1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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bunch hung by the string. Then I tied a good-sized 

 broom of asparagus tops, and tied them on a pole, 

 and then went up on a ladder 13 ft. and held the 

 beech brush over the cluster, and let the end of 

 the brush rest on the bees, and then began to brush 

 off the bees with the asparagus broom. In about 10 

 minutes I had most all of the bees on tho bunch of 

 beech brush, and brought them down and hived 

 them. I have 8 strong colonies; have had poor luck 

 this year; lost 13 out of 16 last winter; have not got 

 a pound of surplus honey this year. Last year I got 

 1100 lbs. extracted honey from four swarms and their 

 increase. W. A. E. 



Easton, Wis., Dec. 22, 1882. 



Friend E.,tbat is substantially the way 

 friend Sbepard's swarming - box is used, 

 and I think a peck basket, or any similar 

 thing, would do as well as the beech foliage. 



GETTING &UBSCKIBEHS AT A PUBLIC SALE, ETC. 



I could not have got 10 subscribers if I had not 

 gone to two bee sales. Mr. Hastings, who died some 

 time ago, had about 5.5 colonies; they averaged about 

 $6.00 in single 8-frame hives, but are in poor condi- 

 tion. Mr. Elys averaged |8.61 in same kind of hiveS' 

 only part 10-frame, and in good condition. Tho ex- 

 tractor that you sent him last spring gave good sat- 

 isfaction, and the observatory-hive you sent took 

 first premium at our county fair, with an Italian 

 queen and some of her bees. We consider you a 

 "square man" at this place. E. S, Ellsworth. 



Lawn Hill, Iowa, Oct. 18, 1882. 



J5c% and §um^ei' 



I'KOM 15 TO iO, AND 1600 LBS. OF HONEY. 



^y^EING an A B C, I suppose I ought to report 

 Jh™ progress. Last fall I had 15 stands of bees; 

 this spring I had 15 stands. During April and 

 May I fed $15.00 worth of sugar. Between dividing 

 and natural swarming I now have 40 stands put into 

 winter quarters. I took a little over 1100 lbs. in 1- 

 Ib. section boxes, and a little 500 lbs. extracted 

 honey. P. Diehl. 



Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa, Dec. 22, 1882. 



Gleanings makes such a capital " silent partner " 

 that I can not do without it. Chas. R. Thompson. 

 Ft. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 9, 1883. 



I commenced in spring with 19, and increased to 

 40; doubled back to 37; got 700 lbs. honej'. 



Madison Talbert. 

 Morristown, Ind., Dec. 11, 1882. 



the 35-cent glass pitchers, for honey. 



Those last pitchers you sent are splendid. They 

 hold just 4 lbs. of honey, and I sell them for a dollar, 

 honey and all. C. Fowls. 



Oberlin, O., Nov. 4, 1882. 



My report for 1882: I began in the spring with 17 

 hives of bees; got 1050 lbs. of extracted honey, 

 200 lbs. of comb in one-pound sections, and increas- 

 ed to 38 hives, all in Langstroth hives, in good order. 



Wm. Coleman. 



Devizes, Ont., Can., Dec. 19, 1882. 



MY REPORT FOR THIS YEAR. 



I Started in spring with 14 colonies; increased to 

 37, all in good condition for winter. I have sold 800 

 lbs. of comb honey; have 200 lbs. on hand yet. 

 Nearly all sold at 20 cts. ; had a hundj-ed dollars' worth 

 of fun. E. W. PiTZER. 



Hillsdale, Mills Co., la., Dec. 18, 1882. 



Some thief stole the honey and spoiled a good 

 stand of bees for me, containing a Holy-Land queen, 

 one night this week. J. M. Epperson. 



Moberly, Randolph Co., Mo., Dec. 10, 1882. 



AN ADDITIONAL HINT ON THE STATISTICS MATTER; 

 SEE PAGE 26. 



Let each bee-keeper send in the report of auy 

 other bee-keeper who does not send in his own re- 

 port. C. C. Miller. 



Marengo, 111., Dec. 18, 1882. 



From 100 colonies the season past, we took 4550 

 lbs. of comb honey in one and two pound boxes, 

 which has nearly all been sold at 20 to 25 cents. We 

 took no extracted honey. B5' artificial swarming 

 we obtained about 30 new colonies. 



Oliver M. Brown. 



Winchester, Va., Dec. 19, 1883. 



I have about 200 combs in frames 8;ixl8. I want 

 to change to the L. Now, must I transfer the combs, 

 or must I melt them and have fdn. made of them? 

 They are drone combs. I got 70 lbs. to hive, and in- 

 creased from 43 to 70. J. W. Bradley. 



Columbia, Boone Co., Mo., Dec. 5, 1882. 



[I would melt them, if drone comb, unless j'ou can 

 use them in the upper stories for extracting.] 



trouble ahead. 



Bees are not wintering very well; they keep com- 

 ing out in cold weather. They appear to be swollen, 

 and have no power to fly; plenty of honey to winter 

 on. If they continue at the rate they are coming 

 out now, there will be none left by spring. Some 

 are in chaff hives, some in straw hives, same as chaff 

 hives. All are in double-walled hives. 



Chardon, O., Dec. 18, 1883. Carlie Cowles. 



rats and mice, in burying bees. 



In Boomhower's way of wintering bees, what pre- 

 vents the rats and mice getting into the hives when 

 he sets them on the scantling, without bottom? 



William C. Holmes. 



McCartney's X Roads, Mo , Dec. 13, 1883. 



[If the bees are buried some distance from any 

 house, it is not very likely that rats or mice would 

 ever find them, if I am correct. Will the friends 

 who have buried bees, say if I am right?] 



dysentery; symptoms already. 



I have 38 strong colonies of bees, with plenty of 

 honey in chaff hives, but they already have dysen- 

 tery badly. If they were yours, what would you do 

 with them? S. F. Newman. 



Norwalk, O., Dec. 21, 1882. 



[[ don't know what to do, friend N., but to give 

 them more ventilation. Put only two inches of chaff 

 over them, or a single sheet of coarse burlap. I 

 would also feed "Good candy," as directed last 

 month.] 



FROM 115 stands to 200, and 13,050 lbs. of honey. 



I commenced in the spring with 115 colonies, all 

 except two in fair condition; took 13,050 lbs.; 500 

 comb, the rest extracted; increased to 200 colonies, 

 and am satisfied. The spring was poor; but after 

 the honey-flow started there was no let-up until 

 frost. George Briggs. 



New Sharon, la., Dec. 19, 1882. 



[Friend B., that is what I call " business." I pre- 

 sume all were in one locality, though you do not say 

 so. Over 100 lbs. each, from an apiary of over 100 

 colonies, is worthy a man's best efforts.] 



