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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Mar. 15 



A. I. ROOT'S FLORIDA HOME, WITH A GLIMPSE OF THE TROPICAL VEGETATION ON THE NEW 

 ACRE JUST PURCHASED FOR THE CHKKENS. 



order, he may have some expensive repairs. 

 If the directions of the salesman are careful- 

 ly followed out, there is no excuse whatever 

 for any unnecessary wear on the machine. 

 The chief expense for up keep will be for 

 tires; and the cost even then will depend 

 very much on the speed with which the rider 

 drives, and whether he is careful to pick his 

 way, selecting the best parts of the road in- 

 stead of taking every thing as it comes — 

 glass bottles, sharp stonps, and all. 



In this connection w e would not advise 

 any driver of a motor c\cle to go faster than 

 25 m lesanhour. This is fast pnough. High 

 speeds increase the cost of up-keep, to say 

 nothing of the danger. Whilf' some of the 

 high priced machii es are capable of making 

 a mile a minute, there is considerable dan- 

 ger at such speed. One jou' g man in our 

 locality, a fa?t rider, took a severe tumble, 

 and was unconscious for several hours. It 

 is a wonder that it did not kill him. 



As between a double cylinder and a sin- 

 gle-c\linder machine, the latter will take 

 practically all the hills unless the grades are 

 very steep. The two and four cylinder ma- 

 chines are a little quieter in operation, while 

 the single cylinder gives otf a sharp bark at 

 every impulse. In localities unfrequfnted 

 by automobiles some horse- are badl> fright- 

 ened by the single c>linder exhaust. 



It is our judgment that a good motor cycle 

 can be very advantageously used for out- 

 apiary work. The cost is insignificant when 

 compared with an automobile; and when 

 one does not wish to carry too large an 

 amount of luggage he can make a trip to the 



yards quite as satisfactorily as in a full- 

 fit dged auto. 



Perhaps the average person feels that he 

 could not learn to run an autobike. Almost 

 any one who can run a common bicycle will 

 have very little difficulty in learning to han- 

 dle one of the self-propelled type. He 

 should seek, howevtr, to get all the ' point- 

 ers '" possible from the agency where he 

 gets the machine. Then if he will be content 

 to ride at a moderate speed and every day 

 look over his tirts bolts, and nuts, and see 

 that his machine is well oiled, he will have 

 very little trouble. 



Very good second hand autocycles are 

 sometimes to be had at one-half or two- 

 thirds the pr ce of a new machine; ordinari- 

 ly, however, we would advise the purchase 

 of a new machine; and for out apiary work 

 we would get a luggage carrier in connec- 

 tion. The price of the single-cylinder ma- 

 chines runs up to about $200. — Ed.] 



THE MOTOR CYCI E FOR CARRYING 

 SUPPLIES. 



BY H. G. QUIRIN. 



We note that we are to have several arti- 

 cles on the automobile and its use in out api- 

 ary work. We are all interest, as for some 

 seasons past we had been thinking of getting 

 one for that very purpose, but for various 

 reasons did not do so. Instead we bought 

 an up to-date motorcycle, for we figured that 

 we could build a carrier on the rear which 



