Gleanings in bee culture . r beesin sufficient numbers to take advantage ofthe honey harvest when it comes. FIVE-BANDERS NOT HARDY. Mr. F. a. Lookhart, of Lake George, , in referring to the recent very unfavorablespring, draws attention to the fact that hisfive-banders suflered the most heavily of A. Salisbury, in the same mail, writes thathis extra yellow stock are all gone E. Cleaver, of Emporium, Pa., tells prac-tically the same story. We have observedtime and again that the five-banded or veryyellow bees do not seem to be able for somereason to stand a severe winter or a b
Gleanings in bee culture . r beesin sufficient numbers to take advantage ofthe honey harvest when it comes. FIVE-BANDERS NOT HARDY. Mr. F. a. Lookhart, of Lake George, , in referring to the recent very unfavorablespring, draws attention to the fact that hisfive-banders suflered the most heavily of A. Salisbury, in the same mail, writes thathis extra yellow stock are all gone E. Cleaver, of Emporium, Pa., tells prac-tically the same story. We have observedtime and again that the five-banded or veryyellow bees do not seem to be able for somereason to stand a severe winter or a badspring, like the leather-colored stock. Ithas been suggested that this extia yellowblood is a sport from the Italians of south-ern Italy, and that the leather-colored Ital-ians that do not sport to yellow aie fromnorthern Italy or Switzerland. If this betrue, the tropical ancestry of the one andthe cold mountainous environment of theother may account foi the ditterence in har-diness. 834 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. June 15. HOW TO HANDLE BEES IN CLOSED-END FRAMES. The Right and AVrong Way. BY E. R. ROOT. [Considerable interest is now being manifested inthe subject of closed-end frames — especially so, astbey have made so good a showing this backwardspring. A good many have the idea that they are notonly difficult to handle, but awful bee-smashers. Inthe hands of some people, perhaps the charge wouldbe sustained; but, like every thing else, there is aright and a wrong way to handle them. As this hasbeen fully explained (at least for one type of thisframe) in a new booklet entirely rewritten by E. , entitled Facts About Bees, we have thoughtbest to reproduce here a chapter or two together withthe special illustrations that were prepared, explain-ing the whole process.— smoke into this gap. Now give the screw-driver a slight downward pressure, thus mak-ing the gap wider. Blow in a little moresmoke. Leave the screwdriver in place, withthe right hand gently lifting the
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