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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 1 



to which is added Paris 

 green or arsenite of lead. 

 The Bordeaux mixture 

 is made by dissolving 

 four pounds of bluestone 

 or sulphate of copper in 

 fifty gallons of water, 

 and adding six pounds 

 of lime, slaked, and 

 made into a milk of lime 

 and strained. To this 

 fifty gallons of the Bor- 

 deaux mixture add ei- 

 ther one-third pound of 

 Paris green or two 

 pounds of arsenite of 

 lead. Spray well over 

 the trees just after the 

 blossoms fall, and you 

 will kill the codling 

 moth, which is the insect 

 that causes the wormy 

 quinces, pears, and ap- 

 ples, and also the cur- 

 culio, which punctures 

 plums, cherries, and oth- 

 er fruits. Repeat this 

 spray in about ten days, 

 and no other spray will 

 be necessary for the 

 codling moth. 

 Harrisburg, Pa. 



^■16. 4.— A LARGE WELL-MADE SOLAH WAX-EXTRACTOR IS A 



NECESSITY IN ALMOST ANY APIARY. 



BEES IN A CITY A PLEASURE AND A 

 PROFIT. 



Honey for Home Use. 



BY COKA JUNE SHEPPARD. 



Our reason for keeping bees is that in 

 these days of advilteration we wish to pro- 

 duce on our acre of land all that we eat. 

 To get things fi'esh from nature seems the 

 only way to get pure food. 



FIG. 1.— NORTHWEST WINDBREAK OVEK BOX HIVES 



When tlie snow was still on the ground 

 last winter, my husband purchased two old 

 box hives full of bees. The price paid was 

 $3.00. A northwest windbreak was made 

 for them (Fig. 1), and we commenced to 

 read every thing that came our way which 

 related to bees. By May, the month for 

 swarming, we felt confident to care for the 

 swarms the old hives would send out. Two 

 new Danzenbaker hives had been purchased, 

 and the bees were eagerly watched. At last 

 the swarm came forth 

 and alighted on the ap- 

 ple-tree over the hives. 

 A limb was soon sawed 

 off and the bees carried 

 to the new hive (Fig. 2). 

 It was the work of a 

 very short time. 



A swarm in May is worth 

 a load of hay; 



A swarm in June is worth 

 a silver spoon; 



A swarm in July isn't 

 worth a fly. 



We felt rich to have 

 ours swarm in May. A 

 few days later the other 

 old hive sent out a 

 swarm, and they like- 

 wise settled in the old 

 apple - tree. Swarm 

 number two was also 

 easily captured. Then 

 we felt rich indeed, with 

 four hives of bees work- 

 ing early and late to fill 

 our lai'der for the win- 



