. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 282 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. May 5,. Mailing Queen-Bees to England has not been allowed for years. Now the embargo is taken off, allowing the transit of queens to and from the British Isles.—Gleanings, page 311. Plenty of Alighting-Room in front of a hive is supposed to aid in the matter of white combs, for if the bees drop on the ground in front, their dirty feet soil the combs.—Gleanings, page oOit. Big Pay for Bee-Work.—Gleanings works out that F. S. Arwine made y 15 per day from his bees in 18SS, counting his honey from 184 colonies (16,2-±0 poun
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 282 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. May 5,. Mailing Queen-Bees to England has not been allowed for years. Now the embargo is taken off, allowing the transit of queens to and from the British Isles.—Gleanings, page 311. Plenty of Alighting-Room in front of a hive is supposed to aid in the matter of white combs, for if the bees drop on the ground in front, their dirty feet soil the combs.—Gleanings, page oOit. Big Pay for Bee-Work.—Gleanings works out that F. S. Arwine made y 15 per day from his bees in 18SS, counting his honey from 184 colonies (16,2-±0 pounds) at 10 cents a pound ; SIS a day for 1889—16,766 pounds from 186 colonies. Markets for Tall Sections.—Gleanings, page 313, says the tall section may not be suitable for all markets. It has a big demand in parts of York State and in other Eastern States, and is regarded with some favor in California, but Chicago will none of it. Time and Place for Drawing Out Foundation are : Before or after hottest weather; in an apiary well shaded; by medium rather than strong colonies ; at the side of the brood-nest, never in the middle ; preferably between two flnisht combs.—German Journal. The Advantage of Big Entrances is shown by the fact that the bees are quietly at active work, while colonies with small entrances in hot weather roar like an approaching storm, some of the workers being thus kept from work to ven- tilate.—W. B. Ranson, Gleanings, page 308. Tall Sections as made by the A. I. Root Co., are 3% IX. _0. P. Hyde & Son say, in Southland Queen, they prefer 4^4x514x114. Both are plain sections with fences. Altho the latter do not ship so well, they think the bees will build them out quicker, because more nearly the thickness of natural comb. Uniting Weak Colonies.—Southland Queen says shaking bees off the combs into one pile will make them unite with little fighting, while they would fight if united on the combs. Cage the best queen, killing the others
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