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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 15 



looks very discouraging. I hope that next 

 year may give a better crop, and that we 

 may have regular and uniform prices. 

 Milltown, N. J. Rudolph Lichtwer. 



[Since the new national pure-food law 

 went into effect, conditions have materially 

 changed. The reason your customers ob- 

 jected to paying fair prices for honey is be- 

 cause they could buy corn syrup for one- 

 fourth or one-half of what you ask for hon- 

 ey; but all such concoctions, unless properly 

 labeled, will hereafter be barred from the 

 market, and when properly labeled, will not 

 sell. The cane-syrup men anticipate a rise in 

 their product, because the competition with 

 glucose mixtui-es will be practically eliminat- 

 ed. What is true of pure oane syrup will also 

 be true of pure honey. The public will object 

 to paying these advanced prices for a time, 

 doubtless; but when it understands it is get- 

 ting more sweet for the money than former- 

 ly, and a good deal better davor, no objec- 

 tion will be raised. We shall be glad to hear 

 from you again about two years hence on 

 the effect of this pure-food law. — Ed.] 



A NEW FORM OF HIVE-LIFT. 



In submitting this idea I have no comments 

 to make, as I am in the greenhorn class yet. 

 Try it. William Beeson. 



Gilt Edge, Montana. 



[It would seem as though the hive-lifter 

 proper should show only about half the size, 

 in proportion to the hive, that is here given. 

 The lifter is carried around, we should judge, 

 from point to point, and is set down in front 

 of the hive, when the lever is tilted with the 

 long end up in the air, the short end slant- 

 ing over the hive. The tongs grab the hand- 

 holes, when the operator gets hold of the 

 long end of the lever, pushes it down, and 

 hooks the chains over the end as shown. 

 This will hold the hive up in the air and 

 enable one to look under the frames with a 

 mirror, or lift a super or supers off the hive. 

 —Ed.] 



how to get rid of laying WORKERS; A 



PIN FOR transferring LARV^ INTO 



CELL CUPS. 



I took a queen-cell that was about capped 

 over; gave it to the colony, let. them hatch it 

 out, and that was the end of laying workers. 



I want to tell how I transfer larvaj from 

 the combs to cell-cups, as it is far ahead of 

 the transferring needles or tools that I bought. 

 I take a medium-sized pin and drive it into 

 a small stick about the size of a penholder, 

 then bend the pin at an angle so the stick 



will be out of the way. The head will slip 

 under the larva and out again easier than 

 you can get a larva off from a regular trans- 

 ferring-needle. Then the combs are not in- 

 jured in the least. Fred Tyler. 

 San Jose, 111. 



COMB-HONEY PRODUCTION; ALEXANDER'S 



PLAN FOR FEEDING BACK EXTRACTED 



HONEY ENDORSED. 



I have been feeding back extracted honey 

 for comb honey since 1903, and can vouch 

 for the practicability of Mr. Alexander's 

 plan, p. 649, 1906. Three years ago this was 

 the only way by which I was able to get 

 any marketable honey. The method enables 

 one to overcome in a measure the vagaries of 

 our honey-hai'vest weather. It also puts out 

 of business the half-finished-section nviisance, 

 if one is willing to do some feeding back aft- 

 er the main flow is over. 



Aikin, Md. J. Ford Sempers. 



PUTTING IN STARTERS BEFORE THE SECTIONS 

 ARE FOLDED. 



I do not remember ever seeing it recom 

 mended to put on foundation starters while 

 the sections are in the flat. I took the short 

 block which supports the section off my 

 Daisy, and put on one about 16 or 18 inches 

 long, so that I could put on top and bottom 

 starters at one handling. It is not necessa- 

 ry to have two plates and lamps, for I can 

 slide the flat section along to the proper 

 place. I have practiced putting on starters 

 in the flat a good many years, and think it 

 the best way. A starter that will not stay 

 on to fold the section is not safe to give to 

 the bees. Another important point is that 

 one lax'ge plate does for any size of section. 



Altona, Ills. Alvah Reynolds. 



HOUSE-APIARIES VERSUS HIVES OUTDOORS. 



Has any one tried a bee-house constructed 

 so as to do away with the bee- hive? 

 St. John, Wash. Peter Taylor. 



[Bee-houses have been constructed without 

 any hives in them. We have had one at our 

 place for the last 30 years, but it has long 

 been out of commission. Such a house is 

 not satisfactory, and we would not advise 

 you to invest in any thing of the sort. You 

 can use a building with hives inside; but 

 even then it is better to put the hives out- 

 doors, both for economy and convenience. — 

 Ed.] 



a bee-keeper who gave away sweet- 

 clover seed. 



The honey crop with us has been quite 

 good. The bees are in good condition for 

 winter. My honey was all sold in my home 

 market. I have given away all my sweet- 

 clover seed— some 35 pounds — in one-pound 

 lots to bee-keepers, and still have inquiries 

 for more. I wish you would state that I 

 have no more seed. Jos. Egge. 



Willamette, Oregon, Nov. 8. 



