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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 



wiiiteriii,.' as ii sfjnled by the bc(;« themselves. . Four 

 combs will hold t;iiou,!;h to winter a stock. White sugar 

 hhxild be used. With proper implements it can bo done 

 very fast, and with combs eonliiining jiollen also. And 

 why not inanufHcturo pollen, put it in the cells, and seal 

 it ready for use in the spring, if not needed hi winter ? I 

 iim delermined not to slop where wo are, but move with 

 the timts, !>• A- Jones, Beeton, Can. 



[Go on iriend J. ; it did occur to us lo say the bees 

 would work cheaper than anybody wc could employ 

 hereabouts, but i)erhHps we arc mistaken ; and wo 

 shall not say anything discouragiug, even if we hear 

 of your living about among the clover heads with a 

 tin pail.l 



I llnd on examination ciiat No. 7, Vol. I, is so damaged 

 that it will look bad in ray book. It C( ntained a descrip- 

 tion of hive that I use, hence has l)eeu handled a great 

 deal. 1 have boon so successful, people think i: i.s on ac- 

 count of luy hive and every one fioing into the business 

 wants the dimensions of it to work by, consequently 

 I hey have worn the paper out. Wm. C. (iuiEK. 



Lamar, Mo., Nov. 20th, lS7t>. 



[We were thhiknig o\er the many hives we hr.ve des- 

 cribed in GiEAKiNGS, a few days ago, and regretting that 

 we had at dilt'erent times thought each new one, the 

 long sought desideratum. The one our fiieiid refers lo, is 

 the Simplicit,\, made to hold American frames. If they 

 have all done good in a similar way, we shall iniw cause 

 to rejoice, after all,] 



Trom Mr. S. J. Markle's report, page 203, I think 

 southern Kansas would be a good place lor the busi- 

 ness. But he informs me that the printer made a mis- 

 lake in the amount of sugar led them ; it should have 

 been 8 lbs. instead of 8S, though he said it maile no 

 difference for the remainder of the report might look 

 a little extravagant, but that it was Gospel trnch ; and 

 no one who has known him as long and well as'l have 

 will doubt it. 



My report is hardly worth sending in; I began the 

 .season vvitli 1'2 stands, and increaiod to 35, all strong 

 and very heavy with storee-; and took 750 ibs. extract- 

 ed lioney. 



We n.ivc had a low very cold days; on the 9th the 

 mercury went down to ID" below zero. \. McMains. 



Utiuriion, Iowa, Dec. 11th, 1876. 



Report for the year; increased from 7 to 20, and 

 took 6(0 lbs. extracted honey. 



Wm. Mills, Seville, Ohio, Dec. 27th, 187(5. 



H.VS HAD NO LOSSES IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. 



^^]3^^'E were quUc takeu up with tliQ idea 

 ytf given in Dec. No., of an auger hole for 

 wiiiter entrance iu tlie front of the hive, and 

 have received further iu regard to it as follows : 

 I do not consider it necessary to clean the dead bees 

 fiom the bottom of the hive unless we have protracit- 

 cd cold weather. If we have a warm day occasionally 

 t!ie hoes will themselves carry ihera up and out. f 

 used to follow Langstroth's directions and clear tliem 

 out once a month, but of late I leave them until the 

 middle of February; the queens usually commence 

 Uiyihg here about that time. I do not lift the frames 

 to clear ilie hives for the entrance is the whole width. 

 I use a U inch iron rod, llattcncd au<l made .square at 

 the end, to form a scraper about 4 inches long. I 

 i-crape the dead bees and other litter out, close them 

 up iigaln, and leave them until the weather becomes 

 warm and the ccniits crowded with bees; then open 



below. They will put out the dead bees at the hole 

 when they would not do it if the ventilation were at 

 the bottom, as they apiiear to have much better c:>m- 

 mand of tlie bottom of the hive wlien all is close but; 

 the hole above, and will often put out dead bees wheu 

 they don't tly. As a rule I thiak the bees would carry 

 out all their dead, but think it better after the hard 

 Irost of winttr is past to clean them out and save 

 them the trouble. 



1 would not advise an}-one to stop up the bottom of 

 the hive la cold weallicr, lor in that case the bees 

 know nothing of the entrance being changed and 

 might worry themselves to death in trying to get out 

 without tinding the new entrance. It should be done 

 in warm weather, that the l)ee3 may get used to the 

 change before winter. I know a man who tried it la 

 cold weather; he stopped up the front of ihe hive 

 and bored' a hole through the side. Ol course the 

 bees never found it, and his conclusion was that they 

 smothered, J. S. Hii>l. 



Mt. Healthy, Hamilton Co., O.. Dec. 1.5, 187(;. 

 We have tried the plan of getting the bees 

 out with a scraper, but decidedly object to an- 

 noying them as mucli as the operation has al- 

 ways seemed to ours. With the Simplicity 

 hives it is a very easy matter to raise the hive, 

 and clean out ail tiltli, and if you have an at- 

 teiulant with a broom you can li.'t the hives 

 while tlie bottonis arc swept iu a tvviuliliug. 

 If th< St; hives are prepared for winter witli a 

 chair cushion on each side, ami a thick one 

 above, we really believe they would carry eve- 

 dead bee out at the auger hole nearly as soon 

 as they died. Our neighbor Blakeslee, lets his 

 bees do the whole of it themselves, saying they 

 can do it cheaper than he can. With the S. 

 hives, it will be a very simple matter to close 

 the lower eatranc, by sbding the hive back on 

 the bottom board, and the hole in front, will 

 be all the entrance they need until they really 

 commence getting honey. 



IMmlMiiiliiF 



I have 70 cidonics in cvlLir in cundiiioii to winter, I 

 think. All blacks except one Italian. Woiild like to Ital- 

 ianize them next season. Will give anyone that ujider- 

 stands the business one-half of the iucrease to iielji me 

 Italianize and take care of them next season. 1 will pay 

 half the expense. My hives are mostly Laiigstroth. I 

 make my own hives, am a cabinet maker, but live on a 

 farm near timber, plenty of basswood, white clover, &c. 

 I am selling honey at 35c. per pound ; extracted and box 

 all same price. W. N. TiNKLEPAUGH, 



Id Preston, Fillmore Co.. Minn. 



CHEAP HIVES. 



Material for standard Langstroih Hive.-;. Portico. 10 

 frames, beveled edue, bottom lioard and caps. 

 J n lots of .5 each - - - - $1 CO 



'■ " 10 •• 90 



'■ '• 20 " 85 



•' " :«> or over ----- SO 



Sample lli\e - - - - - 1 59 



Two story hive and 21 ir.anie.s furnished low. Material 

 for honev bo.xes chenp. Address 



J. OATM.\X & CO , Dandce, Kane Co., 111. 

 Writ(! for circular. l-5d 



CASH FOa_BEES-WAX. 



V.'e are paying .10 cents per jiound for yellow bees- 

 wax, in lots of from 50 to .^,000 or more pounds, dellv- 

 eretl at .Syracuse, or 31 cents, if exchanged for white 

 wax. If'you liaveany wax on hand, and can deliver 

 it at the ilbovo price, please do so, aad we will send 

 vou our chnok on receipt of !hi> same. 



kcki;i:m.\n & wiLi.. 



7-7-'77 Wax-blcachcrs. Syracuse, JM. Y, 



