GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar 



Would l)30s deposit poisoned honoy ia tlicir calls? 

 lioaoy that would kill tlio broodaii Iqii^Mis? A ucia;lil)ai- 

 iif mi:v tnix!^d oohalt with honey to kill th-^ tobicco iUes 

 Mild I tliink my heas CDlloi'tod it^ fo;- sjv 'imI o[ my colonies 

 died wiih W to no lbs. of ston;.-; ;ill clsiti and nics. After 

 luituliod r b.ni'^ht :inothor!UKl put in the same hive and 

 now thoy are all dead. My beos commoncad f^itherin:? 

 ))ollen on New Yeir's<lay and wjrkcd for om week. It 

 .•>ppe ir.s they did not all suffer alike but all liivi^ thinned 

 down more or less. William Xoland. 



Siunder.sville, Tenii., Jan. 2i;, ixic. 



It seems quite probable that in your case, it 

 was tlie houey and cobalt that killeil the l»ecs; 

 but it Hi'f// be nothini:; more than a feature of 

 the modern bee disease. If they died shortly 

 iifter 2;at!u'riu;? the polleu you mention, we 

 should incline to the latter idea; but if it was 

 dnrinq; warai weather we should tliink it the 

 poison. If it is while rearing brood during 

 coid weather that tliis bee disease makes its 

 appearance — in the early spring for instance — 

 we shall have ample opportunity to test it this 

 season, and we know of no better I'emedy if 

 such is the case, than to keep them in dry cel- 

 lars as recommended by L. (J. lioot in the Am. 

 Af/r/cuUnrist, until weliave settled line weather. 



1 started last sjirin'j; with 15 weak swarms, two of them 

 in box hives, which 1 transferred to movable comb frame 

 hives, increased tham to -25, Italiani/.ed them, and took 

 lO.'iO lbs. extracted honey. This honey was all taken du- 

 rin;: the two last weeks of Au>^. The balance of the sea- 

 son produced very little houey. Am wintering my bees in 

 cellar ; duiu'i; well so far. 



W. P. Irish, Norton, O., Jan. 2(jth, 187(;. 



I be^an the season with two fair co'onles ; increased 

 ao as to Ko into winter quarters with nine, though I 

 fear some are rather weak. Ilacl made <luring the 

 season about 40 good tie w cards of c.onil), Laugstroth 

 size, but took only about 3!) Ib^. extracted honey and 

 10 lbs. comb honey. Hone to do l)etter next season. 

 J. il. Ckidule, Na-hville, Tjna. Dec. 20, '7o. 



Will you have the kindness to inform me as to best 

 method of Italianizing 8i) colonies native bees? I have 

 just received a colony from Dadant with imported 

 queen and wish to have all my bees pure Italians from 

 iicr. Plear,e give the information as soon as possible. 

 \l\- (jueen-^ are all laving now quite freelv. We think 

 "Our Homes" shoul<l be read by cverv family in the 

 land. W.M. W. Wake. 



Bayou Gonla, La. Dec. 11, 1875. 



By far the iiest method in our opinion would 

 be to use a lamp nursery as described on page 

 87, Vol. II [. The next best way would be to 

 raise queen cells and then insert each one in a 

 comb of hatching brood as given at length on 

 page 75, Vol. III. As we have nothing to add 

 further than what was given at length in those 

 two pap-rs, we should hardly be doing our 

 regular sub=icribers justice toga over the whole 

 ground again. 



T have seven Langstroth hives of the old pattern. 

 Honey-board with holes in top for bos honey. 

 Would you advice me to use them or get some other 

 kind of hive? What would it cost me to get one of 

 your Standard hives delivered here? I have had no 

 bees for several years until this winter. I have uought 

 some in common box hives and calculate to transl'er 

 them when the time comes to do so. and as I have 

 never done anything of the kind nor seen it done, 1 

 don't expect to have much fun iluring the operation. 

 How many frames should go in a hive loj inches in 

 widih. 1 am not going into the bee business on a 

 large scale : I only want a few stands to employ my 

 mind. I have nothing to do and am getting too old to 

 do that. Uakek Si'ENCE. 



T.'rre H.iute, Ind., Dec. 27, 1875. 



