GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 
June. 
when the distance is considerable ; as our Api- 
ary was peopled gradually, we of course Juiye 
seen no such trouble, and were it ppb* ftyr'tiie 
danger of youn^r bees era WlfnjgjJ.xntfMilw* wrong 
’ hive when extracting;* we* should ; l\flve been 
-4empted *f;b locate tlieiH ‘.still i “ 
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■ Tiro fjliftint trOlliSi eo'li&iih?d"in ; the' follow, 
i.i’ng; arc ho witch better told in oar friendb o\yii 
'laiiArige, that Wiliulk (ifeided to’glv'e'.iflju'st 
as it comes to usR-> t Tw'..‘ , c4fta.iti rirnuTgraent" 
lias certainly wovkeir w?ell, in his case, iit all 
eVerits. . . - 
' A. f.'UOOT & 1 wllJL-elvfr-jafn-'* fc(r, '.jrprrts 
about .'my .l)eqs : wc have-ji 'lnte spr-hiv. Trail . not 
many ilneilavs. Vet sotnMhno».we‘nnv.cJvnl£(! 'lay turn- 
shine, then it (rets cloudy again. but. My Woes <IM woyk 
on rvc flour every sinfil v dav ti'om .early .Kid: up to 
this date. April 41*1. TI|ey,-romnicrteeil pViriflln-riJitit- 
nril pollen ili o 18 th. of 'Atari' li, luiir they di;\ not stop' 
worklhg oil the we flour, ns'.'-ITla.vp. (>ftcn read. that ay, 
soon as Vheycoitld get natijral pollen, 'they, .would not 
take -the flour ,nnv more. , buy I did And opt tied they 
wonid take iidonper if thgy..r.oiild gt't if.,. I Tiavi: got 
eight colonies, and they did carry JihouMen qflarts of 
war flour in- tlielr hives. My .hers .nival} st-vphg. tiie'' 
Idves are crawled full. ves. strong enough* f,o sWarm. 
Now I will tell you how I did winter ray bees. •. I have., 
golavshed six feet hip'll In front and live Tent high in 
renr.lioarded 'light on three sides; inTrant I have got 
heavy- muslin curtains to roll up: or kd ihnvu.at will. 
Every Uric' dav I roll them tin, on okairte .iiiphiv fudy 
davs I leave them down. I'.luive. the cditam*, down 
every night, that keeps the-cofd air Tram hjowlnj^- in 
at thcentrancc. Most one snejll colony, (t got slpiri 
of hont'v 'and I tried to feed It with- syrup 111 one. of 
E. Kretchmer’s Bee Feeders, of CoMu-g. fowiti l-futt' 
the feeder on the top of the hive, anti they took the 
svrup down in a liurrv. lad one of rpy hybrids, roflhedi 
them orth'eir syrup Iri.tlic dav. what-they would carry 
down through tiie night time, d had the entrance’ 
small so that only two tires could pass. I always 
thought if we would he careful anjl,!have no sweetft 
around (he Aplarv there would .not Tie tmuth ihiinagc, 
shout robbing, but 1 Think tlieVcTs a.screw loretb some- 
where. I know a man who lives. "flout two utiles from 
inv house! lie does feed his bees on plates In the >'!' I'd . 
every spring, and he never had any robbed.* I thought 
1 did know more than h.e did, tJoTred ndno on The' top* 
of the hive and' it got rolihedi ' ■ It. X.'K Ki: N. 
Sltimcr^vllle, l’a. April '21s.l. t871.'.d. '■ -. J ■ 
My bees wintered well, : .1 lii'd" Ihri" in a dry cellar, 
hut not a still one I assure y.om. fof'wflfe tjutro ftOt.tYfo. 
voting hue-keeper*) rolling n p d ■ tn " 1 1 iltilg .oV eri their 
heads, in-such a manner t luit- wh'eif'.ortfl Wfg down 
there it seemed as If pandemonium Trie} 'broken loosed 
If those bees were the worse for Jt, ,1 (have yet*, to 
learn It. All cam? out, alive, hut '(in Ih'' first 'lay ; s 
flight two of them ."go-cil’! out find.bfiifcd .with other 
hives, leaving brood, eggs. ] ml leif,' anil honey : • 
Please excuse' my .garrulity, but while 1 1 h ill K Of it, 
1 would sav * . • - 
V TUBIV Mono IN HEt;AItp.yo.f>(>!d,EN. 
1 will tell you how X get-plenty of It tbr •nothing, 
and it seems -as If you might do the same. From iIhi. 
middle of July to middle of Aug., I drill. In- .both sweet 
and common "Held eorn for late green fodder for our 
cows, and the flees will work on it until the 'frost hap ■ 
killed it ; even alter light, frosts had killed (last fall/ 
the outside and tops of the highest; there was ' .some 
left underneath that was not touched, a ad. some rirtt- 
even the tops garlanded, which, the bees worked ori, 
the middle of each pleasant day, until, the season 
closed. I had buck-wheat near the .corn, arid' while 
In bloom It was hard to tell on which the bees were 
thickest. If you have a cow and a piece of laud, try 
it. nail no doubt the testimony of honest old roan in 
the milk bucket, nnd also that of the honest busy bee, 
in the stores of pollen, will corroborate all I haVe 
said in regard to It. J. M..IIII.L... 
