1910 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



589 



capped comb of thick 

 honey. The boiler 

 shown in Fig. 3 has an 

 asbestos covering to 

 hold heat, and the 

 one-inch flues which 

 come through it from 

 the bottom to the top 

 are partly covered with 

 strips of tin so the 

 heat from the gasoline- 

 stove is forced to spread 

 around a little and en- 

 ter all the tubes. The 

 water-gauge I put on 

 after the boiler went 

 dry once, and the sold- 

 er was melted. The 

 boiler is made of No. 40 

 galvanized iron with 

 iralvanized iron pipe 

 soldered in it for Hues. 

 It consumes nearly a 

 gallon of water per 

 hour; and if an air- 

 cooled engine were 



used the boiler would have to be larger than 

 the two-gallon size, for in our case we can 

 dip hot water from the engine-tank to fill 

 it, anil within a minute or so it is boiling 

 again, llelilled with cold water it would 

 take it about ten minutes to boil again. 

 This boiler does not sit flat on the stove, Vnit 

 has the l)ottom soldered in it about 1 %. inches 

 from the bottom to catch the heat so it will 

 ni)t spread out and come up around the out- 

 side. 



Mesilla Park, N. M., Aug. 6. 



FIG. 1.- 



A COLONY PACKED FOR WINTER ON THE BACK PORCH 

 OF A DWELLING-HOUSE IN PITTSBURG. 



A BACK-PORCH COLONY IN PITTSBURG. 



BY R. M. M CULLOUGH. 



The first illustration shows my colony as 

 it went into winter quarters last fall. Over 

 the brood-chamber I placed an escape-board 

 with the rim side down, the escai)e being 

 removed and the hole closed with a suitable 

 block. A super filled with chafTwas jilaced 

 over this, and a deep telescoping cover 

 placed over all with padded sticks at the 



FIG. 2 — THE HIVE RAISED TO PERMIT THE ALIGHTING-BOARD TO EXTEND OVER THE 



PORCH RAILING. 



