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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 
Junk. 
Wo have “tidied" up our Apiary, got the 
hives around facing the cast again, swept the 
ground up clean, and things are back an the 
old shape once more. .... ----- 
Wlie the i' our. ‘ hiuiHiire'Expei'i itjept”. was, .det- 
ri mental oi- otherwise, yrb ailt iit l^ast,.at pres* 
bees really got- thar bjllliant colorerL.poilen— 
tbpp Sjifvand ‘ i papa”_'tjiid jvatehed i ‘ 
. and, admired 
so much-, their “bread^ayd butter” 4'6r little 
bees its it had been explained to her. 
'.flfiijl llth — A ttibrb'ngK 'examination to-day. , 
■ slfowy d’ that a few colonies wore ' making' as* * ■ 
tonieliitify vmiaivsiu u- . 
out not inclined .to recommend it to others, tohishing progress.;. -more’, •WOrtl just ''get ting 
We have wWteJr located one of the. long St^pd- under wSk-ttlicf VWo,' were dwindled down ' mi--:,' 
ard hives in front of •on_e r cff.^iw grape' vine “ * — « — r * — 
til there were too few. bees to even hatch, an. r 
the Extractor that-, Jeilletl'^biir hees^. anotfalr, iiistirt vli.-flight next the small’ r rii?ster,' being 
that s ugar-syr n p'.» ijsn’t alrtural like honeyja r.o. ... .1 nb vi.~ ::„-sc.ir«ijL¥.' 
third that the ‘ttaiuMiSia-nitstS'biaihe etc ' " 
If we were 1 •’■Jiecteeriy, satisfteti.just wlvere- the 
. .. , .ueArd-W-lrJCJlueeur ■. '.- 
whole trouble "was, .tpajnigwt’ttw tOrtel) . As’it '. 
is “(riipu« xvi * n r.» iiivUlartlh 1 J ‘ • » ?*'- 
citriffftV nW to demorali^-.ghe, ncmiiirijhg* tjf^l 
OKjjutiiartfbb-wliiSlh kcnt’tTie doze-ti or two beys, - 
ueAr-PtolriQutMStty > , ; '• - 1 ; v , ; i 
i.r : {Hither 'ifiAfi^-Txrfi'uv. <ywc- ttoi' tides Jiav.C eom-d-. >> 
1S LasS^i^'enin^;J^iValis^dy,ered * ,U *"^ U ^' e ,!}W^ 
r.H/m 4- . . . . 1 . \ , a »* a. i a. a. < J. - »V,. . V I, a , I. » , f Via. if- .. , t rt ♦ , 
poorest colony ,‘So uiiioh aferfriSed that no at-*, 
tempt seemed to be made ty use. the., eggs 
which the Queeu.wasjnitientiy'di'po.siungpa-nd 
the brood havTilg ..been' '1 kM'feiVnby tlie.recciit 
freezes, we confc'iiid««l,,foMiiilte them'.. with our 
• ajfliebttqiris paiil't'o it. 
•v '■A!i^Ai^-^o^arQ'i{»>v'>'.(iiivri : ite for tW bro6t(, ' ” 
-ahd 'aii tiVpcassiijii .of djtttVniy 3 fnfimt ..‘beea-juab, 1: 1 • 
hatched', seems' to ijit’ost'i-l-rriirn -te^iVnep- nun-, . 
ir 'thiji.wi. aimo!* iriCipi 
decided this time . to rjsfc Vi spitediei'.. inetlrbtl/| 1 
and therefore 
all, from their 
hatched', sc-epis f,6 jpf nshVDCrarage 1 'once “ more • ' r 
■into tHei/’i^jyheal'tened hives. o’ - 
.;We’lia.\;e flow Just; tfcitUA'aVthmi^h QtreensU' 
1. 1 i tQuee.tlJiand reared 1 , 
Is nbt' .yet iaying"- 
0*1? •; piJOljgg; htt-Vei " 
bade thej,r!appear:ijtCii.w:i>u^ hive JinVi’liewbh-'w 
I l-v 1 i n pet/Vt Italo -IIIVVU-VU) j j , t-t . - , ■ - \ ,r J ' ■ | -» ' J I 1 w- * . . • 
e simply liftfdhht! beCs cbipbs and' f «•**''** it inprybebatfse -their' Qheen iSijn-old-sme.'- 
sir own htyg-iAto Ute oth6r, • Al- 1 thit " as >n, eyidenco-.pf prosperity, fpr , their 
u . t. i. : -r. /i'j .’ i... .i ... 'hrruWl fi’nr»si nnt. fimiinflafl-mnrh tnn n fitnr umnlw ’ •' H 
though both coloidfs dhriiig t'he^ day,, brodd does, not (ioinp'ass.more than four combs. 
