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NOVICE’S ” GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 
ed.” (See Jlce Keepers Mayaiine for ! 
May.) 
Unless the hive had been previously 
tilled from an abundant yield, we cannot 
remember that we have ever had a case 
of natural swarming under the c ircutn- 
stanees mentioned, and think at least 
(bey are unusual, yet we have seen colo- 
nies after they had got the swarming fev- 
er, that swarmed when every other frame 
was an empty one, and in one case they 
swarmed with the combs spread over an 
area of several feel outside the hive while 
we were extracting. 
Now wo still think that had their combs 
been faithfully emptied with the extractor 
as a preventive, they would never have 
had this swarming fever; however, Mrs. 
l upper should know best for she has had 
much more experience with natural liatur* i 
al swarming, we presume, than we have, 
lor our experience has been mainly with 
bees that were not allowed to swarm. 
Is there any danger of getting brood 
chilled so as to destroy it while transferr- .] 
ing? It seems to me there might be al- 
though I think I have never seen any 
thing in print to that effect. A Subscriber. 
We have never had brood chilled in 
transferring, but have known unsealed 
brood to chill when combs were lifted to 
the upper story too early in the season, I 
but this only occurred when the nights 
were so cool as to be slightly frosty, caus- 
ing the bees to desert the combs and go 
below. We have made no accurate ex- 
periment, but think brood could be kept 
out of the hive a short time, say a couple 
of hours, with a temperature as low as 
10° and in warm weather, say from 00° to 
S0° brood will keep sealed up safely until 
it is hatched. Unsealed larvae would of 1 
course need feeding, but where well sup- 
plied with food, they will keep alive one 
day and in some cases two days, and we 
think very small larvae just hatched from ii 
the egg may be our best way of mailing ; 
comb for queen rearing, for short dis- 
tances. 
It has been observed, probably, that wc 
advised bars of folded tin instead of wire 
cloth for our extractor. Further experi- 
ment satisfies us that tinned wire cloth is : 
better, (as it mars combs less) which can 
be laid against the tin strips and fastened 
by folding the ends over the top and bot- 
tom bars. Wire cloth should be about 
five meshes to the inch of small wire. We 
can furnish the proper kind, both sheets, 
by mail for 25c., and the same will be ; 
sent without charge to all those having i 
purchased Extractors of us, on applica- 1 
tion. 
Advertisements and Problems crowd- j 
ed out this mouth, as you’see. I 
NOTICE. 
';(r'F there arc any goods in this case that 
J^do not give entire satisfaction in ev- 
ery respect, you will do us a great fav- 
or by returning them at our expense. 
We are so well pleased with the above 
— which came a few days ago in a box id' 
goods from a lirst class business house in 
New York — that wc have copied it here, 
and it expresses our sentiments exactly, 
only we should end the sentence by say- 
ing “tell ns wherein we do not meet your 
approval.” 
We have abundance of complimentary 
letters in regard to our “Gleanings," 
which we forbear publishing because of 
“ native modesty," for one thing, and that 
we can’t see how such letters really assist 
our readers with their bees, for another: 
besides every one can see for themselves 
whether our paper is of value to them. 
Now the point is, we have had too few 
criticisms: we don’t believe all arc pleas- 
ed with us, and those are the ones wc 
should like to hear from. The same might 
apply to the simple hive wc have recom- 
mended, and objections and even abuse 
lias conic quite freely from some sources, 
but none from those who have made and 
tried them. We are quite anxious to hear 
that the plan of making and using hives 
pleases others as it does us, and if it don't 
wherein lies the trouble? but wc do not 
value criticism from those who have never 
seen the article criticised. 
We are glad to learn that many of our 
friends have rigged up saws and are doing 
a good work in making hives for them- 
selves and neighbors. To aid our friends 
who wish to set up in the business, we 
copy a neat little circular received a few 
days ago : 
Dickinson Parsonaue, Spring of 18711. 
l o my fellow bee keepers in Cumber- 
land Valley, I offer a superior Movable 
Comb Hive at about the price of the com- 
mon box or chamber one. The box is of 
the style used and recommended by A. I. 
Root, Medina, ()., — one of our most suc- 
cessful Apiarians, and whose articles in 
the American Bee Journal, over the sig- 
nature of “ Novice” have done so much 
to simplify and popularize the whole bus- 
iness of Apiculture, — and well deserves 
the name it has received, "Simplicity 
Hive.” Having built a buzz saw express- 
ly for the cutting of this hive, I can sell it 
at a price much below the cost of produc- 
tion “by hand.” Terms — “Trust" till 
September: then $3 cash paid by you, for 
the hive, or $3 paid to you for the bees— 
as you prefer. A. S. Woodm en. 
Dickinson, Cumberland Co., I’a. 
HONEY <‘OI.VHN. 
fU barrels extra thick white clover 
honey, for which wc want 15c. per 
In quantities of 5 lbs. or less, 20c. 
• lb. If we can’t get that price, we are 
nly resolved to keep it "forever and 
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