Gleanings in bee culture . ar through andalight on these bees. 4. With regard to buckwheat, we do not considerthe Japanese quite the equal of the silverhull orthe gray buckwheat for honey; but the Japanesegives a much larger kernel than either the silver-hull or the gray. If you want honey we think youwill prefer the silverhull.—Ed.] Apr. 15, litri Bottom-board Adapted to Holding the AlexanderFeeder I have made thirty new bottom-boards to accom-modate the Alexander feeders. 1 made the sidesthree Inches wide and let them extend the width ofan Alexander feeder back of the hive, with a notchcut o
Gleanings in bee culture . ar through andalight on these bees. 4. With regard to buckwheat, we do not considerthe Japanese quite the equal of the silverhull orthe gray buckwheat for honey; but the Japanesegives a much larger kernel than either the silver-hull or the gray. If you want honey we think youwill prefer the silverhull.—Ed.] Apr. 15, litri Bottom-board Adapted to Holding the AlexanderFeeder I have made thirty new bottom-boards to accom-modate the Alexander feeders. 1 made the sidesthree Inches wide and let them extend the width ofan Alexander feeder back of the hive, with a notchcut out of tlie top of the side rail the thickness ofthe feeder. I made the back end piece the entirewidth of the side rails, and set the in the siderails the same depth that I plowed for the floorpieces. 1 did not halve-in tlie cross-piece at thefront, but made it as wide as the bottom of the siderail to the floor board, and set it back three Inchesfrom tlie front end so the nails would not be so aptto split the The beauty of a bottom-board of this style is, nomatter how uneven the ground or foundation ofthe hive may be, it will always fit up to the hivebee-tight, so no robbers can possibly enter fromthe bacK end. The side rails of the common bot-toms are all thicker than the feeder, and it is a lotof trouble to block the feeders up to fit the hive. Ponca City, Okla. J. O. Williams. Sciatic Rheumatism Cured by Bee Stings In answer to your inquiry regarding the bee-sting cure for rheumatism, I would say that, previ-ous to my commencing with bees, I was very muchtroubled with rheumatism and sciatica — so muchso that 1 was for weeks at a time confined to thehouse. About twelve years ago 1 bought a few col-onies of bees, not thinking, of course, that theywere going to cure me of my trouble. But I, likemost beginners, was stung a few times. But theynever cause ^ much swelling. However, after atime I began to miss my rheumatic and sciaticpains: and as I took Gleanings a
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