1883 



GLEAI<riNGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



453 



a source of revenue, the government there 

 vFOulcl be likely to foster the Industry, and 

 thus give it a sure foothold. With our sister- 

 continent of South America waking up to 

 the importance of this subject, especially in 

 Brazil, under the progressive l)om Pedro, 

 what may we not expect of our heteroscian 

 neighbors V Please give us something more, 

 by all means, especially in regard to the flo- 

 ra of your island. 



HOW TO BUIIiD VP AN APIARY. 



WHAT JUDICIOUS FEEDING MAY DO. 



NOTICE in June Gleanings that several tell how 

 smart their bees are. I think mine are smart 

 too. My two swarms came through the winter 

 in good shape, with a great quantify of honey to be- 

 gin business with in the spring — so much that I 

 swapped with Ihcm an empty comb for a full one 

 just as winter was closing. Hive No. 1 appeared to 

 be alm( st full of bees, and No. ~ about one-third full. 

 At the suggestion of a friend I made a feeder and put 

 it on top of the frames quite early; in fact, before 

 the snows had ceased to come, and pave them just a 

 little sugar syrup to encourage them, and also a lit- 

 tle Hour just outside the hives, on such dajs as they 

 could fly out. The result was, they began to bring 

 in pollen before I supposed there was any thing to 

 find, and filled that empty comb right away — built 

 comb up into my feeder, so that 1 had to take it off. 

 When I took the comb out of my feeder f found eggs 

 in every cell. Seeing that thej' were getting crowd- 

 ed, on the 10th of May I put on an upper story of 

 sections to No. 1, and a half-story crate of small 

 frames to No. 3. On the SCth of May, No. 1 swarmed 

 — a good one too; May ~9th they swarmed again; 

 and on June 1st, swarmed again, and quite a re- 

 spectable little swarm. June 2d, No. 3 swarmed. 

 This makes four swarms in 13 days, from two hives, 

 and I find that No. 1 had worke* just a little on the 

 fdn. in upper story, and No. 3 had tilled the half- 

 story AVith comb, and had begun to cnp some of 

 them over; and to-night I see that the first swarm 

 has filled their hive, except part of one frame, and 

 shall have to put on suplus arrangement immediate- 

 ly. Daniel, H. Johnson. 

 Danielsonville, Ct., June 5, 1883. 



THIS TORONTO CONVENTION. 



SOMETHING FROM FRIEND -JONES ABOUT IT, 



fHE National Bcc-keepeis' Association will hold 

 its annual convention in the City Hall and 

 — ■ Council Chamber, in the city of Toronto, on 

 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the 18th, 19tb, 

 and 20th days of September, during the second week 

 of Canada's great Fai*-. All the railroads in Canada 

 will issue tickets during this week, good to return 

 up to Saturday night, the 22d, at single fare for the 

 round trip. Special excursion rates will be arrang- 

 ed from various ports of the Uuited States, of which 

 due notice will be given. Toose who intend being 

 present may be kept posted on the latest excursion 

 rates by addressing me, and also that I may arrange 

 hotel accommodation. Private lodgings will, if pos- 

 sible, be secured for those who desire it, and every 

 effort will be made to make everybody comfortable. 

 A grand meeting is anticipated. 



D. A. Jones, 

 Beeton, Can., July 3, 1883. President. 



t^mbmt 



l*ei'taliiing to Bcc Culture. 



We respectfully solicit the aid of our friends in conducting 

 this department, and would consider it a favor to have them 

 send us all circulars that have a deceptive appearance. The 

 greatest care will be at all times maintained to prevent injustice 

 being done any one. 



S"K||HREE years ago I 

 , II for the privilege ( 



sent to N. C. Mitchell $5.00 

 privilege of using his patent bee-hive. 

 ^^ In his circular he proposed to send a treatise 

 for beginners, and one queen in nucleus box (Ital- 

 ians). I received nothing, except his patent-right to 

 use his hive; and as I know nothing whatever of the 

 business, I have had quite a lonesome time. 



F. It. COLUARD, M. D. 



Wheelock, Texas, May 2.5, 188.3. 



No doubt you had a lonesome time, friend 

 C. I rather'imagine that most of the folks 

 who have been waiting for any thing except 

 promises from our old friend "Mitchell have 

 found it (luite dull, waiting year after year. 

 ^Ve have had so few reports regarding fiiend 

 M. of late, that the heading, '' Ilumbugs and 

 Swindles,'" was getting dusty, as our proof- 

 reader remarks. As your report was a three- 

 year-old one, it does not give us any thing 

 fresh, after all. Well, I think we will try to 

 stand it, if we <lon''t have any II. and 8. de- 

 partment for a year. But perhaps it might 

 be well to hang out the '' shingle " occasion- 

 ally, for the benefit of those similarly incliti- 

 ed. Such a warning " is not a terror to good 

 works, but to the evil." 



OR HONEY-PLANTS TO BE NAMED. 



ENCLOSED I send you samples of two honey- 

 plants, or weeds, which I think, from the way 

 — ' the bees work on them, must be good. Bees 

 worked on them both all day, and after sundown on 

 the 33d day of last May, and while clover is in full 

 bloom .too. I consider the small red flower a very 

 bad weed to have on a farm, or any place except on 

 the roadside. It grows here on the town commons. 

 No stock will interfere with it. The black flower 

 with broad leaf grows in the woods on very rich laud 

 where stock do not tramp about much. I never no- 

 ticed either plant before this year, as a honey-plant; 

 and as they are new to me. I should like to find out 

 their names. 



Bees are doing well; have had no lack of forage 

 since fruit-trees bloomed. Th. S. Chapman. 



Kocheport, Boone Co., Mo., Maj% 1883. 



Ptclative to these flowers, Mr. Devol says : 



BURR-FLOWER. 



The Hower inclosed ("found on rich land") is the 

 " Waterleaf ," or "Burr-flower" {HijdroiJhijUum ap- 

 pcndiculatum). It is a very common plant here, 

 found mostly in rich, moist woodlands, as stated by 

 Mr. Chapman. It is au herb with alternate, sub- 

 palmatoly .51obed leaves, the lobes dentate, diverg- 

 ing. The whole plant is covered with rather soft, 

 spreading hairs. Sepals subulate, with a small ap- 

 pendage between the lobes. Corolla bell-shaped, .5- 

 lobed, with small appendages Inside; stamens 5, in- 



