E874. 
GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 
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of a Simplicity hive made to contain ten 
Standard frames. A, A, represents the strip 
of wood that holds the cloth bag and the ob- 
long hole cut through it is to allow of pouring 
in the syrup handily from a coffee-pot. C, C, 
is the quilt with the portion that usualy covers 
the space occupied by the feeder A, A, turned 
<lown over the frame next the feeder, along the 
line 11, D. If we wish to stimulate brood-rear- 
ing simply, raise the cover of each hive, as you 
puss along, enough to allow the nose of the 
coffe-pot to deliver a half a tea-cupful, or more 
safely into the bag, and close the hive and so 
on with the rest. If you wish to fill up rapid- 
ly for winter, pour iu larger quantities of 
thicker syrup, and till again when empty until 
they have the desired quantity. If you wish 
it all taken down quietly, feed only between 
xvndown and dark ; at any time in the middle 
of the day ’twill make what we call a “row” in 
in the apiary. In regard to speed we will only 
say that two of us, with each a coffee pot, caii 
feed 00 colonies in five minutes. You will ob- 
serve that if the quilt closes every crevice as 
it should always do, no bees can get in the 
way at all. ’Tis true there is danger ( if fed 
rapidly) of comb building iu the space not 
filled by the bag, but this we avoid partially 
by moving all the brood combs to the opposite 
side of the hive; if they should have seven of 
the nine combs containing brood, you can in- 
terpose two that do not, between it and the 
feeder. To work rapidly you will need to 
have your tinsmith cut the strainer from the 
coffee pot that it may pour thick syrup easily. 
These feeders cost almost nothing, and when 
not in use, 100 or more can be packed away 
•safely in a single Simplicity hive. 
Now then if your lices are not ted up for win- 
ter when this reaches you, our advice would 
be to set about it at once, and give them 
enough. If you keep up brood-rearing brisk- 
ly during this month, we think it can do no 
harm. Take the inside out of your extractor, 
and fill it with syrup, and you have it in a 
very convenient shape to replenish your coffee 
I>ot from the molasses gate. With this insti- 
tution you can get beautiful combs built al- 
most as rapidly as you can ask, if you are will- 
ing to furnish the sugar. 
We can only say in regard to boiling the syr- 
up that there is an editorial disagreement in 
the matter; Novice insisting that 'tis just as 
well to put a half barrel of sugar into the ext’r 
and pour on boiling water, and he backs up 
his position by a host of succesl'ul experi- 
ments ; P. G. on the contrary stoutly insists 
Unit good syrup cannot be made without boil- 
ing. As Novice is willing to admit that boil- 
mg “will do no hurt” those of our friends 
who agree with P. G. perhaps had better do 
*o ; at least if they will feel better satisfied 
about it. Should the bees gnaw holes in the 
feeder probably because your cloth is not 
siillieiently stout and heavy. We think noth- 
mg can induce such rapid brood rearing, aye, 
or comb building either, as regular, daily feed- 
ing; a colony may have unlimited stores seal- 
ed up in the combs, yet if no honey is coining 
■u. either process will soon go on sluggishly. 
> hould our bees survive the coming winter, we 
propose with the aid of this feeder to have 
some •‘tall" colonies next spring by the time 
'uit blossoms are out. Go make your feeders. 
II O N K Y V * > LOIN 
‘‘fjjr'S there no way by which honey produccis can gel; 
J?|[ the full value of their honey or what, the purcha- 
J sers propose to give, without risk from irreeponsi- 
bh* parties, and also that the purchaser incur no risk 
ji*om producers sending an article less in amount and 
interior to sample or description ? It should he done 
some way by deposit of price, where conditions are 
agreed upon. Many more would ship, and many more 
buy, if they felt entirely safe from tricks. 
it. Wilkin, Oscaloosa, Iowa. 
An arrangement can usually be made with 
K. R. Co’s to deliver the honey and receive the 
pay, but perhaps this would be only feasible 
with large lots. 
