GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 
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clous hail their brood all killed during a frosty 
night while the house was torn up, and after 
two or three repetitions of the same, gave up. 
V.'e thought we could easily start them again 
when ali was made tight, but here we failed. 
Gather syrup or meal any more they would 
not, even while the other three were making 
t he air jubilant with their labors. Finally we 
put them all in our Lamp Nursery, and kept 
ilieir combs at a temperature of from GO to 70° 
for over a week, but all in vain ; they crawled 
over the combs idly, played a little in the sun- 
shine, their Queen got small and insignificant, 
and they evidently, like some mortals, conclu- 
ded they had “tried and tried, but it wasn’t 
any use,” and they wouldn’t try any more. 
On the 22nd we turned up the lamp until their 
hive was warmed to between 80 and 90°, and 
at. the same time gave them food drizzled on 
top of the combs, and now, the Queen has 
commenced laying, and they clustered on a 
definite place. One point right here : keeping 
the hive at this temperature does not induce the 
bees to fly out in a cold atmosphere and get 
lost; if they arc taken out of the hive they fly 
back where it is warm with alacrity 
Did the “manure heaps” feally have any agen- 
cy in reducing the number of our bees last 
spring after all ? 
On page 105 where friend Ilorner speaks of 
carrying bees in-doors for examination, We 
needlessly exposed our ignorance, simply, be- 
cause we had never given the plan he mentions 
a proper trial. ’Tis a very simple matter if the 
room is not too warm. We beg pardon friend 
H., and thank you for your criticism. We 
/hope there will soon be no need of losing bees 
in the spring just because of the weather. 
Non. Hth — Heighho! Another problem. Our 
sash won’t shed rain with only one foot “fall” 
in six. At present we see no other way but to 
make another sash over this, on a proper in- 
cline to get the most of the sun’s rays and to 
shed rain; this will also give an air space to 
keep out frost. The disadvantage is that it 
takes more money, and we often have a feeling 
of late that the whole structure is a piece of 
blundering in the dark (mud too just now, un- 
der the sash) and that perhaps when wc get at 
what is wanted, it will all have to be thrown 
away as so much rubbish. Such is Bee Cul- 
ture in unexplored directions. 
Nov nth — Temperature in open air 10, green- 
house 38, in lamp nursery 90°. Queen has 
laid a nice cluster of eggs, but they haven’t a 
particle of pollen. As the nursery is roomy, 
we placed a small heap of meal at one side of 
the combs, near the entrance which is large 
enough to give considerable light. Even at a 
temperature of 100, these bees do not fly out 
unless the atmosphere of the room is above 50°. 
Nyo 20 th , — The weather has moderated so 
much that we found the thermometer in the 
nursery indicating 110 ; the bees with the queen 
had deserted the combs and clustered on the 
quilt. She had filled quite a space with eggs 
but none have hatched as yet. Some of them 
had flown out, and again showed symptoms 
of dysentery, as they did when the room was 
warmed by the sun to 120. Does not this 
seem to indicate that a temperature of more 
than 100° is prejudicial to bees, and that con- 
sequently their hives need shading during the 
hot summer months? 
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EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS 
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A. B. J. at hand Nov. 5tli, Magazine the 11th, ami 
World on the 20th. 
We are using better paper to print our Gleanings 
on. Do you notice it? 
We are happy to say our neighbor nice, who adver- 
tises Catnip seed, is both prompt and reliable. 
In answer to an inquiry on another page, wo will 
say wc cannot learn that the N. A. B. Society consid- 
ered the matter of a Standard frame or hive at all. 
Remember all new subscriptions sent in before 
Jan. 1st, get Nov. and Dec. also, and that all old sub- 
scribers renewing before that time, get a present 
equivalent in value. 
In getting up clubs for any purpose, subscriptions 
for Vol’s 1, or 2, will count the same as for Vol. 3; ac- 
cordingly we send Vol’s 1,2, and 3 for $2.00, and In- 
clude Lithograph besides. 
Tiie Lithograph we are prepared to mail promptly, 
but “that present,” we fear we shall be unable to get 
fast enough to mall just the minute a renewal is ree’d. 
We’ll try hard , however, to be prompt with this also. 
Medley will be ready to mail about Jan. 1st. Price 
will be $1.00— to those who have sent in their Photo's, 
only 75c. Or it will be mailed to any one sending us 
5 subscribers, to those having sent in their pictures, 
4 only. 
We don’t know that we have any great promises to 
make as to what Gleanings will be for 1875; we 
might disappoint you. it will probably be about what 
you might expect judging from an examination of our 
two first volumes. 
Tell us about your troubles as well as your suc- 
cesses. Ilad we not mentioned the difficulties wc 
have had with division boards, we probably should 
never have brought out the excellent device described 
on page 143 by friend Mb ore. 
We are under obligations to M. II. Tweed, for cop- 
ies of the Pittsburgh Commercial containing reports of 
the N. A. B. Society. The report is necessarily much 
abbreviated but our readers who desire can probably 
get It in full in the 7J. K. M. y as Mr. King took a prom- 
inent part in most of the discussions. 
Tiie Bee World for Oct., which came to hand just 
after our Nov. No. was Issued, is one of rare practical 
value. Perhaps no single No. of any of our Jour- 
hals has given as many valuable letters bearing di- 
rectly on the “frame” question, ns this. Will oiu* 
Southern friends accept our thanks for the informa- 
tion wc were thus enabled to “glean” from so many 
practical bee-keepers. 
Can we be so very positive after all, that large 
hives give any great advantage? Doolittle’s yield 
was most extraordinary under the circumstances, and 
yet his hive (nine Gallup frames) Is the smallest wo 
recollect ever having seen recommended, but lit- 
tle more than the capacity of * one story Lang- 