Use the hives you have, but in place of the 

 honey board use a quilt, and if you wish box 

 honey, use the cases of section boxes such as 

 we have d8scril)ed; 14^ inches is the right 

 amount of space for :0 frames ; you will And 



it diflicult to use more than !) in the one yon 

 mention. 



I harUly dare tell you about mv bees lest you put me 

 in the paper; but they diil well last season, giving 

 UOO lbs. (half (;omb) from IH hive*, and 8 hives in- 

 crease. ThC'-H are wiuteving well; most of theiu in 

 cellar. Mus. A. L. Goi'ld. 



Ridgevillc, 111., Jan. 26, 1870. 



I have just been looking over my bees to-day; find 

 them in splendid condition. (3ne thing. I noticed that 

 all the hives that had young queens from my import- 

 ed One had brood in advanced stages— some nearly 

 ready to hatch— and thev were not the strongest hives 

 either. As strong colonies early in the season are the 

 profitable ones here, I think this a point in their 

 favor. E. W. Hale. 



Wirt C. II., West Va., Jan. 28, 1876. 



If your other young queens of the same age 

 are not also rearing brood at the same rate, it 

 is rather strong evidence that they rear more 

 brood in Ihe winter, but are we really sure this 

 is a desirable quality? This vyiuter's test 

 will probably go far to determine the matter. 



Have my bees in an outside cellar, the ground being 

 too low and wet for one under ground; lathed and 

 plastered: feet in the clear inside; banked up to 

 top of wall all around except opening for door, an 1 

 has 12 inches of dry soil on the top. The bottom is 

 cemented with water lime, with 6| inch tiling running 

 from l)ottom of cellar .S3 feet throuzh the ground for 

 air; chimney at the other end of the room and same 

 sized opening at the bottom to let air out ; these have 

 been open all the time, the mercury ranging from ."JG^ 

 to 43% while outside the variation "has been from 10' 

 below to 6j' above. No fire in room above! Think 

 that is about as even a temi)erature as can be se- 

 cured above ground. Bees are doing nicely, 



O. Keni>ig, Xaperville, III., Jan. 7, 1876. 



The past season was here the poorest we have had 

 for many years. Took about 1 ton of extracted honey 

 from 40 stbeks in June, after which I increaseii the 

 same to about 85. I had to feed about three barrels of 

 sugar to get my 100 stocks prepared for winter. It af- 

 fords me pleasure to be able to add my humble testi- 

 mony to the srrovving worth of Gleaning?. 



J. S. WooDUUKN, Dickinson, Pa., Dec. 22, "75. 



My bees will be in condition to divide in 10 days. 

 They arc gathering, storing, evapo.ating and capping 

 lioncy at this time. "How is that for high ?" Have 

 from ;> to 7 frames of brood, jilenty pollen, &c. I will 

 have to extract next week to give queen room. All 

 this is ahead of my most sanguine expectations. "The 

 willows in winter and the sage in summer," this is my 

 watchword. And now I sav : Ho ! for 500 lbs. per 

 hive in '76, or 100,000 lbs. Iroin my 203 colonics. This 

 may seem to you like "air castles," but I will show 

 you. Amateuk. 



Anaheim, Cal., Jan. 24, 1876. 



Can I get the recipe for making those honey cakes 

 Mr. Muth scut you ? What is the )irice per jar, of Mr. 

 Long's Cal. iioiie.v ? Wh-it is the price and dimensions 

 of the foot power buzz saw you are getting ? 



'(iEO. PEitiiY, Peru, Ills. 



The honey cakes, we think are made by the 

 bakers or confectioners ; if Mr. Muth will be 

 so obliging, will he tell us something about 

 how they are made V 



We think Mr. Long sells the Californhi hon- 

 ey, at $12.00 per dox. for 3 lb. jars. You had 

 better send for the circulars published by all 

 the parties mentioned. 



Please send me one pound more of alsike clover. 



Miles E. Loehh, Palestine, Ills., Feb. 3d, 1876. 



We cheerfully send the seed friend L., and 

 trust all mistakes or misunderstandings be- 

 tween ourselves and readers, may be as pleas- 

 antly and easily arranged. 



Had one colony last spring — now five in L. hives in 

 cellar. 1). G. Weusteu, 



Parks Corners, Ills., Dec. 22d, '75. 



Very wel! done, if all wei'c the increase from 

 the one. 



