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QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. {1 Ocr., 1901. 
GARLIC. 
J.M., Indooroopilly— 
Question—I have a quantity of garlic plants, about 8 inches high. 
What must I do to cause them to produce large bulbs and prevent 
them seeding ? 
Answer.—Garlic does not, properly speaking, produce bulbs like the 
onion. It differs from the latter in that onions produce a solid 
bulb, whilst garlic is an agglomeration of membranous scales, in 
the axils of which are ten or twelve small bulbs, or “cloves,” as 
they are called. To prevent the plants running to leaf, bend the 
stalks downwards and cover them with earth. Twisting the stalk 
will prevent it seeding. 
BEEK EEPING. 
W.A., Towers Mr. H. R. Stephens, Toowoomba, furnishes the following 
replies to W.A.’s questions :— 
Question 1.—Where can I obtain the best up-to-date book on bees ? 
Answer 1.—The A B C on Bee Culture. Post free, 6s. I can supply 
that and also other works. 
Question 2—Where can I obtain the necessary appliances for bee- 
keeping, such as hives, sulphur bellows, extractors, foundation, &e.? 
Answer 2.—I can supply above. A. sulphur bellows is not used in bee- 
keeping, ordinary smoke being quite sufficient. 
Question 3.—W hich hives are the cheapest and most simple ? 
Answer 3.—As I make my own hives, &c., and believe in simplicity, they 
cost me less than American, and are perfectly neat and satisfactory. 
Question 4.—Is it possible to make a frame hive myself? Can you give 
me a design for one? 
Answer 4.—Quite possible, and almost all other appliances. Will give 
any information, but you could work better from a pattern hive. 
Question 5.—What North Queensland tree is the best honey producer 
to plant? Most of the timber here has been cut for firewood. 
Answer 5.—Uncertain, but it is generally considered unprofitable to 
plant for honey alone. The spider plant, lucerne, clover, borage, 
are all good bee plants. Tree lucerne is also a handsome shrub 
when in flower, and bees work on it well. Orange trees yield also. 
Mr. R. J. Cribb, Milton Apiary, also answers W.A.’s questions, as 
follows:—From the questions asked, I take it they are from a 
person desirous of starting beekeeping, and instead of answering 
each question separately, I consider he will be helped better by 
visiting an up-to-date apiary, and having obtained Root’s “A BG 
of Bee Culture” and a catalogue of beekeepers’ supplies from any 
one or all of the following firms—viz., B. G. Wilson and Go, 
Queen street; F. Lassetter and Co., Elizabeth street; or Mr. iH. 
L. Jones, Goodna. TI can supply these. 
Questions 1 and 2,4 and 6 will be answered by one or all of aboye 
catalogues and Root’s “A B C of Bee Culture,” 5s. 
Question 3.—The cheapest hive for a beginner is one made by an up-to- 
date firm, and costs from 6s. 6d. to 12s. 6d. each. 
When a properly made hive is obtained, temporary hives may be 
constructed from kerosene cases, by knocking them to pieces and 
then re-constructing them according to the measurements (inside) 
of the pattern. (Rebate the ends before nailing together.) 
Question 5.—A few carpenter’s tools—viz., saw, hammer, square, rebate 
plane, and jackplane. 
Question 7.—The best trees to plant for bees anywhere are those that 
are useful for other purposes besides honey, such as farm-erops, 
maize, lucerne, pumpkins, peas, beans, &c. 
