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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 1 



INSURANCE ON BEES. 



In a few numbers back you spoke of in- 

 surance for bee-keepers. I have never seen 

 any thing^ more than a mere mention of this 

 subject; and if you can give us any infor- 

 mation, general or specific, it would be 

 highly appreciated. 



Clifton F. Pulsifer. 



Nessen City, Mich. 



[Nothing more has been said on this sub- 

 ject. So far as I know, no insurance com- 

 pany will accept such risk; and yet I see 

 no reason why bees are more subject to fire 

 than any other property similarly exposed. 

 If any one among the fire-insurance agents 

 who are subscribers can give us any in- 

 formation, we should be glad to hear from 

 him.— Ed.] 



REPORT FROM P. H. ELWOOD. 



"We had some April weather in March, 

 March weather in April, and back again 

 to April weather in May, and no rain — the 

 worst drouth that has occurred in a great 

 many j'ears. Through June we had a very 

 cold rainy time, making us think of April. 

 Bees had a good run on fruit and dande- 

 lion, but it was all needed through June. 

 In fact, some May swarms that came near 

 the close of the flow starved. The wet 

 weather came in very well to grow the 

 white clover, of which we shall now have a 

 small blow. Basswood will also be a short 

 blow. Since the first of July the bees have 

 been gaining on stores, and the crop of hon- 

 ey will depend on the weather for the next 

 month. A small bloom with good weather 

 will get a crop. We do not look for a large 

 yield. P. H. Elwood. 



Starkville, N. Y. 



we think that there will be an average crop 

 with prices about the same in the New 

 England States. W. W. Carv & Son. 

 Lyonsville, Mass. 



GOOD SEASON IN UTAH. 



Had we not last about every thing in the 

 way of bees this would be a fine season, as 

 the flow is good, weather prime, and bees 

 working splendidl3\ One party at Plain 

 City had 60 and lost 60; another, 78 and 

 lost 70; R. has 1000, and lost 500; Frost, 

 300, and lost 150; Mitchell, 400, and lost 300; 

 so 3'ou can judge of the State losses. South 

 loss was small. Last season we got 5 cts. 

 for extracted; asking 7 to-day; crops will 

 be good for the number of stands. In the 

 valley up the can3^on, where we got the 

 trout dinner, I lost every stand. 



Ogden, Utah. C. W. Frost. 



THE FORMALDF.HYDE TREATMENT A SUC- 

 CESS. 



Some of mj' best colonies to-day are those 

 on fumigated combs, badly diseased with 

 black brood in 1901 and '2. 



Mayfield, N. Y. G. W. Haines. 



AVERAGE CROP IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



At present the outlook is good for a fair 

 crop, and bees are gathering nectar quite 

 freely from clover and sumac. As a rule 



TOURING IN AN AUTOMOBILE. 



July lo. — We made 125 miles yesterday, 

 and both Huber and myself declare it was 

 the most enjoj'able ride we ever took in one 

 day. Instead of feeling fatigue, I did not 

 have any nap at all, which is something 

 that has hardly happened before in years; 

 and at 9:30 p.m. I voted to go on to a town 

 12 miles further. Mr. Auble told us a new 

 motor would often take on some queer freaks, 

 and we found it so. We were delayed but 

 little when the machinery needed readjust- 

 ing; but toward night, if we happened to 

 stop it to inquire, or for any other reason, 

 it was loath to start again, or if we went 

 over a very rough place at high speed; but 

 when it once got agoing it seemed to delight 

 in going faster and faster. Huber is over- 

 hauling it now. 



We arrived in Toledo just after dark. As 

 the town was full of various patterns of au- 

 tomobiles, we joined in the merry throng 

 and ran through their beautiful parks. The 

 activity- of the farmers in. the fields was a 

 delightful sight to me as we rushed through 

 the rich country of Northwestern Ohio. 



Metamora, O., July lo, lo a.m. — The rea- 

 son we didn't go 12 miles further was, the 

 machine " wouldn't go." It said by its ac- 

 tions that 125 miles was work enough for 

 its first long trip. Huber overhauled it, 

 but this morning it still "gets its back 

 up" whenever we stop a minute. 



Later, same day.- — A rubber tube used to 

 let the water oft" (in freezing weather) got 

 to swinging against a brass stopcock, until 

 it wore a hole in the tube and let all the 

 water out of our automobile. It was our 

 business to watch and see to this; but we 

 did not until the machine got pretty nearly 

 "redhot." Something similar had been 

 allowed to happen once before, and we now 

 found why it was hard to start. Water 

 was getting into the cj^linder. When well 

 under way the water was blown out; but 

 when we stopped it accumulated. At Mo- 

 renci, Mich., a crowd collected to see us 

 start. Of course, there were manj' jests to 

 the efi"ect one could hitch up a horse in less 

 time than we took to start, etc. Finally, oft' 

 it went, and I had just time to turn to the 

 crowd and say, "Good by, gentlemen," 

 when it suddenly stopped again. Huber 

 then declared we must get the address of 

 Mr. Wilbur, the "bee-man," who had in- 

 vited us, so we could get there with no 

 more stops. So I took it down. 



"Turn north at the hotel; go two miles 