Greenville, 111. May 12th, 1874. . 
Much obliged friend II. Our bees did get 
considerable pollen from the corn last season, 
until the grasshoppers contested the matter so 
hotly that they were forced to give it up. 
Let’s sec! We wonder if we can’t lay the blame 
of our losses to the grasshoppers? It never 
occurred t o us before, and it’s quite a relief to 
be able to lay the blame somewhere ; rio-mit- 
ter. whefth-so somg.of ,it ii» off our own sho d- 
dei's. We really .belieye. “corn starehb .'won 0 
be a. if tflje could take- it dire -t 
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itli 
the toddf f- 'pay 
from 'flip ,owi'it..)MosHP_ilis.;' sweet .corn top, is g: 
exf)f;niiic^).t; jttfatcriWirTy i 'alii(tf..iis can try ( wit: 
almt/stV certainty- ,frf‘ buying *'“■ ...» 
all expenses*. f- 
• How liiiigAvUl one tablo-'spoi 
M* bonny or sVrup' furnish fo, 
fuT (equal A drachrilsl 
oi houpy in- sVrup furnish food for a Qiiecn and ;w 
workers '! Ferir'wd’sbaTf get a poor harvest of honey 
this Season. Nights and mornings too cool for secre- 
tion to take place, in this Section at leasts Am. I right 
Mr. Novice:* My bees sirri’ - ' doing 'their Very flevt t." 
colUtctrhb BJOd there Is.a 1. ■ J. H. Wn.sox. 
LfiXinfftoi^'TbXas.l .irl* •. T; . • 
-Mothiiig but a ea refill .ccklievim'ent;. would fur-. 
Irish 71; cpyrcCt • aps'vvpi'c* ^ .From . experiments 
niade ^last. 'sqhSPli; we WPpId estimate it at 5 
ditj's.* ■ fphiptv beck nrt* njqrb than are' generally 
sentAvitlra.Queeu,f...,. 
*»V ; •" » t, — ft* ~~9 r • * 
Bkra&oMnforiii ine*.thft-p)*loe of 3*0111* t^a-kcttle Uee- 
We ‘isppsed”' every b'btly.,ik.new,by tfjlfv time', 
fiut' Kir'tbe beiicHL.Pf LUpse Who don’t, we Will 
no o'vt*r itia'gtiLii. • . iX ' ' . •• . " 
. .Al jcAlKlCTff’MA-KEWr^E FEEJ)+:.KS. 
'l’clf ypui'itlH-sniitli to. liiftltc you a tea-kettle , 
of tlic.ciiclMiest tin, without cover, ..handle, or 
s^joti t,- ' SnKle? *a tfal piece oP'rathcr coarse per- • 
'forated tin over the .jilace w-hefe- th6 cover 
, usual)y j flts ; i.put sissed jscrejv.'cap, sucl{ 
as is tytt'd for Pil' citrisj.at o'nq'slidc' of ; title perfc- 
rated tin to tUI'ft'u,p"by.,. aiuf apsiyers ; 
.as ope of three legs that support. It Just- ov;r 
tiie. cluster, of bees',:: pi -an '• inverted, position. 
'I’lie- other two- legs are- made of a strip of tin 
i r *4x4 IiidlfeCs'foWhbi !i.lce a -.letter V; ttiesc are 
'spidered distances from each othir 
and From the'strew cap, just outside ofthe. per- 
forated tin cover. . .’ . * 
*>;.v 4 pltfce-tlfem djrcctly -on the' frapfes, hut 
•Adaoi .Qrimm' uses them. over'one.of.the holes 
in -tifie' hpnoy-bdSrd.; i,inthat- case’a run of tin 
“high enqnigh to allow fhe bees to go under, is 
perhaps Jjettoiv but tyhen^tiscd oli 'top 'of the 
• frumesS tvi; prelfer the* 'legs,;. To usp it With the 
| ■Sini’p/tOily’ hiv’es. a second, Story should sel 
qvp’r it wiiije’ffced.ihg ; 'with the Standard hive, 
1 '«iMy(? a few.' frames and put it 6iie siub of the 
clilstef. If. they commence to', build combs 
against it, as' they will at times With sii'ch an 
abundant supply, of food,' put in a division 
boafd, reaching 'within inch 'of the bottom 
of the liivc. We- prefer these feeders to all 
others,- because with little labor your bees can 
be given Tin iiulimit.ee), supply, for any purpose. 
Your tin-smith should make them for you for 
$1.00 each, or iBo. if you order a dozen at u 
time. . If lie won’t do it, tell him they will in 
Medina. If any body says it infringes on any 
patent, tell him lie is .a. humbug, and that if he. 
wants proof of the invalidity of his claim, to 
write us.. • ■ 
Two cortibs of brood, : mostly- sealed, with 
the adhering bees, and a laying Queen, would 
make a colony, if 'you could' give them empty, 
combs gs fast as needed, and the operation is 
performed not later than June 1st. We have 
done this witli Italians several times, but have ^ 
failed with Blacks. If they have to rear a 
Queen, say 4 combs ; if they have to build the 
comb also, say 6 combs of blood. 
