producers' As- 

 sociation. It is a stock company, and the 

 papers of incorporation are now pending; 

 term of years fifty, with a capital stock of 

 $25,000, each stand of bees to represent a 

 share, with a par value of five cents per 

 share. This is so placed that it will not 

 exclude any one from coming in. They are 

 to have a board of five directors, who will 

 elect and emploj^ a local or general man- 

 ager, whose duty will be to grade all honey, 

 seal it with a seal bearing the name of the 

 National Association, which will guarantee 

 to its consumers the pure article. After 

 the honey is graded and sealed it is never 

 to be opened until it is opened for consump- 

 tion. Any one who will buy a case of Cal- 

 ifornia honey whose seal h:is not been affix- 

 ed, or if it lias been broken, will in the fu- 

 ture take the risk of getting what he orders; 

 but on the other hand, if the package that 

 he orders bears the seal of the California 

 National Honey-producers' Association he 

 can depend upon it he has the genuine ar- 



