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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 15 



ally matured. Why do you ask that ques- 

 tion?" 



"Because I am against much brood-feed- 

 ing when the harvest is at its best. It takes 

 too much of our surplus crop." 



"All of my past experience says that for 

 energy, and a great rush of honey to the sec- 

 tions, give me the colony whose queen be- 

 gins to lay right in the height of the honey- 

 tiow, when said colony has been without a 

 laying queen for about two weeks. I claim 

 that this extra energy gives far more honey 

 in the sections, besides feeding the brood, 

 than can be gotten by any other plan where 

 there is no brood to feed after any colony 

 has been without a laying queen from two to 

 three weeks." 



"Well, I did not think so, but I will try it 

 next summer." 



"I would advise you not to run wild over 

 these or any other plans you have not tried; 

 but just try the thing on three or four colo- 

 nies; and then, if you are pleased, try it more 

 extensively the next year; and then, if fully 

 convinced, use the whole apiary in the suc- 

 cessful way till something which outrivals 

 the plans you are using turns up. Then go 

 slow again, and in this way you are always 



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IN THE ^OUTHWJEST 



(3^ LOUfS 5CH0LL 



DOING THE FAIRS WITH BEE EXHIBITS. 



This has been my hobby for years, but I 

 Tiave broken it only well enough to ride it 

 this year. Bee-keepers' exhibits at fairs are 

 very profitable to the bee-keepers, and are 

 great educators to the general public. Here 

 it is that they are given an opportunity to 

 learn and to see many things pertaining to 

 bee-keeping. Then the honey in the comb 

 and glass makes many a spectator's mouth 

 "water" — we've heard the expression hun- 

 dreds of times. 



We have just been at the State Fair at Dal- 

 las, and are now at the International Fair at 

 San Antonio, with an exhibit of the Texas 

 Bee-keepers' Association. Besides the bee- 

 keepers' exhibit of bees, honey, wax, etc., we 

 have a large wire-cloth cage in which daily 

 demonstrations are made in handling bees. 

 This is a great drawing card. The results of 

 such exhibits will be profitable for the mem- 

 bers of the association. 



The matter of bee-keepers' exhibits has 

 been made a permanent one of the Texas 

 Bee-keepers' Association, and a general pre- 

 mium list that will be suited for the purpose 

 has been adopted, which is in effect now at 

 the Dallas and the San Antonio Fairs, and is 

 also used at the annual exhibit of the associ- 

 ation at its annual meetings. The amount 



of premiums is the same at each of the three 

 places, and are well worth working for. I 

 will give a copy of it here, and should like 

 to ask every reader who is interested in this 

 matter to keep this page for future reference. 

 Mark the number of this page somewhere on 

 the wall or in your reference-book. 



BEE AND HONEY DEPARTMENT— CLASS A. 



Golden Italian beesandqueen In single-comb obser- 

 vatory hives 85.00 S3. 00 



Three-banded Italian bees and queen In single- 

 comb observatory hive 6.00 3.00 



Carniolan bees and queens in single-comb observa- 

 tory hives 5.00 3.00 



Caucasian bees and queens In single-comb observa- 

 tory hives 5.00 3.00 



Cyprian bees and queens in single-comb observa- 

 tory hives. 5.00 3.00 



Holv Laud bees and queens In single-comb observ- 

 atory hive 5.00 3.00 



Banat bees and queen In single-comb observatory 



hive 5.00 3.00 



Black queen and bees in single-comb observatory 



hive 5.00 3.00 



Best display of bumble-bees 5.00 3.00 



Best display of ground bees 5.00 3.00 



Best and largest display of bees of various races In 



observatory hives 10.00 6.00 



Best and largest display of queens of various races 



in mailing-cages 5.00 3.00 



Best case of white section comb honey, 12 lbs. or 



more 5.00 3.00 



Best case of light-amber section comb honey 5.00 3.00 



Best and largest display of section comb honey 5.00 3.00 



Best display of special designs of comb honey.. 5.00 3.00 



Best 12 lbs. frlctlon-top pail white bulk comb honey 3.00 2.00 



Best 6 lbs. friction-top pall white bulk comb honey 3.00 2.00 



Best 3 lbs. frlctlon-top pail white bulk comb honey 3.00 2.00 



Best display of bulk comb honey 5.00 3.00 



Best dozen jars white extracted honey 3.00 2.00 



Best dozen jars light-amber extracted honey 3.00 2.00 



Best display extracted honey, granulated form 5.00 3.00 



Best sample cake of bright yellow beeswax, not 



les»than21bs 5.00 3,00 



Best and largest display of beeswax 5.00 3.00 



Best display in special designs in beeswax 5.00 3.00 



Best display of fruit preserved in honey 5.00 3.00 



Best honey vinegar 3.00 2.00 



Best Instructive display in apiarian products and 



of the various uses made of honey and beeswax. 20.00 10.00 

 Best and largest display of bee-keepers' supplies.. Diploma. 

 Best collection of Texas honey-yielding plants, 



pressed and mounted. 5.00 3.00 



All matters pertaining to the above may be addressed to me 

 as chairman of the committee on exhibits, and secretary of 

 the Texas Bee-keepers' Association. Louis Scholl. 



SUPERSEDURE OF QUEENS. 



There has always been a doubt in my mind 

 whether we could leave it to the bees to su- 

 persede their queens at the proper time. Ar- 

 guments both pro and con have been many; 

 but I have come to the conclusion that it will 

 pay, and pay big, for the apiarist to look aft- 

 er this instead of leaving it to the bees. My 

 experience is that the bees will tolerate old 

 queens in their hives longer than is profitable 

 for their owner. Too often the queens get 

 so old and feeble that the colony dwindles 

 down to a mere nucleus before it gets a new 

 queen and will require a long time to recov- 

 er, if at all, at the expense of the bee-keeper. 

 In one of my apiaries of 42 colonies the fail- 

 ure to look after and replace the old worth- 

 less queens at the proper time resulted in de- 

 creasing the number to 34 in one season, and 

 then to 26 during the one following. At this 

 rate it would not take very long to have a 

 beeless yard. 



This danger is greater during poor seasons 

 than in more favorable ones; and where bees 

 do not swarm it is also much greater. If the 

 colonies swarm, a new queen takes the place 

 of an old one; and this accounts largely for 