I rec’d the extractor— have taken out t)00 lbs. from 
10 colonies works well. 
J. It. Pratt, Manchester, N. Y. 
Have now on hand 500 lbs. comb honey, and 135 gals, 
extracted white clover honey from 44 stocks ot hy- 
brids and blacks, Season not good. 
Theoi>. M. Moltz, West Falrview, Pa. 
We have had a fair honey season here, but nothing 
extra. I commenced with 4*2 stocks; have increased 
to <5, and have changed Queens in 20 hives, losing 
some time in each, Boxes were put on 15 hives; from 
‘-0 the honey »vas extracted ; the remaining 7 (thi* 
weakest) were kept busy eomb making. 1 have now 
8th, perhaps 150 lbs. of box honey, and about 
.1800 lbs. or nearly two tons extracted, and plenty of 
empty boxes for sale cheap. 
J. II. Townlev, Tompkins, Mich. Aug. 8th, 1874. 
S.— The best yield from any one hive was GO lbs. 
in lour days, basswood honey, ’carried from one, to 
three miles. j. h’ 
FRIEND NOVICE: I fear you made a mistake in 
quoting qt. fruit jars at 75 ets. for the retail price. If 
we go to the trouble of putting up our honey in jars, 
waiting for our pay etc. we surely should have 20 cts. 
or more per lb. for the brightest. I tlnd that large 
sales of ext'd honey depend upon the efforts of the 
retailer more than any body else, and their efforts , can 
be had at about20 to 25 per ct. commission; 10 per ct. 
wont purchase any more than “Yes, well, we will: 
we will put it in a conspicuous place” etc., etc. Say 
honey 3 lbs. @ 20 cts., GO cts. ; jar, if a good one, first 
cost 15 cts., commission 20 per ct., and you have 05 cts. 
Now take the others cts. for bad debts, freights, can- 
died honey, lire, and other casualties, labels etc. 
i our idea of putting honey on your nearest market is 
just my old way of doing it. James IIkddon. 
A. I. ROOT & t'o. I had 40 colonies Italian bees to 
begin the season with: have taken 180olbs. extracted 
honey, all Locust and White clover— a choice article 
weighs 12 lbs. to the gallon. Am selling at home 
by the pailful at 20c. per lb., iu 2 ID. jars 25c. per lb. 
The drouth cut short our honey harvest more than 
one half. I started out with the expectation of get- 
ting 4000 lbs. We have no Basswood and get nothing 
after 20th of July, and this year nothing after 25th of 
June. My neighbors who worked their bees for box 
honey have the pleasure of looking into empty boxes 
with perhaps a lew pieces of comb started in one cor- 
ner. I had one box hive that I intended to build box 
honey, but when the honey was being sealed to the 
bottom board, brood, comb and all, it was more than 
1 could stand, so 1 “busted” the side oil’, took out the 
combs, extracted the honey and titled them into 
frames. After honey failod I “hustled” all my old 
Queens off and now have all large healthv vigorous 
young Queens to “run the shebang”. I never lose 
any bees to signify in wintering. Winter in cellar 
under living room temperature 40 v. 
J. A. Buchanan, \Vintersville, O. Aug. 7th 74 
A I Root & (.'o : -Gleanings comes to hand 
promptly every time, each one tilled with good things, 
just the kind of information us beginners are in need 
of. Still it is not very gratifying to selfish human na- 
ture to read of your immense vield of Basswood hon- 
ey during July, when our bees are not gathering- 
enough outside of the sugared floor to keep them, 
vet we cannot complain, the yield of white clover 
having exceeded my expectation. The hives I ex- 
tracted yielding on an average very nearly 100 lbs. I 
run three hives for box honey; it is' not worth while to 
weigh as I don’t care to know how small the vield Is. 
But I do know some of the extracted ones gave me 
150 lbs. each ; one gave 70 in one week. I may get. 
