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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 



wicked oaths, as they reproved each other. 

 If anv of you have ever undertaken to re- 

 l)rove all the profanity you may hear, and 

 liave nride it a deep, earnest study, to de- 

 vise a way that will not offend, but do good, 

 then y )u can realize with wliat sorrow, one 

 li?ars such words from those near and dear 

 to him. A pleasant talk witli the offenders, 

 afterward, had the desired effect with most 

 of the older boys, but, with some of the oth- 

 ers, pleasant words soon came to be an old 

 story, and they, without scruple, finally 

 swore right in my presence. I prayed for 

 tliem, and that God would guide me, in cur- 

 ing tlie evil, in a way that would do them 

 most goad. The answer to my prayer was 

 tliis. I told them that I sliould suspend 

 from work for one week, the one who was 

 next heard swearing; after that, the penalty 

 would be two weeks, and s ) on, until they 

 lost their place permanently. Two were 

 out of employment very quickly •, after talk- 

 ing the matter over with them, they assented 

 to the justice of the course, and one of them 

 S3t earnestly to work, to reform a habit that 

 had almost got to be a second nature. Smo- 

 king while at work in the lumber yard was 

 cured in a similar way, and although a few 

 of the hands left, the most of them agree 

 with me, and have asked for their places, 

 as soon as trade opens again for next sea- 

 son. A reform of a similar kind has been 

 commenced with the mistakes and blunders 

 in shipping; but, as these offenders have no 

 intention of offending, it seems a great deal 

 liarder; I have given much pain, and have, 

 I fear, many times woiinded unnecessarily ; 

 but for all that, it has, on the whole, done 

 us good, and wakes us up to the stem du- 

 ties of life. Now, may God bless you all, 

 both customers and employes, and may he 

 give me the wisdom I need to stand between 

 you and mete out justice to all, and pa- 

 tience to bear my own share, or more if 

 need be, of the losses that are sure to come ; 

 above all, may lie give me firmness and de- 

 cision, tempered with kindness, to insist 

 that those who are inclined to be lax, to 

 procrastinate, to be indifferent and shift- 

 less, do their duty, for their own good, as 

 well as for the good of their fellow men. 



STRAINING EIONEY, AND QUEENS THAT 

 GO "VISITING." 



queeiiB clipped, and one was pure Italian, the other 

 Mack. The first I know of it was this spring, when 

 I saw black bees with the Italians, and opened the 

 hive, and found as stated at>ove. The hives were of 

 different colors. W. B. Collins. 



Arrow Kock, Mo., June !3th, 1878. 



Your plan of straining honey, though not 

 strictly new, is a very good one. Should the 

 honey contain pailicles of about the same 

 specific gravity of the honey, your plan 

 would not take them out as effectually, as 

 our cheese cloth strainers. 



I have known hives to get their queens 

 swapped in much the way which you mention , 

 but supposed it nrust have come about in 

 some strange way while extracting. One 

 (liteen might get out of her hive and get in- 

 to the other possibly, but how should both 

 do the same tiling and be accei)tedV Bees 

 swarm out of their hives and go back, often- 

 er than Ave know of, and I suspect the 

 change must have come about in some such 



way. 



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BUILDING UP COLONIES IN THE FALL>. 



^ SAW in June Gleanings a letter from friend 

 ?|| Kellofirg, in regard to straining honey; I am 

 ^-'i very thankful for it but do not like the plan 

 for three reasons: first, it is too tedious; second, it 

 injures the flavor of the honey; third, it darkens it. 

 1 will give you my plan, as I have never heard of its 

 being used by anv one else. ;i have a 45 gal. barrel, 

 nicely waxed, with one head out; this barrel I set 

 on a stand about two feet high, with the open end 

 up, and a honey gate put in about two in. from the 

 bottom. I pour in honej', until I got it level full, 

 then skim the top nicely and draw off at the bottom, 

 and th3n repeat. You" know all pirticles of comb 

 will come to the top, and anything that will not rise 

 will settle to the botton; so you draw pure honey. 

 All unripe honey will rise, so yon can grade your 

 honey, if you wish. As I let iny honey mature in 

 the hive, I have considerable capings; these I put in 

 my wax extractor, and let th'!m drip; I also pour 

 the skimmings from the barrel in, so there is noth- 

 ing lost. 



I had tw > hives that swiippcd queens late last fall, 

 or eirlv' this spring. They sto id, one on the south 

 side of a small tree, facing west, the other on north 

 side of the samo tree facing east. Both had their 



M S we have always had a great number 

 Jr^ of inquiries every fall, as to how late 

 ~ — ' bees may be fed, colonies built up, 

 queens fertilized. &c., I have thought best 

 to anticipate a little. The postal below, 

 which was sent us the last of Nov. of last 

 year, will answer the question about feeding. 



On the 15th, I united two swarms of bees on empty 

 comb, and fed syrup. They now have 8 Langstroth 

 frame combs filled with syrup, and capped, except 

 a gof)d lot of brood which thej' have started. I have 

 suppliea them with flour; can they raise brood 

 now? This swarm now has your hybrid que(?n. 

 Would a queen raised now venture out on her wed- 

 ding tour? and, if not now, would she in the spring? 

 S. W. Morrison, M. D. 



Oxford, Pa., Nov. 39th, 1877. 



We have raised as fine queens in October, 

 as any we ever had ; but they were reared 

 in strong colonies. I do not think it would 

 be well to tiy to do anything with them la- 

 ter, in this locality. Colonies that are to be 

 brimstoned, if any such can be found, will 

 make excellent stocks by uniting and feed- 

 ing, and it may be done at any time during 

 this month or the next, or even in Nov. 

 Give tliem the best combs, contract the 

 brood a])artment, and feed regularly every 

 day, until they have a good lot of brood, and 

 an abundance of sealed stores. 



liMPORTED QUEENS. 



The imported queen you sent me on the 13th inst., 

 I received on the 1-tth, at 3 o'clock p. m., all right. 

 I Introduced her with success, and she was deposit- 

 ing eggs in the cells, in 6 hours after releasing her. 

 I am much pleased with her, for she is really :i 

 beauty. T. M. Quinby. 



Edehton, Ohio, Juno 17th, 1878. 



Our imported queens do not often lay, 

 under 2 or 3 days ; so this was something 

 imusual. Perhaps I may here express my 

 regret, that so many of our friends have 

 been delayed on imported queens, but the 

 demand has been so sudden, and so much 

 greater than I expected, that I was not at 

 all prepared for it. I will try and keep them 

 in stock hereafter, that we may have less at 

 least, of such vexatious disappointments. 

 We have at i)resent (Aug. 15th) 25, intro- 

 duced and laying. 



