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GLEAJSflNGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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I see (hat some one ir. Michlg'sn advises the di&iise 

 <if the liDney extr. entirely, irrespective of locality. 



Xow this gentleman may have a box lioiK'y locality, 

 ;tud be blessed with a peculiar temperature in which 

 f.he bees always wcrk in boxes, peahaps ho usee a 

 kind of box that, alfrays keeps warm inside, or he 

 cnay have his bees tniinixl to work in boxes inicspcc- 

 tive o$' weather or flow of honey. But here in Cana- 

 <lt^, there was very little weather euitabic for bees to 

 work in bcixcs last season, and as soon as they would 

 fiCt started a cold iiiprht would stop them, or the iiow- 

 el^ would cease to secrete houey and the consequence 

 was, those that <ieper!<ie<l ou hoz-i. honey got little or 

 tione. One man in this place who had as many in the 

 spjinR as I had, and rtai them for box honey, had a 

 lot of honey boxes in the fall with here and there a 

 •jucce of comb start ctl, and didn't get one hundre<l lbs. 

 ol' honey from about one tiundred stocks; while I, by 

 ttipuseofthc extractor, took alKJOt twenty barrels 

 ;it?d iu'creaf cd my stock to two hundred, and about 

 tlilrty nuclei. Now If I had run my bees for bos hon- 

 ey I would have lost,i«6t ei^ht hundred dollars. So 

 much lor the extractor. I believe last season was 

 i he w orst we ever Lnd in Canada, for honey. My bees 

 are all housed yet, the weather being very cold. I 

 have had great difficulty this winter in keeping an 

 (;yen proper teniperamre in my bee-house (say 42) ; 

 H(.vnielimes tlie weather is like summer, at others, be- 

 fi»w aero. I never give tlicju « fiy until I set them out 

 in the spring. They have been in the house now 

 aboiit live months, and appear all safe so far, but I 

 <ion't examine them much, ,-is 1 think the less they are 

 • UsUubi.d the Ireiler, untfi they are 8*t out in spring. 

 J merely watch tiie tenijieralnre. 1 will report when 

 •1 -set them out. I). A. Jones. Beeton, Can.. Mar. 18. '76. 



^**]i E. asks if he shall buy a colony of common 

 !* i bees or Itali*ius to get, a start wlih ; as ho says 

 %#?' lu- <lon't leol very rich, we advise him to get 

 (lie coiumciM bets.— J. L. M. aska who makes the best 

 honey extractors. When we get over our present at- 

 taclJ "of bashlulness, will try and answer. He also 

 ;i5ke how much mustard seed is needed per acre, what 

 (he yield is. and what it is worth. Who will tell? 

 Also, who can Uimifrh queens soonest. Our Southern 

 advertisers. And how many colonies one man can at- 

 teP'i to. One man should care for 100, make all the 

 hives and fixtures, sell a goodl) number of queens and 

 <'Olanits and yet keep up his number.— ti. F. J. has 

 jirobably been educated with an American hive, as he 

 asks iiow we keep (lie frames apart so the bees caii get 

 between them. They are placed about IM inches 

 apart and we do not want thesn fixed thus, for we wish 

 to be able to pick up any one at pleasure, even with 

 oiie hand it need be.— H, !>. asks if what is called India 

 iiuckrtheat with a yellowish bloom is as gooil for bees 

 a>i the iher. Who can tell ?— L. C. A. asks which is 

 ihe better place to keep candied honey; in cellar, in 

 .(« out house, or in a cool chamber. So we avoid 

 <lampness, we think it doesn't matter; with comb 

 lionty, b(th Irost and dampness should be avoided, or 

 luoit-ture will collect in little drops on the comb.— D. 

 M. D. asks it we advise rock candy for ttimulating, 

 .•lad liow much. Depends on size of co'ony. Give 

 them an ounce or two per day, and keep it up until 

 they get so much that it apiiears to be in the way. then 

 a iitile less.— L. C. L. asks if bees wil do well, if their 

 hive entrances are set any other way than south. It 

 makes verj little difference to the bee's a? may be seen 

 where thej are set all sorts of way s. We advised them 

 thus, principally to accomnuulate" their owner. 



