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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



857 



when and by whona has it been decided that 

 the General Manager has the power to say that 

 a body of bee kei per.— some of whom rank as 

 the peers of any other bee-keepers — has not the 

 right of petition? If he has this power, the 

 sooner we know it the better; and if he has not 

 this powi'r. and he in-istson exercising it, the 

 sooner his successor ;s chosen the better. 



The closing sentence of his article is the 

 snmming upof the whole matter. Here it is: 

 "There is, therefore, nothing left for its advo- 

 cates to do but to await the action of the con- 

 vention next year; at least, so it seems to — 

 " Yours for every progressive step." 



Shades of democracy ! "Where are we at?" 

 Mr. E'iitor. wouldn't that sentence look a little 

 more complete if put in italics, or even in large 

 caps? j" Nothing left for its advocates to do " 

 but to wait till "next year" ! Well, I think 

 friend. Newman' will find that its advocates 

 think there is something for them to do besides 

 wailing, if that is the couri^e he proposes to 

 take; and it seems to me that about the first 

 thing to be done is to nominate the General 

 Manager's successor unless he at once proceeds 

 to piillin his bellicose horns and show a little 

 con.-iieration for the wishes of others.who have 

 ^jUjht to ask that they be heard.; 

 Cl bf-lieve I fully appreciate the splendid work 

 and achievements of General Manager New- 

 man in pushingwith all his energy, often hop- 

 ing against hope, till he, with the aid of the 

 able Advisory Board, has established the Union 

 on a firm foundation, and achieved for it vic- 

 tory wherever called to battle; but notwith- 

 standing his great achievements, it seems to 

 me that he has now planted himself squarely 

 in the way of any "progressive step" being 

 taken; and unless he "stands from under " he 

 will be very apt, sooner or later, to ask, " Where 

 am I at ? " for the wheels of progress, although 

 they may be blocked for a time, will finally roll 

 on, di'spite all obstacles. 



I know of no one having claimed that the 

 constiiution is perfect; but it takes nothing 

 from the funds now in the treasury of the N. B. 

 K. U., but adds to the funds; and instead of in 

 any way weakening theetiiciency of the work of 

 the Advisory Board, its aim is to enlarge its 

 field of labor and add to its efficiency; and I 

 can see no reason why the members of the Un- 

 ion should not take a " progressive step "by 

 adopting the constitution adopted by the U. S. 

 B. K. U. at Lincoln. 



fe If the constitution is so adopted, the officers 

 eUcted at the next annual election of the Un- 

 ion will be the Board of Directors of the new 

 Union until their successors are elected at the 

 annual election, in Dec, 1896.: 

 r. Y(njrs for the new constitution, and " every 

 progressive step."j A. B. Mason. 



rSee editorial comments elsewhere.— Ed.1 



A HANDY UNCAPPIKG BCX. 



The accompanying illustraiicn is our uncap- 

 piiig-box with a comb in posiiitn to le uncap- 

 ped. You will notice a bar across the box, 

 tlirough which a pin is prcjecting upwaid, 

 which acts as a pivot when the ccnier of the 

 end-bar is placed upon it. One .^ide of the comb 

 is uncapped, when it is swung around and the 

 other side cut olT, the cappings dropping into 

 the box. The inside consists of tw o boxes with 

 wire bottoms, one of which is standing outside. 



The object in having two boxes is this: When 

 the box to the left becomes filled with cappings 

 or pieces of comb, it is slipped to the left and 

 allowed to drain while the other is being filled; 

 when they are both full the one to the left, 

 which the honey has all drained out of, is 

 emptied in the wax-extractor; the full one is 

 then slipped to the left, and allowed to drain 

 while the other is being filled. The honey can 

 be drawn off at any time through the faucet 

 shown at the right. The cover, which is now 

 folded back, is closed when not in use, which 

 makes it free from anls, robber bees, dirt, etc., 

 and also furnishes a convenient table or work- 

 bench. We have had one of these in use for 

 five years, and would not think of running an 

 apiary without it. C. E. Puekicie & Bkos. 



Tacoma, Wash. 



[Mr. O. O. Poppleton, when here a few weeks 

 ago. aescribed an uncappingbox that, in out- 

 side appeariince, must l;e very much like the 

 one abovf^. The inttrtial arrangement, howev- 

 er, is dilTerent. Mr. PupphMon's, while about 

 twice as long as broad, is made so as to lake his 

 frames crosswise. Tiie combs are uncapped on 

 across stick, the cappings failing into the box 

 near the end. In thf other end the sliced off 

 combs are hung, and sometimes the man with 

 the knife will have stored in th<^ box quite a 

 number of combs ahead of the other man. who 

 is extracting. If there is one person, he uncaps 

 until the box is filled with combs, and then he is 

 ready for the extractor. — Ed.] 



