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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURK 



Aug. is 



If any of our readers can offer us any ad- 

 vice in this matter we should be glad to 

 hear from them. I can only say this: I 

 should like to have our correspondent try 

 the experiment; b"t we do not wish him to 

 sink money for the edification of the rest of 

 us. — Ed.] 



RED-CLOVER BEES. 



Adjoining my apiary here is consider- 

 able of the large red clover, and I notice 

 quite a few bees gathering nectar from 

 it. I do not know what colonies the bees 

 are from, as I have about £0 at my home 

 apiary among which are two queens (red- 

 clover) which you sent me, and I am some- 

 what inclined to think these are the ones 

 sending out the workers referred to. 



The question is, does your red-clc"pr stock 

 work freely on the large clover' i have 

 five or six different strains together, anu 

 wish to locate the proper colonic.*. 



Akron, O. A. J. Halter. 



[Oui- long-tongued bees of red-clover 

 strain work better on red clover than the 

 average red-clover Italians; but all Italians 

 work on red clover to some extent; but no 

 bee works on this plant as well as it does 

 on white clover or alsike having shorter 

 tubes. Our red-clover strain will gather 



considerable honey from red clover, but 

 nothing like the amount they will take 

 from white clover of equal area. We de- 

 sire to make a frank clear statement, so 

 that you will not be deceived as to what the 

 bees actually do. — Ed.] 



STORES FOR WINTER; WINTER-COVERS, ETC. 



Will a colony want the whole of the stores 

 they make in the bottom chamber of theii 

 hive, said hive having eight frames perfect- 

 ly full? or would you remove the two end 

 ones? What material is best to make cov- 

 ers for top of brood-chamber for winter pro- 

 tection? Will it pay to winter a thir< 

 swarm on a box hive, hived the last of June 



C. Kershaw. 



Forest, Ont., July 19. 



'ral rule it is not advisable to 

 t .„ i'rom the brood-nest. A good 



.. will depend on the locality, and on 

 whether you expect a fall flow after the 

 main flow of the summer. But if you are 

 not sure of any honey coming in after the 

 main crop, better leave the brood-nest un- 

 touched. Indeed, it may be advisable for 

 you to feed them. For a roof you can use 

 paper, cloth, or a tarred felting; the cover, 

 of ordinary boards. If no special covering 



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