AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



439 



Good Fall Crop of Honey. 



We are having a large yield of Fall 

 honey in this part of Nebraska. I shall 

 average from 50 to 75 pounds to the 

 colony. It is of excellent quality. 



W. H. Cagil. 



Central City, Nebr., Sept. 18, 1891. 



Drone and Worker-Cells. 



Under the title of "Bees and their 

 Products," on page 371, Mr. Chalmer 

 says there are 16 drone-cells to the 

 square inch, and 25 worker-cells. Now, 

 if the cells were square, instead of 

 hexagonal, he would have been correct. 

 The area of a drone-cell, in inches, is 

 1//32 of the square root of 3, and of a 

 worker-cell 1/50 of the square root of 

 3 ; therefore, a square inch of drone- 

 comb (both sides) contains 36.9 cells, 

 and of worker-comb, 57.7 cells, or in 

 1,000 square inches of drone-comb 

 there are 36,950 cells, and of worker- 

 comb, 57,735 cells. P. W. Leete. 



Sylvan Beach, N. Y. 



Unfit for Winter Food. 



There is a cider mill and jelly factory 

 about 20 rods from my apiary, and the 

 owner keeps the doors open while boiling 

 the jelly. It is only a cheap board 

 house, the cracks are open all around, 

 and many of my bees are cooked. The 

 proprietor formerly threw the pomace 

 in the creek, but was obliged to stop 

 that, and now throws it out on the 

 ground. Will it harm my bees, and has 

 he a right to boil cider without protect- 

 ing his pan and fire so the bees cannot 

 reach them ? I have kept bees here for 

 over 21 years. The cider mill was put 

 in long after I began keeping bees, and 

 the jelly-pan was put up two or three 

 years ago. The owner and myself are 

 not at swords' points, but since he de- 

 posits the pomace on the ground, I would 

 like to know what is best for me to do. 

 Please answer in the next Bee Journal. 

 R. D. Reynolds. 



Cooperstown, Pa. 



[Bees will work on the pomace, and 

 store the juice if not prevented from 

 doing so. This cider will soon become 

 sour, and if used for Winter food, will 

 entail heavy losses in bees by diarrhea. 

 The jelly factory should be enclosed with 

 mosquito-bar or wire-cloth to keep the 

 Insects out. You shpuld endeavor to 

 induce the owner to do this, or offer to 



share the expense with him. The cost 

 will be trifling to screen the doors, win- 

 dows and cracks, and even if you should 

 bear the whole expense, it might pay 

 you to do so. 



If the bees have already stored the 

 cider, you should exchange those frames 

 for others containing good honey, or 

 feed them sugar syrup for Winter 

 stores. The combs of cider may be used 

 in the Spring, when the bees can fly 

 often, but will not do when the are con- 

 fined during cold weather. — Ed.] 



Black vs. Italian Bees. 



On page 342, Mr. Barker tells us how 

 much better the German bee is than the 

 Italians. He says that they (the blacks) 

 are more gentle to handle. Now, the 

 only way I can account for that state- 

 ment is to assume that he dislikes 

 foreigners, and champions the black 

 bees, thinking that they are natives of 

 this country. But, joking aside, I think 

 if Mr. H. would try some one's bees that 

 worked for honey as well as queens, 

 that he will get bees that will suit him 

 better than his blacks. 



Braceville, Ills. John Burr. 



Indiana State Fair. 



The bee and honey exhibit at the 

 Indiana State Fair was an interesting 

 one, although, owing to the poor honey 

 season, the display was smaller than 

 usual. There were 4 exhibitors, and 

 the number of premiums taken by each 

 is placed in parentheses, after each 

 name : Julius Moesch, North Indianap- 

 olis (11) ; R. S. Russell, Zionsville (5) ; 

 Mrs. Moore, Greensburg (1) ; Walter S. 

 Ponder, Indianapolis (15). Mr. E. S. 

 Guthrie, of Greensburg, acted as judge. 



Indianapolis, Ind. W. S. Pouder. 



Gathering Honey from Golden-Rod. 



Bees in Northern Ohio have been en- 

 joying a big time on golden-rod now for 

 about 10 days, and filling their combs 

 to the bottom of the hive — the nights are 

 too cold to get them into the sections. 

 The clover and basswood honey crop is 

 short here this Summer — about one- 

 fourth of a crop. I wish to go South the 

 coming Winter, to try to get rid of the 

 grip. Will some one in Tennessee advise 

 me where to go ? E. Greeley. 



Lorain, O., Sept. 21, 1891. 



