1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, 



499 



had no attention for the last two years, and 

 hence many combs are built crosswise, or 

 at least so crooked that they can not be ex- 

 tracted. Now, I think that the bees will 

 carrj^ out the honej' if these cases are placed 

 below the brood- nest and on top of the 

 brood-nest an ideal super be placed. Do 

 you think that I shall succeed in having- 

 the honej' carried out b^^ the bees, and 

 stored above the brood-nest? 



Do j'ou think it will prevent swarming if 

 Ideal supers with starters of comb founda- 

 tion are placed on top of the brood-nest as 

 soon as the bees begin to 

 bring- heme a little honey, 

 although pollen is in abun- 

 dance? I think 3'ou under - 

 .«.tand what I mean, for the 

 bees are not gathering- any 

 surplus now or before April, 

 and even later; but the 

 swarming- season is mainly 

 in March, or just a little be- 

 fore hone\' is coming- in in 

 abundance. 



A Subscriber in Texas. 



Goodwin, Mar. 7. 



[Bees ma3' or ma}- not carry 

 the honey to the brood -nest 

 above. A good deal will de- 

 pend on the season of the 

 year. In the fall, toward the 

 approach of cold weather, 

 they might do so. What I 

 should recommend would be 

 to set these hives on a stand 

 by themselves, g-ive an entrance just wide 

 enough for the bees to pass one at a time, 

 and then let the bees rob it out slowly. 

 Of course, if there are a g-ood many bees 

 in the vicinity, not your own, this plan 

 would not be feasible, as it would lose 3'ou 

 too much honey. The plan 3-ou propose 

 would not prevent swarming-. Of course, 

 giving- the bees plenty of room has a ten- 

 dency to discourag-e it. — Ed.] 



NOTES or TRAVLt 



* BY A. I. ROOT . 



SOME GLIMPSES OF CUBAN APIARIES, ETC. 



First we give another view of Rambler's 

 apiary, the same as is shown on page 400 

 of our last issue. By comparing this one 

 with the one mentioned above 3'Ou will see 

 that it was taken from a diiferent point of 

 view. 



FIG. 2. — BEES IN LOG HIVES IN CUBA 



rambler's apiary from ANOTHER STANDPOINT. 



On page 109, Feb. 1, I mentioned a visit 

 to Mr. Ciriaco Gutierrez. On page 110 I 

 described particularly this apiary, and I 

 here present two views. No. 2 is taken 

 from the back, and 3 from the front. 



You will notice in Fig. 3 that one of the 

 hives, instead of being made of a hollow 

 log, is just a piece of palm-leaf rolled up. 

 An3' thing that sheds the rain will answer 

 for a hive in Cuba. In one place I saw a 

 bee-hive made of a piece of 

 sheet iron rolled up. It look- 

 ed like a section of stove- 

 pipe. But that can not be, 

 because they have neither 

 stoves nor stove - pipes in 

 Cuba. 



Fig. 4 gives us a view of 

 the little town of Paso Real. 

 At the lelt 3'ou get a glimpse 

 of the schoolhouse, the only 

 building in town that has 

 glass windows, and almost 

 the only one that has a floor, 

 except the postoffice. There 

 are, perhaps, half a dozen 

 stores, meat-markets, grocer- 

 ies, etc., but they are all on 

 the bare ground. Most of 

 them have a sort of porch out 

 in front, and here the goods 

 are often exhibited for sale. 

 When it rains hard, the 



