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(i LEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Nov. 1 



c. c. 



SCHUBERT S APIARY, SEPELVEDA CANYON, CAL., DESCRIBED BY MRS. ACKLIN, 



AUG. 1, PAGE 477. 



rests when in position, The equipment is 

 the same on both sides, and is always in 

 position ready for instant use. It does not 

 in the least interfere with the free passage 

 of the bees, nor conflict with any manipu- 

 lation by the apiarist. To render the equip- 

 ment doubly effective there is a system that 

 goes with it which will be described in 

 another article. 



Perhai)S a bit of history relative to the 

 colony shown in Fig. 4 may be of interest. 

 This colony was placed u))on the switch- 

 board .fune 18, havnig previously developed 

 the swarming fever to the highest pitch. 

 On the day mentioned, it cast a swarm 

 which, having a clipiied queen, returned, 

 and with it a part of two other swarms that 

 were out at the time, the hive being com- 

 pletely covered with bees. In this condi- 

 tion it was placed upon a switch-board. 

 The next day the field bees were shifted 

 over into an empty hive by the new system. 

 Ten days later the swarm thus made was 

 reinforced by another shift. At the close of 

 the harvest, .luly 12, the field bees were 

 shifted back into the original hive, and 

 worked for cell-building the rest of the sea- 

 son. 



At the time the picture was taken. .luly 

 30, the five supers on this hive, as well as 

 the one on the hive by its side, were chock 

 full of beautifully white-cai)i)ed honey built 

 from foundation, making 100 per cent in- 

 crease and 150 lbs. of honey, all within 25 

 days, which is not so bad when we consider 

 that the yard contained 200 colonies, spring 

 count, with a far from good location. The 

 time spent in manipulation did not exceed 

 ten minutes aside from putting on supers. 



This colony is a fair sample of all the oth- 

 ers that were worked by the new system, 

 which shows what may be done with bees 

 by api)lying correct principles in harmony 

 with their instinct, which is the magic key 

 that will unlock the doors of every avenue 

 that leads to the perfect control of bees with 

 economy of labor. 



Birmingham, O. 



(To he continued.) 



A SELF-MEASURING FAUCET 

 EY TANKS. 



FOR HON- 



BY JOHN G. COREY. 



Thirty-five years ago, when I became a 

 l)roducer of extracted honey by the carload, 

 I found that the largest syrup-gate to be 

 procured in the market would not allow a 

 ton of the heavy honey we were producing 

 in Ventura Co. to pass through it in less 

 than three hours. This slow process not be- 

 ing satisfactory I availed myself of my 

 knowledge of labor and time saving appli- 

 ances by procuring a measuring faucet made 

 by the "Enterprise Mfg. Co. With this de- 

 vice T could draw ofT and case up a ton of 

 heavy honey inside of an hour. The faster 

 the crank is turned, the shorter time is re- 

 quired to fill the can. The dial is adjustable; 

 and if the can, as it comes from the factory, 

 should hold a pint or a quart over or under 

 the 60 lbs. desired, the dial can be moved to 

 zero for each can, and five-gallon cans can 

 be filled rapidly, and so as not to vary four 

 ounces each for the whole crop. 



Santa Barbara, Cal., Sept. 27. 



