1885 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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would be a strong point In their favor. I have savd 

 a flTie lot of seed; and if any of your readers wish 

 to try them, I shall be pleased to mail them a pack- 

 age, if they will write to me and inclose stamp. I 

 have kept bees but one season; have had just 

 enough success to feel hopeful. A. T. Cook. 



Clinton Hollo w, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1SS3. 



A NEW WAY TO PUT UP STMPLICITIY HIVES. 



Saw out corners the same as for chaff hives, only 

 use IVz-inch plank, instead of 3-inch. Use 16 screws 

 to a hive. In the fall, when you put your bees in 

 chaff hives, take out the screws, and your hives will 

 be in the flat, so you can pack them away in a very 

 small place. 



MOLLY HEATH HONEY-PLANT. 



We have a plant three years old; has never blos- 

 somed yet ; it stands about 38 inches high ; the leaves 

 are very handsome. Wc are keeping it in hopes it 

 will blossom sometime. I can't recommend it as a 

 honey-plant, but it looks nice. U. S. Bassett. 



Farnumsville, Mass., Feb. 12, 1883. 



Too much expense, friend B. , and too much 

 work to put up and takedown. — \Ve have 

 had some nice plants, but, like yours, never 

 seem to blossom. 



SIS.OO A HIVE. 



My last summer crop of box honey averaged me 

 over $18.00 per " skep," spring count. 

 Romulus, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1883. John Updyke. 



I started in the spring with 8; have 21 now — two 

 went to the woods, and returned two late swarms. 1 

 took 1100 lbs., mostly comb honey, all from upper 

 story. J. B. Townsend. 



Bedford, Iowa, Jan. 23, 1883. 



SAWDUST — snow. 



If bees winter well in a snowbank, why not if cov- 

 I ered with sawdust? E. Pickup. 



Limerick, 111., Feb. 9, 1883. 



[Ft ivill do, friend P., only it must be kept dry. 

 Snow is usually drj-, you know.] 



$d^ and %imhh 



CHAFF HIVES. 



IPVUP^' bees are all looking rather dirty in the sin- 

 Mlfi. &'P-wall hi\'es, but look very well in chaff 

 ' hives. I commenced last spring with 17 

 Bwarms, and increased to 38, and sold $100 worth of 

 honey, built in those sections you sent mc. If my 

 bees do not all die I shall need some more like them. 

 Perrinsville, Mich., Feb. 13, 1883. Wm. C. Heru. 



ONE-FIFTH of A MILLION LBS. OF HONEY. 



My purchases since September, of extracted hon- 

 ey, were over 200,000 lbs. About half or more is sold 

 now. Chas. F. Muth. 



Cincinnati, O., Deo. 29, 1882. 



FROM 7 TO 22, AND HALF A TON OF HONEY. 



I began last spring with 7 colonies, and extracted 

 about 900 lbs., and took about 100 lbs. of comb hon- 

 ey, and increased to 22. Last season was the best 

 we have ever had in this part of Illinois. I use a 

 chaff hive of my own make. G. T. Willis. 



Hoopeston, 111., Feb. 13, 1883. 



I commenced the season with 100 stands, all very 

 weak; took .5600 lbs. extracted honey, and 2000 lbs. 

 comb. Comb honey sold at 15', a to 18 cents; ex- 

 tracted sold at 10 cents up to date, but I have 1000 

 lbs. yet to sell. This is not a very good location, for 

 there are about 600 colonies within 2 miles of me. 



Shellsburg, la., Jan. 6, 1883. Kobt. Quinn. 



sweet-corn meal— a suggestion. 

 Who has tried Mammoth sweet-corn meal for bees 

 in the spring, to stimulate brooding? We had a 

 small patch, and fed it to some young fowls; never 

 had pullets lay so early, and so abundantly. 



buckwheat in MISSOURI. 



The last of July is the best time to sow buckwheat 

 here in S. W. Missouri. It fruits better, and its poor 

 honey la out of the way, being used for brooding 

 and winter stores. M. Jerry. 



Purdy, Mo., Jan., 1883. 



I made in 1882, beginning with last week in Aug- 

 ust, and ending second week in Oct., 1882, on an 

 average of 14 hives, $310. I have 15 hives, and my 

 bees average 40 lbs. to the hive; nearly all queens 

 reared from an imported one. J. C. Baker. 



Paragon, Ind., Jan. 31,1883. 



FRIEND JARRETT'8 TROUBLE. 



What would a man have done with 100 colonies of 

 bees here last spring, not knowing what a season we 

 were going to have, the average natural swarming 

 being 6 and 7 to the colony, spring count? 



West Point, la., Jan. 17, 1883. J. E. Jarrett. 



FROM 3 TO 12, AND 312 LBS. OF HONEY. 



My report for 1882. I began in the spring, 3 hives 

 of bees; got 312 lbs. of extracted honey, 95 lbs. of 

 comb in one-pound sections and four-pound boxes, 

 and increased to 12 hives, all in good condition, and 

 plenty of honey to keep them through winter. 



Hustisford, Wis., Jan. 30, 1S83. William Seitz. 



One man who keeps bees told me when I told of 

 the large business j-ou did in rearing queens, that 

 there was no such thing as a queen bee. He never 

 saw one, and did not believe anybody did. I told him 

 I hoped to show him one some day. 



Everett W. Briggs. 



Plympton, Mass., Feb. 5, 1883. 



PILING UP THE hives FOR .SURPLUS. 



We had 17 colonies in spring; kept them from in- 

 creasing by tiering them up 3 and 4 stories high, and 

 took off .500 lbs., white clover, and 700 lbs. choice 

 goldenrod honey, "all extracted." Our 17 colonies 

 are packed in chaff hives. B. Salisbury & Co. 



Battle Creek, Mich., Dec. 21, 1882. 



carpeting THE FLOOR TO THE FEET CAGES. 



The tin slides of the Peet cages may be made less 

 objectionable by giving them a coat of Demar var- 

 nish for a sizing, and covering them wilh flock, the 

 same as sign-writers use. Try it. It is nearest a 

 carpet of any thing I know of. Alex. Collins. 



Corning, Holt Co., Mo., Feb. 2, 1883. 



2000 LBS. OF HONEY FROM 6 COLONIES OF BEES. 



I received from 6 colonies, spring count, 2000 lbs. 

 of honey. One stranger I hived made 400 lbs. My 

 hives are from 4 to 8 stories, 12 by 12 in., and 9 high. 

 When I want but one swarm I put the new-hived 

 swarm on the old stand; that settles swarming. My 

 bees worked hard. S. Hammerschneider. 



Homestead, Iowa, Jan. 27, 1883. 



[I should say they did work hard, friend H., and I 

 am inclined to think you did a little of the same too. 

 Eh?] 



