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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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After the box was closed up, the brood 

 was placed back in the tree; a long strip of 

 Ijrood, then two or three sticks up and down, 

 then another piece of brood, and so on until 

 it was all back in the tree, the small sticks 

 forming a bee-space between each comb. 

 Don't lose sight of this: The side, not the top 

 of the log. should ])e cut out. After this the 

 pieces of log are to ba split off; large tlat 

 stones, any thing that would shield them 

 from the storms, were placed over them, 

 forming a kind of shed roof. Next I pick 

 up my box; but before starting for home I 

 see hundreds — yes, thousands — of bees, tired 

 of wandering in the air, settling down on 

 the brood. Thus I bid them adieu. 



On reaching home a hive full of combs left 

 over from the previous year is placed on the 

 ground, the bees shaken in front of it, and 

 placed on their stand. The first of August I 

 took a super of honey from this colony. Some 

 two weeks after this I again took my forcing- 

 l)ox and paid them another visit. They wei'e 

 working strong. It did not take long to take 

 the cover off. drive the bees into the box, 

 and, as some bees were in the air, I repeated 

 the performance of laying the combs back in 

 the tree. 



Bees in fair condition sell readily in the 

 spring for $5.00. I sold some this spring at 

 that price, and could have sold more. Nine- 

 tenths of the bees found here are in trees 

 that are worthless for lumber, and there is 

 never any thing said about the cutting; but 

 if the tx'ee is valuable, or belongs to ovir 

 neighbors, we should buy the tree or let it 

 stand. 



I think if the above plans ai'e followed you 

 will agree with me that bee-hunting pays. 



Enid, Pa. 



ARTIFICIAL CLUSTERING - PLACES 

 FOR SAVARMS. 



BY N. L. ANDERSON. 



The accompanying engraving shows my 

 out-apiary on live acres of ground that I 

 bought 1.^ miles from Spearhsh. The little 

 house you see is for bee-supplies and for 

 honey when it is hrst taken oft'; and then I 

 haul it to town to my home, where I get it 

 ready for the market. I use outer cases 

 made to slip over the hive to protect the bees 

 from the cold in winter, and from the sun in 

 summer. 



OUT-APIARY OF N. L. ANDERSON; THE FOUR BOARDS STANDING TOGETHER MAKE A CLUS- 

 TERING-PLACE FOR SWARMS. 



This lot of Ijees, which was very nearly as 

 large as the first, was treated the same, with 

 the exception that an entrance-guard was 

 placed on the hive so I could be certain 

 whether they had a queen or not. It was 

 not long after pouring them out before I saw 

 a nice queen trying to get through the guard. 

 This colony is strong to-day. 



A few days ago, while passing along a 

 road not far from the tree, I thought I would 

 walk to the tree, and, if any bees were still 

 there, bring them home later and join them 

 to the others. It was a surprise to me to 

 find them working away, and the second 

 ([ueen must have been mated anil laying, for 

 there was every indication that they had a 

 queen. It is possible that I can bring these 

 home, take brood and stores from others that 

 can spare it, and thus get three colonies 

 from one tree. 



Those four boards that are standing uj} to- 

 gether are swarm-catchers. When bees 

 swarm they will alight inside of one of those 

 arrangements. ))ecause the boards are slant- 

 ing. In the background is a mountain named 

 Crow Peak. 



Spearlish, S. Dakota. 



[We have heard of artificial trees for catch- 

 ing swarms, but never any thing just like 

 the arrangement shown. Some bee-keepers 

 cut large Imshy branches from trees and nail 

 them to long poles, which are then stuck in 

 the ground. If no trees are near the apiary 

 the swarms will almost always alight on one 

 of the bushy poles. If the Ijoards arranged 

 as shown would work just as well, they 

 would probably be more convenient than 

 the branches. Of course, when plenty of 

 low trees are near, no such device is neces- 

 sary. — Ed.] 