active in repellibg* r»bbejfi<' r thti t y seemed t<t ! 13 tic '; 5\o'cioc/c in the morning . — The cher-’' 
. take a very favorable wtew-/*' bti'r'ki'tid ijitoii- ’ |- rjP tfeis are.- literally odortferous hujuihing 
t-ion, and crossed"aiiteiroa3^'vftli ? the tiew.ofctv- ■Sifoiy,.(lr,if >jof bloyrp, and Wi find .ourselves' 
pants in a man ner>so.jimi ga u 1 '■ -i— ■" n — ■ 
jgable that we closed .'JcK' all .alone to -enjov jhe (prospect , : for 
the hive thinking''pitr ■fwrinet’-'kftiJIi ^.ilu -heeir telse'-re.iitjrrpig.a^sibfy,-, 
ring play’ed.ttts truant! ’ We ; ilp/,1, p,w' tire .ground in. 'the A 
soyas at length, attCr^lm-ying 
,tso long, returning. . ^.u- '.uxKhn'uatiOh Iialt'- au '|’.'gi'eatCi 1 ''j).utnla;i"Of begsi, crawling about or just 
hour later, and audtlipr this' Utioi'hirifj,' 1 showed 
-, the Que;n all right. ' 
May 101 A — Our nice Queerf-bcihg fdhnd dead 
. in front of the hive, we fhiiAl httVe to* eoneludd 
bur former skill has not returned rafter-. -all; ■ 
We wonder how many -<»d oiir readers kuort- 
just the sensation experienced in ftmUng a limy 
Queen has been killed .by- her begs ; we first 
feel sorrow, then regceiaucLehagrin, especially 
: if ’tis through any of our own carelessness. 
The concluding sentiment with uS.fs a. Strong 
tendency to “git mad" only restrained hy the’ 
thought that as nothing can be don't to teuifi 
Apiary 
movipg, fhan we thjnk oarf pbssibly be coasts- 
■1‘ teUt, wltij a rnjitu ra f 'state of tiiipgs. 
They itre- nett- old bees for their wings are 
ipertiiet aipl un'lny of- them, are evidently ffom 
•thoir (Ipiyuy .tipji&lrau’ce,-’ young' Italians. We 
•fliid thepi , , 0 B xh6 walks Anti fences, and if 
. Warin' l,veatiher Isfbat A,peihedy. for this state of 
•affairs',” .nj.e']..liatveiJtr'uIy 'something' serious to 
■ contiSti^ *yfl.ih.,> . H. • ‘ ., i ' . 
Thje-,samg Hoticdcl last 'fall, and' 
otjiers have 'spoken of it, but again, Apiaries 
bijt a-.few inlles fiffsecm to know uoMiing of’it, 
and their begs-liave. passed through 
mate that little form, all we caildbTs to re^;] enjjsp.iiyig months' ^ihl as well ps usual 
solve to be very careful in futurji,: aud ' theii 
endeavor to stifle the pang by trying to forget 
all about it in busying ourselves witlrthe rest 
that are alive — perhaps, meanwhile '.Vjfhts.tl bug ■ 
a refrain on a similar key to the mourning Oote 
of the now Queenless colony, as it comes to il's 
faintly as we pass near them. i. 
The weather is now beautifully warm ami- 
pleasant ; this morning we found one blossom 
on the early cherry tree for "Blue Eyes” who 
opened them still wider, and almost exhausted 
her infantile vocabulary in her delight at it. 
Before sun down the tree was almost in full 
bloom and the bees that had been robbing in 
the forenoon, in the afternoon were gathering 
honey at a very fair rate aud “Blue Eyes” was 
still more delighted to be able to see where the 
Mitl/'VHh — We really can't thilifc of anything 
eWe to , express ohr feelings, ex-yppt swinging 
-our halt again, justj'tecause oiiepyoung Queen 
hills, cojnjnenctjd ' layipg ; and t\ow we have 
eigitidgn again, instead of seventeen. If our for- 
tunes have really passed the lowest ebb aud 
eoiiimeiieecl asc.epdipg, we shall draw a long 
breath of relief.- .-The 7 weather pyw is alhtldlt- 
ean 'he desired, and' .we are intijrpbsung combs 
as fast.as our JijiTf dozen strongest will bear it ; 
and ’tis pleasjibt. to note tlyei f daily growth 
aud prosperity. ' Our . beat.jooloiiy. Is really 
getting its hive jlill of Iroire'y ff-bm the fruit- 
blossoms, but we shall remove combs and give 
them empty ones as fast aS-thCy Will bear'd, 
using the removed ones for 'peopling' our emp- 
ty hives. 