How about wax made from the residuum of oil, will 

 it do? Cheap, plenty. Who knows? P. T. Itoi,KUM. 



If you mean paiafiine, it is our opinion that it has 

 already been tested, perhaps by many unawares. It 

 is as wholesome as wax, whiter if anything, and the 

 bees are not a bit paiticular if we only add something 

 that will prevent it Iron; melllng down in hot weather. 

 I'ure fjaraffine molts at about; 11.1°. white wax at about 

 ]tCp°; possibly a very clear white quality of rosin, 

 worth ab^iit i ceat per lb., will answer. Who will 

 prove it a succes.s bffore we do ? Mr. Ferrine declares 

 be shall use noHiiag but pure bees wax. 



Obitnary. 



Our brother Wra. Harrison Jr., who has f»r years 

 been a, bubscrlher lo yonr journal, died of ' apo- 

 plexy, on Christmas raoFning. his 36i.h Inrth day, sixty 

 hours alter the Irsfc attack. He wa.i much devoted tii 

 the 1>€C busines?, had followed it more or less for eight 

 years. Ho was with Mr. Wilkin some Svo SBmmers, 

 and shipped hU b«ee to lown. Correct and upright 

 in all his habits and dealings, ho leaves us only to rC- 

 gret his e;ir!y death. 



HiLBEUT Habkisom, Ilopodale. Ohio. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture, 



Published jllontlily. 



EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR 



MEDINA, OHIO 



[InchtiUng I'osiaffe.] 

 For Club Sates tsse Last Page. 



2S^EI3I3Sr-A., .AJS»:£<.. 1, 1876. 



,\nd now ahideth fiiith, hope, chnrity, tho-io three-; 

 the greatest of these is charity. — 1 Cor., xiii, IS. 



Every dav we have a snow storm. 



But if the weather w boisterous, it is tio rca-jnii why 

 our readers should be so. 



BCKEEMASS A Will, wai-b!s.i«lioi-», offer 95(\ p«r V». 

 for yellow bees-wax, in lots of from 'Ai ti 50TO lbs., df liv- 



erod at S.yiactise. N. T. 



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Wh ean furnish eomb foifndations Rt the prices quotell 

 by Mr. Perrine. Shfdl we do this, or retara the money 

 that is being sent us daily ? 



Wh hope we shall not be obliged to aii<jl9;?ise for soiae 



en\)r every month, but the last thiag we did was to send 



out five pieces of wood fb? the sample section Iwxes, i«- 



stead of six. 



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A CSITBB9AT. hiva complete, and ono of our housy 



ostractor.s will be seen at the rentennial. IVo fnncy flniiJi 



is to !)e put on them, they are 6r> Iti only plfin comTuon 



work, Ju.-it iueh as we use, and send out to our ciwlomei*. 



Wk forgot t> say that the bees will probably work 



straii?ht in our boxes without the guides, for thoy can ;it- 



tach the combs to nothing else than tha O'ln-ow top tair, 



very well, and the tin seps^tai's will thsu compel them to 



carry them down exact. The ordinary quilt covers the 



openings above 



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It will be out of the question for us to think of reariug 



queens for sale this season, with the amount cl business 



now on h'uul. We must nfer you all to our advertisei*s ; 



if you send lo us wo sliall have to hand your order over to 



some one as near you as practieabli'. 



The price of GLEAmsGS is $1.00. If wo should send it .•» 

 yesr to th(>.so who after this dale send only the old i>rice, 

 7.5 cents, wo should be viTonginf; those who have paid a 

 dollar; therefore, 7.ie only p^.^s for 9 months hereafter. 

 You wish us to be impartial, do you not? 



It is our oi)inion at prescTit, thai; our criticism of Mr. 

 Perrine in our Feb. K"o., was rather a harsh one; and fd- 

 t bough we cannot promise to satisfactorily arr»n.2;Q mat- 

 ters with all parties, we would be happy to rwvive a briof 

 statement of nil complaints osrainst him. In scTeml ejises 

 in our own vie inily, he has paid up old accounts not oni.y 

 fairly, but.]ibei'a)!,y, forlicncj k st:rturin5 ibo Chlengo fire. 



