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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 1 



just how our apiary was worked during the 

 season of 1906 as nearly as we can tell it from 

 memory. 

 Birmingham, Ohio. 



SOME YORK STATE BEE KEEPERS. 



Fourteen -f ream e Hives for the Production of 



Extracted Honey; Rpdncin^the 



Swarmino; Tendency. 



BY D. EVKKKTT LYON, 



Field Correspondent for Gleanings. 



Just across the Hudson River, not far from 

 the Catskill Mountains, is the town of Hud- 

 son. Residing here is one of the up-to-date 

 bee-keepers of New York — James McNeill, 

 a man who is fully abreast of the times. 



His home apiary, consisting of about 300 

 colonies, was a model. The grass was cut. 



and sweet clover, with a slight trace of bass- 

 wood. I can certify to its rich ripe flavor, 

 for I sampled it liberally. 



At the time of my visit Mr. McNeill had 

 already extracted over 17,000 lbs., and the 

 prospect was for about 25,000 lbs. in all, and 

 that in a not very favorable season. 



I was not surprised to find that Mr. McNeill, 

 after much experimenting, was beginning to 

 put his colonies into 14-frame hives, using the 

 standard frames; and there is no denying the 

 fact that these big hives do certainly produce 

 the goods, and are not as much inclined to 

 swarm. 



I was much impressed by the fact that, in 

 several yards I visited last year, many bee- 

 keepers who were producing extracted hon- 

 ey were inclining more and more to larger 

 hives. 



With the Ferris plan of two queens in a 

 hive before the honey-flow, in these large 



FIG. 1.— JAS. BUNEILL'S APIAKY AT HUDSON, N. Y. ; GKASS ALL CUT, AND HIVES ARRANGED 



IN ROWS. 



while the hives were arranged in order by 

 rows, as seen in Fig. 1, all being run for ex- 

 tracted honey, and producing an average of 

 75 lbs. per colony. 



Mr. McNeill began bee-keeping in 1880 with 

 two colonies; and, though busy with other 

 lines, of course, he has kept increasing his 

 colonies until at the time of my visit he had 

 about 450 in three diifercut yards. 



The opening of last season found him with 

 275 colonies, which had been increased to 

 450; and it was his intention to continue in- 

 crease further until the number should reach 

 500 or GOO.. 



Although located near Albany, Mr. Mc- 

 Neill's bees have access to little or no buck- 

 wheat, the principal crop being from white 



hives, there are possibilities in bee-keeping 

 yet to be realized. 



Mr. McNeill is an ardent Prohibitionist, 

 being the county chairman; in fact, there was 

 a meeting of the county executive committee 

 at his house at the time of my visit. 



Rye, N. Y. 



DO NOT SPRAY BLOSSOMS. 



BY PROF. 



H. A. SURFACE, STATE ZOOLOGIST 

 OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



Occasionally we hear of persons spraying 

 blossoms, and are surprised to know that, in 

 this time of advanced knowledge concerning 

 spraying and fruit-growing, any person who 



