1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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shiny black skeleton of what a bee should be." 

 Several other writers give the swollen condi- 

 tion of bees as a symptom of bee-paralysis. 

 Does paralysis affect bees differently, or are 

 there two kinds of the disease? 

 New Albany, Ind. 



[There is one kind of bee-paralysis; but ema- 

 ciated bees and bloated bees are both specimens 

 of bees affected with the same disease. The 

 emaciation, if the bee lives, comes on after the 

 bloating. 



Feeding by pouring syrup on the bottom- 

 board from the entrance is not really practica- 

 ble on hives of the loose-bottora-board type. In 

 hives with fast bottoms, of the old Langstroth 

 pattern, it may do very well.— Ed.] 



BOTTLING HONEY. 



A SPECIAL MACHINE FOR THE PURPOSE. 



By J. S. Fowler. 



My bottler, or pump, a print of which is in- 

 closed herewith, is designed to be inserted into 

 the usual bunghole of the barrel, and is made 

 fast by a couple of turns, the screw-threads 

 at b tightening in the bunghole. The cut will 

 explain itself. 



There is an inner tube provided with slots 



which is now under operator's control. A pull 

 by the handle forces it out of the barrel and 

 into the bottle. Reverse the handle, closing 

 the front and opening inside parts; and as the 

 piston travels back the honey fills through the 

 slots what would otherwise be a vacuum; and 

 by the time the piston reaches the limit of its 

 stroke, the pump is full, and ready for dis- 

 charge. 



There is no delay, no waiting for the liquid 

 to flow lengthwise through the tube. As will 

 be seen at Fig. 3, there are two slots in each 

 tube, so that the liquid has to flow only }4 inch 

 from each side through said slots, to fill the 

 pump, which it will do just as quickly as the 

 operator can push piston to end of stroke. 



To fill a bottle, 1- Id it to the discharge, and 

 pull the piston till bottle is full; shut off by a 

 turn, and there will be no drip nor leak. 



To fill order for one gallon, give sixteen pulls 

 and shut off by quarter turn and it js done. No 

 funnels are needed — no quart cup nor gallon 

 measure to sit around for flies to stick to. 



The pump can be fitted with flexible nozzle or 

 discharge-pipe for bottling if necessary. I also 

 use a shorter discharge-pipe than the one 

 shown in the cut. thus obviating the necessity 





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fowler's honey-bottler. 



corresponding to similar slots in i he outer tube. 

 There is also another but smaller opening in 

 the inner tube, corresponding with the dis- 

 charge. 



By means of the solid-head piston which 

 travels inside the inner tube, the inner tube can 

 be turned one-fourth revolution. 



Now to operate. By means of the hand-hole 

 outside, the inner tube is turned so as lo close 

 the discharge and open the inside slots. This 

 part being inside the barrel, the honey or syrup 

 immediately fills through the slots, when, by a 

 quarter-turn of inner tube, the discharge is 

 opened, and at the same time the inside slots 

 are closed, thus inclosing half a pint of honey. 



of a cap or plug to stop drip, as the turn of the 

 inside tube cuts off the flow. I can fill bottles 

 of castor oil as fast as they can be corked and 

 set away. 



It is a necessity in every grocery, and to every 

 handler of honey a great saver of time and pa- 

 tience. I have been unable lo put it on the 

 market for lack of means to get it manufac- 

 tured in quantities. 



Grand View, Tenn., Aug. 7. 



[Suppose, friend F., you send one of these ma- 

 chines to Byron Walker, care The A. I. Root Co., 

 118 Michigan St., Chicago. Mr. Walker makes 

 a business of putting honey into glass. He can 

 give it a good test, and report. The machine 

 looks as if it might work well. — Ed.] 



